Taking yourself on a weekly Artist’s Date (that’s a date with yourself) as an opportunity to let yourself follow your curiosities, is part of the creative awakening process in the book, The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, a 12 week do-it-yourself creativity course.
Here are seven inspirations for July:
1. The National Biennial of New Australian Art
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Until Jul 21 2019
The latest ideas & forms in contemporary Australian art
2. The Essential Duchamp
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Until Aug 11 2019
Discover the stories behind the art
3. Michael Armitage: The Promised Land
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Rocks
Until Sep 22 2019
Oils grounded in the social fabric and political dynamics of East Africa
4. Shaun Gladwell: Pacific Undertow
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Rocks
Jul 19 2019-Oct 7 2019
Cutting edge artist pushing the technological possibilities of 21st century art
5. Wellama
The Cutaway, Barangaroo
Until Dec 31 2019
New, ten-minute filmed artwork
6. A Drone Opera
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Until Jul 28 2019
Haze, lasers and opera singers, and a cage
7. 52 Artists, 52 Actions
Artspace, Wooloomooloo
Until Aug 4 2019
52 artists, 31 countries, 1 week to make a statement