Upcoming: Dangerously Modern Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
May 14 2025
Picture: artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, will be opening their latest exhibition entitled Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940 in October 2025.
According to the blurb on their website:
At the turn of the 20th century, an unprecedented wave of women artists prevailed against social constraints and left Australia to pursue international professional careers.
This is the first major exhibition to focus on the vital role of these Australian women in the emergence of international modernism, including the now-famous, such as Nora Heysen, Margaret Preston and Grace Cossington Smith, as well as the still under-recognised, such as CL Allport, Justine Kong Sing and Stella Marks.
Featuring celebrated and rediscovered paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and ceramics, Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940 reclaims the place of these pivotal Australian women artists, recognising their contribution to the development of European art. They brought new ideas back to Australia and played an integral, often unrecognised role in modernising our nation.
The show will run from 11th October 2025 until 1st February 2026.
