Exhibition Chronology
The titles of works exhibited have been amended where necessary so that they correspond with cataloguing and documentation in the body of the catalogue raisonné.
Solo Exhibitions
1962
Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches Matthiesen Gallery, London, 9–31 March 1962
1963
Brett Whiteley, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 10 April–10 May 1963
1964
Brett Whiteley [Bathroom series], Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 23 April–23 May 1964
1965
Brett Whiteley [Zoo series and Christie series], Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 6–30 October 1965
1966
Recent Works from London by Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 31 January–17 February 1966; (Bonython’s) Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney, 7–24 March 1966
23 Items by Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 September–14 October 1966
1967
Brett Whiteley, Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 2–31 October 1967
1968
Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 5–25 February 1968
Brett Whiteley: Recent Work, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, 17 May–June 1968
1969
(Brett Whiteley) Suva, Fiji, opened 22 October 1969. Note: This exhibition, held in a warehouse, contained 18 paintings.
1970
Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 15 June–8 July 1970 [no catalogue]
Brett Whiteley: Sounds, Paintings, Film, Sculpture, Drawings, Jottings, Innuendos, and Sideglances, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Collingwood, 7–30 August 1970 [price list only]. Note: Joel Elenberg, Michael Johnson and Tony Woods exhibited their works upstairs at the same time in the same building.
1972
Brett Whiteley: Portraits and Other Emergencies, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 February–21 March 1972; Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 March–21 April 1972. Note: The catalogue reads: ‘This exhibition is dedicated to the Peoples Republic of China’.
1973
Brett Whiteley: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 6–23 January 1973. Note: This was the first showing of Alchemy 1972–73 and related drawings
‘Waves’: Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1–19 June 1973
1974
Brett Whiteley: Drawings 1960–1973, Bonython Gallery, Sydney, 5–26 January 1974
Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay Series, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 November–3 December 1974. Note: Whiteley wrote in the catalogue that the exhibition’s theme was a celebration of the view of Sydney Harbour from his home at Lavender Bay.
1975
Brett Whiteley: Drawings, Marlborough Prints and Drawings Gallery, New York, 10 May–14 June 1975
Brett Whiteley, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 3 August–3 September 1975
brett whiteley: Thirty-six looks at four sights on three themes, recent paintings, drawings and carvings, Bonython Art Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, 24 October–15 November 1975
1976
Brett Whiteley, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 9 March–3 April 1976
Winter Exhibition 1976: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, June 1976: Still Life with Corn Flowers 1976
Brett Whiteley: Recent Interiors, Still lifes, Windowscapes, Sculpture and Ceramics, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September–5 October 1976
1977
Brett Whiteley: prints and drawings, Susan Gillespie Galleries, Manuka, Canberra, 25 February–10 March 1977
Brett Whiteley: ‘Rivers’: Paintings, Drawings, Tapestry, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1–19 March 1977
Brett Whiteley: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Fischer Fine Art, London, September 1977
Brett Whiteley: prints, Robin Gibson Gallery, November 1977
1978
Brett Whiteley: paintings, drawings and three scrolls plus one bronze from 1960 Italy never before shown in Australia, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12–25 July 1978
1979
Brett Whiteley: Birds and animals, Taronga Park Zoo, Robin Gibson Gallery, Paddington, 10 April–5 May 1979.
1980
Brett Whiteley: Survey of Prints and Drawings 1967–80, Impressions Gallery, Melbourne, 1980
Brett Whiteley: Portraits: Crucifixions: (a paddock at) Oberon (organised by Robin Gibson in collaboration with David Reid), David Reid’s Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington, 26 April–17 May 1980
1981
Brett Whiteley: Drawings and Gouaches, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, April–May 1981. Note: Whiteley wrote a letter as the introduction to the catalogue, dated 24 April 1981.
Brett Whiteley: prints, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 14 July–7 August 1981
The Entire Collection of the Graphics of Brett Whiteley: 1961–1981, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July–1 August 1981
Brett Whiteley: Graphics 1961–1981, Kalamunda Gallery of Man, Kalamunda Western Australia, 20 September–4 October 1981
Brett Whiteley: Recent Nudes, Artist’s studio, Reiby Place, Circular Quay, Sydney, 3–31 October 1981
1983
Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics 1961–1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March–24 April 1983
Life and Death: A Visual Experience in Opposites – 1983 – Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 May–18 June 1983
Another Way of Looking at Vincent van Gogh 1888–1889 by Brett Whiteley 1968–1983, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 July–21 August 1983
Brett Whiteley: Recent Graphics, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 22 July–August 1983
Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: ‘Birds’ (11) ‘The Drought of 83’ (7), Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 30 July–17 August 1983. Note: This was the first solo exhibition to be held in Robin Gibson’s new gallery in Darlinghurst.
Brett Whiteley: review of prints 1976–1983, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 13 November–7 December 1983
1984
Brett Whiteley: Eden and Eve, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12 July–28 July 1984. Note: Several of the works illustrated in the printed catalogue for Eden and Eve failed to appear in the exhibition.
1985
162 Drawings: Brett Whiteley: 1960–85, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 19 October–6 November 1985
Brett Whiteley: graphics, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, October 1985
1987
Brett Whiteley: Van Gogh Self-Portraits, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 27 January–22 February 1987
1988
Brett Whiteley: the complete graphics (Christensen Fund), Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 14 April–2 May 1988; toured to Nolan Gallery, Canberra, 20 May–26 June 1988
Brett Whiteley: ‘Birds’: 1988: recent paintings, drawings, sculpture, and one screen print, the artist’s studio, 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 5–19 July 1988
Brett Whiteley: graphics, The Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 9–31 July 1988
1989
An Exhibition of early Works by Brett Whiteley, Goodridge Galleries, Perth, 18 April–7 May 1989. Note: The exhibition comprised 84 drawings, watercolours and pen and ink sketches taken from a Sydney sketchbook dated 1957–58, the majority measuring approximately 20.5 x 30.5 cm.
1990
Brett Whiteley: Of Recent Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Ceramics and Wood Carvings from Byron Bay, Marrakesh, Japan, San Gimignano – Tuscany, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1–26 March 1990
Paris: Regard de Côté: Brett Whiteley, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 March–6 May 1990
Brett Whiteley, 1958–1989, The Central West, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 14 April–13 May 1990
1991
Brett Whiteley, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 12–30 October 1991 [no catalogue]. Note: According to Robin Gibson this exhibition comprised 10 works.
1992
Brett Whiteley: Paris – The Complete Regard de Côté Series shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1990 Plus Works from other Visits 1982–1992, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July–8 August 1992
1994
Brett Whiteley: Drawings, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 16 September–15 October 1994
1995
Brett Whiteley: Art and Life [retrospective exhibition], Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September–19 November 1995; national tour to state galleries: Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995–28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February –8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May–16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July–26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September–17 November 1996
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961–1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 November–16 December 1995; Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 10 April–1 May 1996
1996
1997
1998
1999
Brett Whiteley – the Genius, Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, New South Wales, 27 November 1999–28 January 2000
2000
Brett Whiteley, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 3 August–3 September 2000
2005
Works by Brett Whiteley from the Holmes à Court Collection & Lenders, Holmes à Court Gallery, East Perth, 18 February–17April 2005
2008
Whiteley’s Gardens, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 16 February–4 May 2008
2010
Whiteley’s Zoo, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 16 January–28 February 2010
2011
Just Whiteley, Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 9–27 April 2011
2012
Whiteley Whiteley: The Portrait of Patrick White by Brett Whiteley, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 10 May–29 July 2012
2013
2014
2017
2018
Brett Whiteley: Drawing is everything, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 2018–31 March 2019 (touring exhibition) toured to Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 31 July–31 October 2021; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 10 December 2021–26 January 2022
2020
Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 24 February–7 March 2020
2026
Brett Whiteley: From Members’ Halls to Club Walls
The Australian Club, Melbourne, 2 September–11 November 2026
Brett Whiteley Studio Exhibitions
All exhibitions were held at the Brett Whiteley Studio, 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills, Sydney and organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Brett Whiteley Studio
1995
Self Portraits and other Intimacies, Brett Whiteley Studio, 16 September–19 November 1995. Note: This exhibition ran parallel to the retrospective exhibition Brett Whiteley: Art and Life at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
1996
East of the Sun, Brett Whiteley Studio, 1 June–17 November 1996. Note: This exhibition featured works by Brett Whiteley, Peter Upward, Royston Harpur, John Olsen, Martin Sharp, Max Miller, Ian Fairweather, Akio Makigawa, Fred Williams, Joel Elenberg and Tony Tuckson.
Brett Whiteley: Aspects & Insights: The Art Gallery of New South Wales Regional Tour (touring exhibition organized by Art Gallery of New South Wales) Toured to Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, 7 July–13 August 1996; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 23 August–29 September 1996; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 5 October–10 November 1996; Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 23 November–19 January 1997; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 31 January–16 March 1997
Brett Whiteley: Aspects & Insights Brett Whiteley Studio, 23 November 1996–19 January 1997
1997
Brett Whiteley: Brushstrokes from Asia: Calligraphy and Ink Paintings, Brett Whiteley Studio, 25 January–20 April 1997
The Big Blue: Sydney Harbour through the eyes of the Artist, Brett Whiteley Studio, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998. Note: This exhibition ran parallel to Big Blue–the painted harbour at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998.
1998
A Different Vision: Brett Whiteley Sculptures, Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 April–23 August 1998
Genesis of a Painter: The Early Abstractions of Brett Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 August 1998–31 January 1999
1999
Tangier to Byron Bay: Brett Whiteley’s Travels 1960–1992, Brett Whiteley Studio, 6 February–29 August 1999
Brett Whiteley’s Paris, Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 September–5 December 1999
Brett Whiteley: Nudes, Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 December 1999–2 April 2000
2000
Instantly: Whiteley with Words, Brett Whiteley Studio, 8 April–16 July 2000
Brett Whiteley Graphics: 1961–1992, BWS, 9 September 2000–21 January 2001
2001
Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees, Brett Whiteley Studio, 10 February– 8 July 2001
Brett Whiteley Interiors, Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July–20 October 2001
Rivers + Rocks: Select works of Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley (Bundanon Trust Travelling Exhibition), Brett Whiteley Studio, 20 October 2001–27 January 2002; toured to Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 8 February–10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 15 March–21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, 10 May–12 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 21 June–21 July 2002; Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains, New South Wales, 3 August–8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 25 September–27 October 2002; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria, 1 November–1 December 2002
2002
Alchemy, and Other Transcendental Works, Brett Whiteley Studio, 2 February–19 May 2002
Brett Whiteley: Animals and Birds, Brett Whiteley Studio, 15 June–6 October 2002
Brett Whiteley: Aspects from the Estate, Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July 2002–23 February 2003
2003
On the Beach with Whiteley and fellow Australian Artists, Brett Whiteley Studio, 1 March–29 June 2003 [group exhibition]
Fourth Veil: Whiteley’s works on paper, Brett Whiteley Studio, 5 July–14 September 2003. Note: Refer Viewing (Blue) 1976 (cat. 223.76) for Whiteley’s explanation of veils of vision.
Whiteley himself and Friends (an exhibition of Whiteley’s Portraiture), Brett Whiteley Studio, 6 December 2003–11 April 2004
2004
Brett Whiteley: Key Works from the Studio, Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 July–3 October 2004
Brett Whiteley: Selected works from Paris: ‘Regard de cote’, Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 December 2004–14 June 2005
2005
Sydney Genesis and Beyond 1955–1965, Brett Whiteley Studio, 28 May–27 November 2005
Whiteley & Rees: more Affinities, Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2005–10 April 2006 (touring exhibition) toured to New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 29 April–2 July 2006
2006
Ink: Whiteley and Others, Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 April–20 August 2006 [group exhibition]
Brett Whiteley: Seasons, Brett Whiteley Studio, 26 August–26 November 2006
9 shades of Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio 2 December 2006 – 9 September 2007 Note: This exhibition, described as a ‘mini retrospective’, became a regional galleries touring exhibition in 2008.
2007
Brett Whiteley: The Poetic Eye, Brett Whiteley Studio, 13 December 2007–19 July 2008
2008
9 Shades of Whiteley (regional galleries touring exhibition), toured to Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland, 12 July–7 September 2008; Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, New South Wales, 13 September–16 November 2008; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 22 November 2008–8 February 2009; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 21 February–19 April 2009; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2 May–14 June 2009; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 1 July–23 August 2009
Whiteley and the Third Dimension, Brett Whiteley Studio, 19 July 2008–15 March 2009
2009
Floating World: Landscape, the Figure & Calligraphy in the Art of Brett Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio, 21 March–6 September 2009
Iconic Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 September 2009–22 August 2010
2010
Endlessnessism, Brett Whiteley Studio, 28 August 2010–3 July 2011
Brett Whiteley: Connections, (touring exhibition) TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria, 6 November 2010–19 March 2011
2011
Brett Whiteley: Blue, Brett Whiteley Studio, 9 July 2011–8 July 2012 Note: This exhibition later toured as Whiteley on Water.
2012
The London Years, 1960–67, Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July 2012–13 February 2013
Whiteley on Water (touring exhibition), toured to Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, New South Wales, 15 November 2012–27 January 2013; (as Brett Whiteley: On the Water); Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 2 November 2013–23 February 2014
2013
The Nude: Erotic, Sensual and Sacred, Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 April–1 September 2013
Brett Whiteley: Nature, Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 October 2013–18 May 2014
2014
Brett Whiteley: Portraits, Brett Whiteley Studio, 23 May–28 October 2014
Alchemy – Pop, Brett Whiteley Studio, 31 October–21 December 2014; 2 January–31 May 2015. Note: This exhibition ran parallel to Pop to Popism at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1 November 2014–1 March 2015.
Brett Whiteley: West of the Divide, touring exhibition: Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, New South Wales, 26 September–30 November 2014
2015
Brett Whiteley: Sculpture and Ceramics, Brett Whiteley Studio, 5 June–6 December 2015
OTHER PLACES: Somewhere else, Brett Whiteley Studio, 11 December 2015–20 March 2016
2016
Brett Whiteley at the State Library of New South Wales, 26 March–1 August 2016
Brett Whiteley: Tributes, Brett Whiteley Studio, 13 May–13 November 2016
Brett Whiteley: Naked, Brett Whiteley Studio, 17 November–19 December 2016; 6 January–14 May 2017
Brett Whiteley: West of the Divide (touring exhibition) toured to: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 25 November 2016–29 January 2017; Benalla Regional Gallery, Benalla, Victoria, 11th Feb 2017–7 May 2017
2017
Brett Whiteley: OTHER PLACES: Somewhere else (touring exhibition), toured to: Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 28 April–2 July 2017; Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland, 14 July–17 September 2017; Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 29 September–3 December 2017; Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, New South Wales, 8 December 2017–4 February 2018
Brett Whiteley: Beach, Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 November 2017–25 March 2018
2018
Brett Whiteley: Pathways to figuration [early abstractions and bathroom series], Brett Whiteley Studio, 31 March–7 October 2018
Brett Whiteley: Wildlife and Other Emergencies, Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 October 2018–12 May 2019
2019
Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, Brett Whiteley Studio, 25 October 2019–15 March 2020
2020
Brett Whiteley: Feathers and Flight, Brett Whiteley Studio, 4 June 2020–28 March 2021
2021
Brett Whiteley: Printmaker, Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 April – 28 November 2021
Brett Whiteley: Australia, Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2021–17 April 2022
2022
Brett Whiteley: Blue and White, Brett Whiteley Studio, 30 April–27 November 2022 [ceramics]
Brett Whiteley: Eternity is Now, Brett Whiteley Studio, 3 December 2022–13 August 2023 [portraits]
2023
Brett Whiteley: Chapters 1959–1969, Brett Whiteley Studio, 24 August 2023–23 June 2024
2024
Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio (touring exhibition), toured to: Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Queensland, 20 July–8 September 2024; John Curtin Gallery, Bentley, Western Australia, 24 October–15 December 2024; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 22 March–9 June 2025; Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Victoria, 28 June–5 October 2025
2025–2026
Note: The Brett Whiteley Studio was closed for refurbishment
2026
[reopening of the Studio] Brett Whiteley: Coming Home, Brett Whiteley Studio, July 2026–April 2027
Works by Whiteley exhibited in group exhibitions have been noted after each exhibition entry. Titles of works have been amended where necessary so that they correspond with cataloguing and documentation in the body of the catalogue raisonné. Catalogue numbers given in the Exhibition Chronology correspond with those in the catalogue raisonné and are cited only when needed to distinguish between works with generic titles.
1959
Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship for Painting (for 1960) Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 October–8 November 1959: Around Bathurst 1959; Dixon Street 1959; July (1959); Autumn Abstract 1959
1960
Tadashi Sato / America: Douglas Swan / Scotland: Philip Weichberger / Germany: Brett Whiteley / Australia McRoberts & Tunnard Gallery, Curzon Street, London 20 July–1 September 1960: August (1960); Sofala–Hill End 1958–59; On the Way out of Messina (1960); Drawing (1960)
1961
Survey of recent Australian Painting Whitechapel Art Gallery London, 2 June–July 1961: Untitled Red Painting 1960; Untitled White Painting 1960–61; Untitled Dark Painting (1961–62) Note: This exhibition toured to the UK provinces in 1962 as Recent Australian Painting.
Internationale malerei 1960–61 Wolframs–Eschenbach Gallery, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 15 July–24 September 1961: Untitled Orange Painting 1961
Deuxieme Biennale de Paris: Manifestation Biennale et Internationale des Jeunes Artistes; arts plastique (peinture, sculpture, dessin, gravure) Musée d’art Moderne, Paris, 29 September–5 November 1961 Untitled White Painting (1960–61) (cat. 99.60); Untitled White Painting 1961 (incorrectly titled ‘Peinture en rouge’); Untitled Dark Painting (1961–62) (as ‘Peinture sombre’) Note: Australia was represented by Brett Whiteley, Lawrence Daws and Charles Blackman in this exhibition.
Australian Artists’ Exhibition Raymond Burr Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, USA, 30 November 1961– [?] 1962: Untitled Warm Painting 1960–61
1962
Peter Stuyvesant Collection Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 18 January–12 February 1962; Berlin World Fair, Berlin, West Germany, 1962: Untitled Painting 1961 (also titled Untitled Painting 1 1961) (cat. 56.61)
House Show Matthiesen Gallery, London, 8 February–3 March 1962: Untitled Warm Painting 11 1961; Untitled Red Painting V (1961)
Recent Australian Painting (UK touring exhibition organized by Arts Council of Great Britain) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, from March 1962: Untitled Dark Painting (1961–62); Untitled White Painting (1960–61) (cat. 99.60) Note: This exhibition was originally shown at Whitechapel Gallery, London in 1961 and titled Survey of recent Australian Painting.
Australian Painting: Colonial / Impressionist / Contemporary (a travelling exhibition selected by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board) previewed at Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide Festival of Arts), Adelaide, 17–1 March 1962, and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 24 September–24 October 1962; toured to Tate Gallery, London, 24 January–3 March 1963, National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, 11 April–5 May 1963, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 6–22 June 1963: Untitled White Painting 1961 (cat. 39.61); Somewhere in Summer 1961; Untitled Painting, Sigean 1962 (cat. 72.62)
Loan Exhibition of American, Australian and British Paintings Framingham Chase, Norwich, Norfolk, England, from 25 May 1962: Untitled Orange Gouache 1961
Commonwealth Art Today Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London, 7 November 1962–13 January 1963: Summer Field Painting 1962
Some Australian Artists Abroad The Bonython Art Gallery, North Adelaide, 26 November–7 December 1962
1963
Ayrton, Daws, Smith, Vaughan, Whiteley (organised by Matthiesen Gallery, London) Sorsbie Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya, March–April 1963: Untitled Painting with Headline 1961; Untitled Collage 1961 (cat. 31.61); [possibly] Untitled White Painting 1 (cat. 40.61); Untitled Red Painting V (1961); The Black of Anxiety (1961); Untitled White and Pink Painting (1961); Untitled Red Painting II (1961) (cat. 49.61); Sigean Drawing 1 (1962); French Summer (1962); The Terrace (1962); Landscape (1961–62) Note: This exhibition was organized by Stefanie Mason and other directors of Matthiesen Gallery and was also shown at the National Gallery of Rhodesia, Salisbury in 1963. Artists exhibiting with Whiteley were Michael Ayrton, Lawrence Daws, Jack Smith and Keith Vaughan.
Australian Painting and Sculpture in Europe Today (organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain), New Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone, 20 April–26 May 1963: then toured as Zeitgenössische Malerei und Skulpturen: Australischer Künstler in Europa (Australian Painting and Sculpture in Europe Today) to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in June 1963 and Städel’sches Kunstinstitut (Städel Museum), Frankfurt, Germany, 4 July–11 August 1963: Untitled Painting 1961 (also titled Untitled Painting I) (cat. 56.61); Summer Field Painting No. 2 1962; Untitled Painting 1962 (cat. 73.62)
British Art in the Sixties Whitechapel Gallery (in collaboration and showing simultaneously with) Tate Gallery, London, 1–30 June 1963: Summer at Sigean 1962–63, then toured in edited form to Manchester City Art Gallery, July–August 1963; Englische Malerei der Gegenwart, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland, 29 August–14 September 1963: (Untitled White Painting 1960–61 (cat. 99.60); Glasgow City Art Gallery, October, and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, November–December 1963 Note: This exhibition comprised 186 works when shown at the Tate and Whitechapel Galleries; 116 at the Tate and 70 by younger artists at Whitechapel.
Summer at Sigean did not travel to Europe.
Exhibition of Contemporary Painting sponsored by Sir James Dunn Foundation: Dunn International Beaverbook Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 7 September–6 October 1963, Tate Gallery, London, 15 November–22 December 1963: Woman in a Bath II 1963
Australian Painting Today: A Survey of the Past Ten Years Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 19 September–20 October 1963, then toured to 5 state art galleries, including Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, until July 1964: White Painting with Collage 1961 (cat. 41.61); Summer Field Painting 11 (1962). Note: This exhibition toured to Europe in 1963–64 as follows:
De Hedendaagse Schilderkunst in Australië: Een overzicht van de laatste tien jaar (Australian Painting Today: An overview of the last ten years) (organised by Laurie Thomas, under the auspices of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board; funded by Australian State Galleries and the Commonwealth Advisory Board) September 1963–July 1964; toured to Brussels, Belgium; Breda, Netherlands; Essen, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Gothenburg, Sweden; Munich, Germany; Parma, Italy; and Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1964–65: White Painting with Collage 1961; Summer Field Painting II (1962)
Paintings from the Kym Bonython Collection of Modern Australian Art Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australia, Melbourne, 8–31 October 1963: Woman in a Bath, 1, 1963
Annual Christmas Exhibition at the Bonython Art Gallery Bonython, North Adelaide, 9–24 December 1963: [possibly] Study for ‘Untitled White Painting’ (1961); Untitled White Painting (1961) (cat. 39.61)
1964
Peter Stuyvesant Collection: Australian Tour, 1964/65: Adelaide Festival of Arts Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 7 March–5 April 1964, then toured nationally from 16 April until February 1965; later toured to New Zealand and Canada: Untitled Painting 1961 (cat. 56.61)
The New Generation: 1964 Whitechapel Gallery, London, March–May 1964: Large Figure at the Basin 1963; Woman in a Bath 5 1963–64; Bather and Mirror 1964; Sketch for Large Mirror Painting 1964
Fine Paintings from East Anglia Norwich Castle Museum, 30 May–30 August 1964: Untitled Orange Gouache 1961 [loan exhibition]
Australian Painting: Yesterday & Today, Festival of Auckland Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, May–June 1964, then toured: Untitled Warm Painting 1 1961
Documenta 111: Internationale Ausstellung Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 27 June–5 October 1964: Woman Sitting on Side of Bath (1963); Bather and Mirror (second version) 1964; Woman Washing her Face (1964)
Contemporary Paintings from a Private Collection Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, 4–30 September 1964: Woman in a Bath 1 1963
Internationale der Zeichnung Darmstadt, Germany, 12 September–15 November 1964: Bather and Heater (1963 –64) [awarded first prize]
1965
T E Wardle Invitation Art Prize (organised by Skinner Art Galleries in association with Festival of Perth 1965)
Skinner Galleries, Perth, 2–14 February 1965: Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64 [awarded first prize]
Young Australian Painters Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, Keio Department Store, Tokyo, Japan, 1 April –1 May 1965; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 August–8 August 1965: Untitled Painting II 1961 (cat. 57.61); Woman in a Bath 1 196
The Marlborough Exhibition: Summer 1965 Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, August–September, 1965: Giraffe (Black) 1964
Treasures from the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Arts Festival Royal Academy of Arts, London, 17 September–13 November 1965: The Boxing Match (1965); [probably] Drawing 1965… (A Split Second) 1965
The English Eye Marlborough–Gerson Gallery, New York, November–December 1965: Untitled Dark Painting (1961–62), Christie and Hectorina McLennan 1964–65
1966
Graphics: Boyd: Hockney: Whiteley Clune Galleries, Sydney, from 8 February 1966: The Zoo Graphics 1965
The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts) 12 March–11 April 1966: Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64; Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66)
Nieuwe Stromingen in de Britse Grafiek Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 April–22 May 1966: [prints]
Recent Original Prints by International Artists Gallery A, Melbourne and Sydney [dates unknown] 1966: Swinging Monkey 3 1965
1967
The Australian Painters 1964–1966: Contemporary Australian painting from the Mertz Collection Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March–16 April 1967; 1967–1970 toured to: Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersberg, Florida; University Art Museum (University of Texas), Austin, Texas; State University of New York, New York; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia; Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Greeneville Power & Light System, Greeneville, Tennessee; Watkins Institute, Nashville, Tennessee: Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64; Christie and Kathleen Maloney 1964; Head of Christie 1964; Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66); The Boxing Match (1965)
Australian Paintings, Expo–67 Montreal, Canada, 28 April–27 October 1967: Untitled Warm Painting I 1961 (cat. 63.61)
In Our View: Some Paintings and Sculpture bought by Hans & Elsbeth Juda between 1931–1967 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, May–June 1967: Woman in a Bath 1963 (also titled Woman in a Bath 3); Woman in Bath 1964 (cat. 21.64)
Pittsburgh International Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, opened in early May 1967: Foxed (Triptych) 1967 Note: Pittsburgh International was the formal title of the ‘Carnegie International Exhibition’.
Contemporary Australian Painting (Curated by Robert Campbell, Indian tour organised through Lalit Kala Adademi) November 1967–1968. Toured to New Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras: Untitled Warm Painting 1 1961 (cat. 63.61) Note: Whiteley’s Untitled Warm Painting 1 1961 was previously mistitled and exhibited as ‘Untitled Warm Painting 11’.
1968
The New Generation Whitechapel Gallery, London, April–May 1968: Calcutta 1966
1969
John Glover to Brett Whiteley Joseph Brown Galleries, Collins Street, Melbourne, 7–18 April 1969: Black Collage 1961
A Selection of 20th Century British Art Cunard – Marlborough London Gallery on board Queen Elizabeth II for her maiden voyage, from Southampton to New York, from 2 May 1969: Not I–Me 1967; prints: Swinging Monkey 3 1965 and Drawing about Drawing 1965
The Australian Painters 1950–1966 from the Mertz Collection American Federation of Arts, New York 1969: Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66)
Canadian Pacific Airlines Convention Exhibition Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 1969: Untitled Painting II 1961 (cat. 57.61)
1970
Eleventh Anniversary Exhibition Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, [probably] January 1970: Woman Washing her Face (1964)
Autumn Exhibition Joseph Brown Gallery, Collins Street, Melbourne, 2–23 March 1970: Sketch for Large Mirror Painting (1964)
150 Years of Australian Drawings: 1820–1970 Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 4–18 May 1970: [probably] Bathroom Drawing (1963) (cat. 22.63)
Recent Acquisitions: Winter – 1970 Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 17 June–2 July 1970: Untitled Gouache 1961 (cat. 21.61)
Australian Irresistibles: 1930–1970 (curated by Alannah Coleman), Bonython Gallery, Sydney, 11 August–2 September 1970: Young Kookaburra Taking its First Laugh 1970
Christmas Exhibition 1970 New South Wales House, London, 5 December–17 January 1970 Note: This was the first major exhibition of works by Australian artists in London for 18 years.
1971
Festival of Perth 1971
Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings: Festival of Perth 1971 John Gild Galleries, Claremont, Perth, 2 February–31[?] March [folded sheet]: The American Dream 1968–69; [possibly] Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud 1970–71 Note: Whiteley and Tony woods were commissioned by John Gild of Gild Galleries to bring an exhibition of their work to Perth as part of the Perth Festival. It included 10 paintings on the theme of van Gogh and a large Rimbaud picture. The American Dream was the centrepiece of the show.
Autumn Exhibition Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 3–21 March 1971: Green Landscape (or Composition with Nude) (1962); Portrait, 1958 (cat. 37.58)
The Harald Szeemann Selection Bonython Gallery, Sydney, April 1971; toured to National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 3 June–11 July 1971: Linked Portrait: Brett Whiteley; Tony Woods; William Pidgeon 1970
The Bonsai Show
‘The Yellow House’, 59 McLeay Street, Potts Point, Sydney, 1 September–October 1971: Bonsai 1971; Bonsai 1971; Bonsai 1971; Bonsai (Moreton Bay Fig) (c. 1971) [and others]
Note: This exhibition was a room installation designed and decorated by Brett and Wendy Whiteley, with a bonsai Moreton Bay Fig as the centerpiece of ‘The Bonsai Room’ in which Whiteley’s bonsai drawings were exhibited.
Other contributors included Charles Blackman, George Gittoes, Garry Shead, Tony Woods, Tony McGillick, William Pidgeon, Martin Sharp, Peter Wright, Albie Thoms and Tim Storrier.
New ‘Nine by Five’ Impression Exhibition
Rosalind Humphries Galleries, Armadale, Melbourne, 1–24 October 1971: ‘Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH CIGAR / BOX LIDS THAT ARRIVE IN THE / POST? A. THIS./ Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS? 1971
Spring Exhibition 1971: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 13 October–5 November 1971: Abstract, 1959
The Bonsai Show at Australian Galleries
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 9–18 November 1971
Note: The centrepiece of the exhibition was Whiteley’s seven-year old Bonsai Moreton Bay Fig Tree which was brought from Sydney to Melbourne by Joel Elenberg. Artists in Melbourne were invited to record their impressions of the tree.
1972
The Australian Landscape
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 3 March–3 April 1972: toured to: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 4 May–4 June; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 4 July–4 August; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 5 September–1 October; The Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 16–29 October; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 November–17 December 1972, Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 17 January–11 February 1973; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1 March–1 April 1973: The Olgas …Soon 1970
Australian Paintings and Tapestries of the Past 20 Years
New South Wales House, London, May–June 1972: The Beach 1966
1973
Autumn Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 26 March–11 April 1973: Christie and Hectorina McLennan 1964–65
Australian Paintings and Drawings: from the collection of John and Joan Armstrong
Australian House, London, May 1973: Beethoven 1971; Collaroy Beach 1972
Paintings, Tapestries, Drawings and Prints
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 November 1973: Bird and Waves 1973 [2 lithographs]
Note: 20 artists were represented in this exhibition.
1974
World Expo 1974
Spokane, Washington, USA, 4 May–3 November 1974
Note: Three Australian artists were represented in this exhibition.
Winter Exhibition 1974: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 15–31 July 1974: The Day Asia got Born 1970
The Boxer Collection
University Art Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 1–30 August 1974:
Rita Nelson 1964–65 (cat. 78.64); Christie Drawing (Kathleen Maloney) 1964–65
1975
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 1974
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 January–23 February 1975: Portrait of Richard Neville 1974 [finalist in Archibald Prize 1974]
Autumn Exhibition 1975: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 2–17 April 1975: Self-portrait Drawing a Frangipani Tree 1975; Nine Palm Trees 1975
Winter Exhibition 1975: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 28 July–12 August 1975: Glimpse of Eden 1974
The Australian Landscape 1802–1975
Cultural Palace of the Nationalities, Beijing, China, 2 September–17 September 1975; Kiangsu Art Gallery, China, 23 September–7 October 1975; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 November–30 November 1975:
The Day Asia got Born 1970
The Bush
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 15–30 September 1975: The Bush 1966
Sir William Angliss Memorial Art Prize
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 September 1975; Evening Coming in on Sydney Harbour 1975 [awarded first prize]
Spring 1975: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 14–30 October 1975: The Soup Kitchen 1958
1976
Autumn Exhibition 1976
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1–12 March 1976: Sunset on the Sofala Road 1974
The Eva and Marc Besen Collection: Australian Painting and Sculpture
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 4–26 March 1976: Woman in a Bath (also titled Woman in a Bath 3) 1963
Project 13: The Calligraphic Image
Art Gallery of New South Wales, 24 April–23 May 1976: Bonsai 1971 (cat. 90.71); Portrait of Mick Glasheen (1972); Calm Sea 1973 (cat. 145.73); Sea Drawing V: The Wave 1973; Sydney Harbour 1 1973; Oyster Cove 1975; Single Wave 1975 (cat. 128.75); Self-portrait Drawing Calligraphically 1976
Winter Exhibition 1976: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 7–18 June 1976: Baudelaire’s Drive 1975; Glass House Mountains, Queensland 1976 (cat. 247.76); Still Life with Cornflowers 1976
Paintings from the Collection of Allen D Christensen
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 7–22 December 1976: Summer’s Bay (1962)
Group Exhibition
Robin Gibson Gallery, 44 Gurner Street, Paddington, 18 December 1976–8 January 1977: Portrait of John Singleton as Surfie 1976
Note: This was the inaugural group exhibition at Robin Gibson Gallery.
1977
Archibald Prize, Sulman and Wynne Prizes 1976
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 January–27 February 1977: Self Portrait in the Studio 1976 [awarded Archibald Prize]; Interior with Time Past 1976 [awarded Sulman Prize, 1976); The River at Marulan (….Reading Einstein’s Geography) 1976 [finalist in Wynne Prize, 1976]
Note: The prize winners were announced on 21 January 1977.
Australian Painting 1955–1970
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2–27 March 1977: The American Dream 1968–69
Autumn Exhibition 1977: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, 7 March–22 March 1977: Monkey 1965; Head of Man 3 1965
Australian Graphics
(organised by Kenneth Ho and Tony White) [venue unknown] Hong Kong, from 8 March 1977: [prints] Sydney Harbour Bridge, etching / aquatint 1977; [probably] Lovers 1976
Blue Gum Festival of Tasmania
[held at venues across Tasmania]
8–27 March 1977 [prize winner]: Across to Sydney Harbour Bridge (1975)
1940–1965: The Heroic Years of Australian Painting: The Herald Exhibition (hosted by Herald & Weekly Times) 2 April 1977–4 August 1978:
toured in Victoria to Lower Town Hall, Melbourne, 2–20 April 1977; Sale Regional Arts Centre, Sale, 29 April–20 May; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, 27 May–17 June; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, 24 June–15 July; Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, 22 July–8 August; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, 12 August–2 September; Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo,16 September–7 October; Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, 14 October–4 November; Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 11 November–2 December; Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington, 9 December–20 January 1978; Ararat Gallery, Ararat, 27 January–17 February; Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 24 February–17 March; Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Traralgon, 24 March–14 April; McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, 21 April–12 May; Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, 19 May–10 June; Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham, 16 June– 7 July; Swan Hill Art Gallery, Swan Hill, 14 July–4 August 1978: Christie and Kathleen Maloney 1964
Fine Paintings, Tapestries & Sculpture
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 April–3 May 1977: [possibly] Melancholy 1970 (as ‘Bird and Sea’); Little Dusk 1974; Daisies 1975; Waves 1976 (cat. 172.76); Still Life with Fruit 1976; Oil Sketch of Sydney Harbour in the Rain (also titled Harbour) 1976; Lavender Bay with Sculptures (also titled Sculpture in Studio) (1977) (cat. 63.77)
Collectors’ Pride
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2–26 June 1977: Sunflower and Vincent 1970–72
Winter Exhibition 1977: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 4–14 July 1977: The Kitchen 1960; Breaka Dumpa 1973
Spring Exhibition
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 19 October–3 November 1977: Van Gogh 1970; Moreton Bay Fig and Palms 1974
The Boxer Collection
Albert Hall, Canberra, October–November 1977 [no catalogue]: Girl Shampooing Hair, Winter 1963; Christie Drawing (Kathleen Maloney) 1964–65; Rita Nelson 1964–65
Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize for 1977
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 December–30 January 1978: The Jacaranda Tree (on Sydney Harbour) 1977 [awarded Wynne Prize 1977]
1978
Contemporary Australian Drawing, Festival of Perth 1978
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 2 February–5 March; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 5–30 April; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 3 June–2 July 1978: To a Creole Lady (Fiji) 1969; The Most Beautiful Mountain 1969
Still Life
Robin Gibson Gallery, Paddington, 4–22 April 1978: Purity as a Problem (in relation to Still Life Painting) 1977–78; Purity as a Problem 2 (Three Early Oranges) 1977–78; The Orange Table (Sketch) 1977–78; Oysters 1977; The Plant 1977
Autumn Exhibition 1978: Recent Acquisitions
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 7–20 April 1978: Bulbull’s Nest in Avocado Tree 1976; Sketch of a Magnolia 1977
Spring Exhibition
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 25 September–9 October 1978: View from the Telephone Table (also titled Sydney Harbour) 1977
Nineteenth Anniversary Exhibition
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, December 1978: Untitled Warm Painting (1961) (cat. 62.61)
Queensland Art Gallery acquisitions 1978
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 12 December 1978 – 22 January 1979: Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud 1970–71
(Untitled Christmas Exhibition) 1978
Robin Gibson Gallery, Gurner Street, Paddington, 1978: Hot Bath on a Cold Day 1978; The Blue Nude (Lavender Bay) 1978
Archibald Sulman and Wynne Prizes 1978
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 December 1978–29 January 1979: Art, Life and the other Thing 1978 [awarded Archibald Prize 1978]; Summer at Carcoar 1977 [awarded Wynne Prize 1978); The Yellow Nude 1978 [awarded Sulman Prize 1978)
1979
Group Exhibition
Robin Gibson Gallery, Paddington, 31 March–18 April 1979: Blow Job [date unknown]; Preliminary Idea for Very Large Plum and Ultramarine Vase or Pot 1976; Self Portrait [date unknown]; Self Portrait; Nude – Back View [date unknown]; [possibly] Lovers 1979 (cat. 46.79)
Autumn Exhibition
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 5–20 April 1979: Self Portrait 1977
Sydney Harbour 1794-1979
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 3–26 August 1979: Big Orange (Sunset) 1974
Opening Exhibition–works from the permanent collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2 October 1979–January 1980; The American Dream 1968–69
Spring Exhibition 1979
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 17–30 October 1979: Hyena 1979
Art in the Making: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1979–80
Toured to Moree and Inverell, New South Wales, 1979–80: Fragment Off Olga or Jah! How Black Can You Get 1974–75; Nude Torso 1976; Jah! – Olgas and Stones 1978; The Olgas 1978
Stock Upstairs in Gallery
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 December 1979: Untitled Warm Painting (1961) (cat. 62.61)
1980
Acquisitions1977–80
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 31 January 1980–15 March 1981: The American Dream 1968–69
Queensland Art Gallery Exhibition
Mackay City Library, Mackay, Queensland, 19 March–3 April 1980: Harbour 1956
Acquisitions 1979
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 6 March–13 April 1980: Lindfield Gardens 1978 [print]
Kelpra Studio: The Rose and Chris Prater Gift: Artists’ Prints, 1961–80
Tate Gallery London, 9 July–25 August 1980: Regent’s Park Zoo Series, 6 colour screenprints 1965
Spring Exhibition 1980
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1–10 September 1980: Nude 1976 (cat. 100.76); Balinese Torso 1978; Clark Gardens, Lavender Bay 1978
Second Hozumi Momota Art Award and Japanese Australian Festival
Sydney Square, Sydney, 6–13 October 1980: (Sitar Player – Drawing for Hozumi Momota Art Award) 1979
The Joseph Brown Collection at the National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 October–7 December 1980: White Sacred Baboon 1965 [sculpture]; Still Life with Cornflowers 1976
1981
Spring Exhibition
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 10–24 September 1981: The River at Yass 1977; The Wagtail beside the Fish River 1979
Three Years On: A Selection of Acquisitions 1978–1981
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 October–1 December 1981: The Green Mountain, Fiji 1969; The Balcony 2 1975
Patrick White's Choice
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 December 1981–31 January 1982: The Pink Heron (1969–70)
Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize for 1981
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 December –30 January 1982: Blue Meme 1979 [entrant in Wynne Prize]; The Letter (to Anna) 1980 [finalist in Sulman Prize]; The Naked Studio 1981 [finalist in Sulman Prize]
1982
The Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932–1982: A celebration of the golden anniversary of the bridge featuring 114 outstanding paintings, drawings and photographs from over 70 artists and photographers
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 March–9 May 1982: The Balcony 2 1975; Sydney Harbour Bridge (c. 1980); Study for the Idea of a Painting about Binoculars 1980
Joseph Brown Gallery Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1–14 September 1982: ‘yu’ (Green Heron) 1979
The Boxer Collection: The Sydney Alternative The Nolan Gallery, Tharwa, ACT, September 1982: Girl Shampooing Hair, Winter 1963; Rita Nelson 1964–65; Christie Drawing (Kathleen Maloney) (1964–65); The Beach 1966
The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of the National Australia Bank National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, opened October 1982: Still Life with Up Front Out Back and Cherries 1976
1983
23rd Anniversary Exhibition Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, from 5 January 1983: Woman, Basin and Heater (1963)
Prints and drawings from the collection of Mr. William Bowmore, O.B.E. Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 17 March–17 April 1983: Nude Torso 1976; (Dove in a Gum Tree) (c. 1978)
Recent Australian Painting: A Survey of the 70s and 80s Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, 9 December 1983–4 March 1984: Interior with Time Past 1976
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes for 1983 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 December 1983–30 January 1984: The Drought of ′83–1 (Cootamundra NSW) 1983; [finalist in Wynne Prize]; Bondi (also titled Bondi Triptych) 1983 [finalist in Sulman Prize]
1984
Dreams, Fears and Desires: Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942–1962 S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 6 April–14 June 1984: The Soup Kitchen 1958
Selected Australian Works of Art Lauraine Diggins Gallery, Melbourne, 28 May–8 June 1984: The River at Marulan 1976
Australian Paintings of the 1960s: Selections from the Mertz Collection Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 30 May–21 August 1984: Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64; Head of Christie,1964; Christie and Kathleen Maloney 1964; Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66); The Boxing Match (1965)
Changing Hemispheres: Two Eras of Australian Art Abroad University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, July 1984: Christie Drawing (Kathleen Maloney) 1964–65
English Contrasts: Peintres et Sculpteurs Anglais, 1950–1960 (organised by Bryan Robertson) Artcurial, Paris, September–November 1984: Untitled Red Painting 1961 (refer cat. 47.61)
Christmas Show Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, 1–19 December 1984: Australian View 1966; Arthur’s Hill 1975; Grinning Giraffe 1978; Honey in the Rain 1983 Note: This was the first group show held at Robin Gibson’s new gallery in Darlinghurst.
The Australian Collection of William Bowmore, O.B.E., and Decorated Eggs Fabergé Style Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 10 December 1984– 22 January 1985; Lavender Bay Pier in the Rain 1976; Nude Torso 1976; (Dove in a Gum Tree (c. 1978)
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 1984 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 1984–28 January 1985; Francis Bacon at 75 1984 [finalist in Archibald Prize]; The Boxing Match, Second Version 1984 [finalist in Sulman Prize]; South Coast after the Rain, 1984 awarded Wynne Prize 1984; Sydney Harbour, watercolour [?] [Wynne Prize finalist] Note: It has not been possible to identify the Sydney Harbour watercolour.
Archibald Retrospective Exhibition Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 1984–28 January 1985 Self Portrait in the Studio 1975–76
1985
Recalling the Fifties: British Painting and Sculpture 1950–1960 (funded by Arts Council of Great Britain) Serpentine Gallery, London, February–March 1985: Untitled Red Painting 1961 (cat. 47.61)
Lloyd Rees: Artists Salute Lloyd Rees on the occasion of his ninetieth Birthday Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 26 February–16 March 1985: Lloyd Rees’ ‘The Road to Berry’ (also titled ‘Road to Berry’: Homage to Lloyd Rees) (1985); Homage to ‘The Road to Berry’ 1985; Oberon 1979 [print]
Fine Paintings Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 16 April–30 April 1985 (24 artists; 78 works): North Queensland 1976; Tuscany 1981; Study for Flame Tree, Port Vila (1983); Port Vila Study 1984
Painters of the Still Life Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 16 April–18 May 1985: Still Life with Cherries 1975–76
Selected Australian Works of Art Lauraine Diggins Gallery, Melbourne, 26 June–10 July 1985: (Boy Playing a Mouth Organ) 1959
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 19 July–12 August 1985: Untitled Black Collage 1961; There Is, Still Life with Reflections 1976
Pictures, Sport, Art &Leisure Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 7–25 September 1985: Washing the Salt Off, 1 1985; Washing the Salt Off, 11 1984–85; Palm Beach 1985; “Her” (also titled Bather 1) 1975 [sculpture] Note: This exhibition featured Tim Storrier, Bryan Westwood and Brett Whiteley.
Twentieth Century Australian Masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the Collection of CRA Limited Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 4 October–November 1985: Untitled Painting II 1961 (cat. 57.61); The Green Mountain, Fiji 1969
Australian Heritage Exhibition Tom Silver Fine Art, Melbourne, 26 October–17 November 1985: (Plum) Nude under the Shower 1977; Still Life with Magnolia 1980–82
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 7 November–2 December 1985: There is, Still Life with Reflections 1976
Regions, Beaches, Interiors Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 16 November 1985–16 March 1986: The American Dream 1968–69
Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize for 1985 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 December 1985–2 February 1986: Hill End 1985 [finalist in Wynne Prize]; The Olgas for Ernest Giles 1985 [finalist for Sulman Prize]
1986
Studies of the Nude Marlborough Fine Art, London, 19 March–2 May 1986: Jealousy 1974, 1980 (cat. 198.80); Study for Portrait of W.1 1985
One Hundred Years of Australian Paintings: 1880–1980 Tom Silver Fine Art, Melbourne, 13 April–6 May 1986: Studio Sketch 1982
Masterpieces of Australian Art Bortignons Kalamunda Gallery of Man, Kalamunda, Western Australia, 1986: Summer 2 1961; View from the Juda’s Window, Henley 1965
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 19 April–15 June 1986: The Balcony 2 1975
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 27 May–15 June 1986: Mirrored 1977
Selected Australian Works of Art Lauraine Diggins Gallery, Melbourne, 30 June–11 July 1986: The Spanish Steps, Rome 1960; Untitled Red Painting 1 1961; (River Landscape with Heron) (c. 1978) (cat. 242.78)
Australian Art: Colonial to Modern Deutscher Fine Art, Perth, 20–25 August; Sydney, 5–13 September 1986: Untitled Painting 1961 (refer cat. 56.61)
Brett Whiteley: graphics Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, October 1986
Legends and Landscape of Australian Art Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Texas, 7 November–19 December 1986: Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66)
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 19 November–14 December 1986: Tangier Postcard 1967 (refer cat. 36.67); Portrait of Vanessa (c. 1985) (cat. 37.85)
Touring Retrospective of Wynne Prize Winners S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 1986–87: The Jacaranda Tree (on Sydney Harbour) 1977
1987
Field to Figuration: Australian Art 1960–1986
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, February–March 1987: 10 Rillington Place, W11 1964
The Jack Manton Prize 1987: Recent works by Fourteen Australian Artists
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 12 February–29 March 1987: Sloping Up on the Olgas (1) (with Crow, 1983–85; Sloping up on the Olgas (2) 1984–86; The Olgas and the Woman in Them 1986
Four Printmakers
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 25 April–13 May 1987
Onsight – The Expressive Image
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; toured to Jacaranda Friendship Centre, Caringbah; Returned Services League Club, Liverpool; Book Lovers’ Club, Warringah; Annesley House, Leichardt; Legacy House, DeeWhy; Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, Chatswood; St George Creative Art and Craft Centre, Penshurst; Northcott School, Paramatta; The Tramshed, Narrabeeen; Oakhill College, Castle Hill; Lions Club, Beverly Hills; Brooklyn Public School, Brooklyn; Mulawa Training and Detention Centre for Women, Mulawa; Silverwater Gaol, Silverwater, 12 May 1987–13 May 1988: Stanner’s Dream 1974
A Collection of 20th Century Australian Paintings
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 18 June–9 July 1987: (Boy playing a Mouth Organ) 1959; ‘shao’ (Satin Bowerbird) 1978–79
Note: This exhibition celebrated the opening of the gallery at 156 Hargrave Street, Paddington.
Spring Exhibition
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 23 October–28 November 1987: The River 1976 [tapestry]; Study for Large Porcelain River Blue and White 1977; Lavender Bay Morning,1979; Azaleas at Dusk (1980); Deeper 1985
Exhibition of Modern Australian Paintings
Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 7–27 November 1987: Studies for Mangrove Wood Sculpture–“Her” 1975
1988
Stories of Australian Art
Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London, 31 March–28 May 1988; toured to The Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, England, 25 June–31 July 1988: Two Hearts of Australia 1987
A Century of Australian Painting
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 21 April–21 May 1988: Deeper 1985
Autumn Exhibition
Peter Gant Fine Art, 17 May–14 June 1988: Nude beside the Basin 1963; Woman, Basin and Heater (1963); Love? (c. 1965); Arkie 1967; View from a Bus Outside of Messina, Sicily 1959 1986
European and Australian Paintings from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection
S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 28 April–4 June 1988: The Yellow Nude 1978
Untitled Group exhibition from the stockroom
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, mid 1988: [probably] “Her” 1973 (cat. 52.73); The Road to Mojácar (1982); Sketch of Mojácar, Spain 1982
Australian Bicentennial Exhibition
Fischer Fine Art, London, 29 June–3 September 1988: Somewhere in Summer 1961
Note: Fischer Fine Art gallery closed in May 1992.
The Self Portrait: Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and other new Media
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 21 October–17 November 1988; Self-portrait as Gertrude Stein 1988
Spring Exhibition
Peter Gant Fine Art, Melbourne, 27 October–25 November 1988: Hummingbird 1972; Bather and Garden 1981
Four Australian Modern Masters: Arthur Boyd; Sidney Nolan; Brett Whiteley; Fred Williams
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 11 November–6 December 1988: From Lintas 1958; Orchids in front of Palm Tree Print 1975; Bulbul’s Nest in Avocado Tree 1976; The River 1976 [tapestry, 1/3]; Study for Large Porcelain River, Blue and White 1977; The Paddock – Early Morning [Oberon] 1979; Blue Wren 1981; The Breaking of the Drought 1982; The Rainy Window and the Plum Tree 1983; A Day at Bondi 1984 [suite of etchings]; Seagull (Japanese: The Screaming Voice) 1988
1989
Modern Australian PaintingsCharles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 20 June–7 July 1989: Glasshouse Mountains 1976 (cat. 164.76)
Sculpture Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 5–23 August 1989: Nude (stone relief), Bali 1980 (cat. 40S)
The Song of the Lamb Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 19 August–2 October 1989: The Ivory Necklace 1974–75
Modern Australian Painting Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 8–29 September 1989: Black Swan 1988
The Nude Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 7–25 October 1989: Lovers 1 (1989) (cat. 32.89); Lovers 11 (1989); Lovers 1975, screenprint, 55/75
60th Anniversary Exhibition The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 2–26 November 1989: Sketch for Wood Sculpture 1977
Sydney Harbour Foreshores Mosman Gallery, Mosman, Sydney, 12 November 1989: Westerly (c. 1987)
New Prints Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 November–20 December 1989: Silvereye 1988
New Prints National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 27 November–20 December 1989; Note: This exhibition featured works by Arthur Boyd, John Coburn, Robert Jacks, Colin Lanceley, Alun Leach-Jones, John Olsen and Brett Whiteley
Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize for 1989 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 December 1989–28 January 1990: Portrait of Francis Bacon (1989– 1991) [Archibald Prize finalist]; Sunday Afternoon 1988 [Sulman Prize finalist]
1990
Harbour Hymns, City Songs: Visions of Sydney from the Collection Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 January 1990–11 March 1990: Sydney Harbour by Night, linocut 1981
New Prints Australian Galleries, Sydney, 5–24 February 1990: Silvereye 1988
Australian Paintings from the Mertz Collection Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1 June–12 August 1990: Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64; Head of Christie 1964; Christie and Kathleen Maloney 1964; Cheetah in Rillington Place (1964–66)
Australian Contemporary Art Fair [Australian Galleries] Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 21–24 June 1990: Wategos Beach, Byron Bay (Summary) 1990
The Yellow House 1970–72 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 July–30 September 1990: Portrait of Martin Sharp in the Lyrebird Tradition 1970; The Blossom Tree 1970–82; The Night Café 1971–72
Note: This exhibition was a room installation based on a reconstruction of the original ‘Yellow House’.
L’eté Australie à Montpellier: 100 chefs – d’oeuvre de la peinture Australienne Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France, 30 June–13 September 1990: Balmoral 1975–78
1991
Images of Women: European and Australian Paintings S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 January–24 February 1991; Art Gallery of Western Australia 19 September–10 November 1991: The Yellow Nude 1978
New Directions: 1952–1962 Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Penrith, New South Wales,
8 February–24 March 1991: Summer Field Painting No. 2 1962
Green Art – Contemporary Images of the Bush selected by Robyn Williams S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 5 April–5 May 1991: Blue Wren 1979 (cat. 177.79)
The Art of Knitting Westpac Galleries, Melbourne, 22 May–2 June 1991: The Jacaranda Tree (on Sydney Harbour) 1977
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 20 August– 28 September 1991: Sketch for ‘The River’ 1975; Blue Wren 1979 (cat. 177.79)
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 24 October–10 November 1991: Pelican Dripping Water 1988
1992
Contemporary Australian Drawings – from the collection Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 January–17 February 1992; toured to: Nolan Gallery, Canberra, 1 May–8 June 1992; Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, New South Wales, 12 June–12 July 1992; Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 14 October–8 November 1992: Sigean Drawing IV (1962); (Untitled Bathroom Drawing) (1963) (cat. 37.63)
Major Modern Masters Savill Galleries, Sydney, 27 April–26 September 1992: From Lintas 1958; (Hummingbird) 1978; ‘shao’ (White Heron) 1978–79; Seagull over Lavender Bay 1979; ‘tsui’ (Palm Tree) 1978–79; The Dove 1982 [etching]; Studio Sketch (also titled Studio Sketch with W and C) 1982; Self-portrait at 44 1983; Deeper 1985; Early Morning from Farm Cove 1987; Lavender Bay (Blue) 1987; (Seated Nude–Janice) (1988–89) (cat. 10.88)
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery (organised by Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 6 May–28 June 1992; toured to National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 10 July–9 August 1992; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 20 August–25 September 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 October–22 November 1992; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 3 December 1992–31 January, 1993: Patrick White at Centennial Park 1980
An Endangered Species: The Australian Democrats Threatened Species Campaign Bonython–Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, 6–7 July 1992 [no catalogue]: Northern Hopping Mouse 1992; Western Mouse 1992; Greater Stick Nest Rat (1992); Almost Gone: Norfolk Island Parrot 1992; Lord Howe Island Woodhen 1992; Yalara, Endangered Maybe Gone 1992; Norfolk Island Boobook Owl 1992
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 17 June–19 July 1992: The Olgas 1978 (cat. 267.78)
Major Modern Masters: Blackman, Boyd, Drysdale, Perceval, Whiteley Savill Galleries, Sydney, 27 August–26 September 1992: From Lintas 1958;
shao (White Heron) 1978–79; ‘tsui’ (Palm Tree) 1978–79; Seagull over Lavender Bay 1979; Lavender Bay (Blue) 1987
1993
Rees: Whiteley: on the road to Berry Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Victoria, 13 July–5 September 1993; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 September–14 November 1993
Note: This exhibition included approximately 47 works by Whiteley:
1.Black Landscape, 1960; 2. String Quartet, 1960; 3. Cemetery in Sicily 11, 1960; 4. Italian Boy (1960–61); 5.Wendy and Arkie as a Baby, 1964; 6. Study for ‘The Beach’, 1965; 7.Whale Beach (1966); 8. Buddhism, 1969–70; 9. Landscape near Dural; 10. (The Bush), 1970; 11. Page of Self Portraits, 1971; 12. Nanny, 1971; 13. Butcher Bird, Palm Beach, 1972; 14. Self Portrait with Beard, 1972; 15. Crucifixion, 1973; 16. The Rape, 1973; 17. Palm Beach, 1973; 18. Wendy Sleeping, 1973; 19. Notes for Alchemy, 1972–74; 20. Drawing for Celebes Print, 1975; 21. Berber, 1975; 22. Nude, study for large wood carving, 1975; 23. Preliminary sketch for ‘The River at Carcoar’, 1975; 24. Wendy on Cushions, 1976 (also titled The Studio; Wendy Asleep); 25. Interior, Lavender Bay, 1976; 26 The Black Whole, 1976; 27. Willow Tree (1975); 28. Bali, 1976; 29. Bulbul’s Nest in Avocado Tree, 1976; 30. Clark Park, Lavender Bay, 1976; 31. Lindfield (Allenbrook) Gardens, 1978; 32. Jennifer’s Lake, Bali, 1980; 33. Palm Tree (study for silkscreen), 1979; 34. Joel Elenberg, 1980; 35. Bus Stop in Bali, 1980; 36. Fish River, Oberon, 1980; 37. Drunk, Portrait of Wendy, 1983; 38. Expandingness, 1983; 39. Palm Drive, Lavender Bay, 1984; 40. Preliminary Study for Arkie in the Shower, 1985; 41. The Park at Lavender Bay with ‘King’ the house Pigeon, 1985–88; 42. Road to Berry, Homage to Lloyd Rees, 1985; 43. Study for young wren bathing, 1988; 44.Tribute to Lloyd Rees, The Road to Berry, 1989; 45. Henri Matisse reading a Newspaper, 1989; 46. Off Boulevard St Germain, 1989; 47. Self Portrait with reading Specs, 1991
Dogs, Cats and other Critters Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 27 August–15 September 1993: Hippo 1978 (cat. 104.78); ‘Sense’ Resting 1985
From the Lithographer’s Workshop: lithographs by Australian artists: printed in Sydney by Fred Genis Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994, 22 October 1993–9 January 1994
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, November 1993: Woman in the Bath 1963 (cat. 19.63); Still Life with Magnolia 1980–82; Please Rain 1983
1994
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 1–23 February 1994: Summer Field Painting III 1962
On the Beach, Australian Artists at the Shore Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Victoria, 5 December 1994–5 February 1995: Justine, Bondi,1986; After the Swim, Tangier 1986–87
Great Gifts, Great Patrons Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 August–19 October 1994: Black Landscape 1960; The Green Mountain, Fiji 1969; Preliminary Sketch for Large Cream Landscape 1972; Stanner’s Dream 1974
Spring Exhibition South Yarra Fine Art, Melbourne, 7 August–4 September 1994: Woman in Chair (c. 1964) (cat. 20.64)
1995
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, March–April 1995: Lavender Bay in the Rain 1974 (cat. 146.74); Magnolia 1977–78 (cat. 158.77)
From Bunny to Boyd Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 17 March–15 April 1995: Preliminary for [Sydney] Harbour Triptych 1981
Australian Art 1940–1990 from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu City, Japan, 28 July–3 September 1995: Interior with Time Past 1976
Artists of Hill End: Art, Life and Landscape (touring exhibition organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 July–17 September 1995; toured to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 6 October–19 November 1995; New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale, New South Wales, 10 February–31 March 1996; Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 19 April–26 May 1996; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria, 7 June–29 July 1996: Sofala 1958; Gold-mining 1960; Hill End 1985–89; Sketch of a Swamp at the Back of Hill End Pub 1986; Out of Hill End 1986–87; Winter Glimpse of Mallee Fowl near Bathurst (Sally’s Flat) 1987–88
Treasures Revealed: Modern Australian Art Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1–24 September 1995: Untitled Vase (Bondi Beach]) (c. 1985) [ceramic]; Putting on Lipstick 1981
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting Goddard de Fides Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia, 4–21 October 1995; Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 1–25 November 1995: “Her” 1973; Sketch for ‘The River’ 1975; The Blue Nude (Lavender Bay) 1978; (Janice – Nude) 1989; Byron Bay at Sunset (retitled South Coast Geographical) 1990–1991
A Collection of Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Tapestries Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 9 October–11 November 1995: Hotel Room in Bali 1980; [probably] Sacred Baboon 2 1975 (cat. 181.75); Sydney Harbour by Night 1981; Sunday Afternoon, Surry Hills 1988
Modern Australian Paintings Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 1–24 November 1995: Untitled Black Collage 1961
The Qantas Collection Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14–26 November 1995: Opera House 1970–1982
Australian Watercolours 1880s to 1990s (touring exhibition organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 November 1995–14 January 1996; toured to City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, in 1996: Black Landscape 1960
1996
19th & 20th century Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1–5 May 1996; Sydney, 14 May–7 June 1996: Untitled Painting 1961 (cat. 56.61)
Australian Art: Colonial to Contemporary: 1780s – 1990s Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, August 1996: Portrait of Richard Neville 1974
From Streeton to Whiteley: A Selection of Australian Art Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 18 October–10 November 1996: Me (September) 1965) 1965; Not I–Me 1967; Untitled Vase (Erotic) [ceramic] 1974 (cat. 12C); Lavender Bay at Sunset 1987; Francis in a Pub 1989
1997
20th Century Australian Painting Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 18 February–9 March 1997: Seagulls 1988 (cat. 121.88)
I Had a Dream: Australian Art in the 1960s National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 April–16 June 1997: 10 Rillington Place, W11 1964
19th & 20th Century Australian Painting and Decorative Arts
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne; Sydney, 14–18 May 1997; Melbourne, 31 May–28 June 1997: The Beach 1966; Torso, Preliminary for Etching 1976
Great Australian Paintings from Melbourne Private Collections
(a fundraising exhibition for Brainwave Royal Children’s Hospital, organised by Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne) Neuroscience Centre, Melbourne, 30 May–15 June 1997: Lavender Bay at Dusk 1984
“The American Dream” Exhibition
Bunbury Art Galleries, Western Australia, 31 May–22 June 1997: The American Dream 1968–69
Big Blue – the painted Harbour
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998: Alchemy 1972–73; Big Orange (Sunset) 1974; Self Portrait in the Studio 1976; Palm Trees 1974 [fibreglass sculpture]; The Balcony 2 1975
Note: A parallel exhibition was held at the Brett Whiteley Studio: The Big Blue: Sydney Harbour through the eyes of the Artist, 21 June 1997–29 March 1998.
Large scale painting from the Holmes à Court Collection
Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth (curated by David Bromfield), 9 August–20 September 1997: The Yellow Nude 1978
Modern Australian Painting in the 1920s–1980s
Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 9–20 September 1997: Summer’s Bay (1962); Preliminary Notes for ‘Harry’s Building’ 1976
19th and 20th Century Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1 October–8 November 1997: (River Landscape with Heron) (c. 1978–79) (cat. 242.78)
Australia’s Greatest Artists
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 28 November–7 December 1997: ‘Wei’ 1978–79 (cat. 261.78)
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 December 1997–15 March 1998; Head Studies (c. 1971)
1998
19th & 20th Century Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts 1998
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1–27 June 1998: Tangier Postcard 1967 (cat. 36.67)
The Roger Buckle Ceramic Collection
State Craft Gallery, Melbourne, 25–30 August 1998: Untitled Vase (Nude Bathing: Mythological Scene) 1974
Works on Paper
Australian Galleries, Sydney, October 1998: Sacred Baboon 1975 (cat. 178.75)
Seldom Seen
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 19 December 1998–11 April 1999: Untitled Gouache 1961
1999
National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 4 March 1999–4 March 2000: Art, life and the Other Thing 1978
Twentieth Century Australian Art: A Major Collectors’ Exhibition
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney, 18 March–28 April 1999: Study for Wood Sculpture (c. 1976–78) (cat. 93.76); Preliminary Sketch for Orange Palm and Lavender Bay 1991; View from the Sitting Room Window, Lavender Bay 1991
Selected Paintings 1990–1999
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 29 May–19 July 1999: White Painting with Collage 1961 (cat. 41.61)
The Innovators: Collectors who Shaped Sydney’s Avant-garde: 1963–1978
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 26 June–1 August 1999: Henri’s Armchair
1974–1975
Sense of Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 23 July–19 September 1999: Berry’s Bay, Sydney Harbour 1959
2000
Art in a Time of Change
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, New South Wales, 21 January–12 April 2000: Screen as the Bathroom Window 1976
Australian Works on Paper
Australian Galleries, Sydney, 3–16 February 2000: Still Life 1976 (cat. 125.76); Study for Baboon Vase 1980; Swinging Monkey 2 1965 [print]; The Willow 1988 [print]; Sketch for Ile de la Cité 1990 (cat. 38.90)
A Century of Australian Painting
Gosford Art Gallery, Gosford, New South Wales, 14 April–28 July 2000: Screen as the Bathroom Window 1976
Crossing Cultures: Art from the Boxer Collection
Drill Hall, Canberra, May–June 2000: Rita Nelson 1964–65 (cat. 78.64)
12th Biennale of Sydney (2000) (International Festival of Contemporary Art)
Sydney locations: Art Gallery of New South Wales; Museum of Contemporary Art; Artspace, Object Galleries; Customs House; Government House; Sydney Opera House; Sydney Film Festival; City of Sydney, 26 May–30 July 2000: Linked Portrait: Brett Whiteley, Tony Woods, William Pidgeon 1970
Visions of Australia: 1950–2000
Nevill Keating Pictures, London, 6 July–28 July 2000: August 1960; Pink Collage 1963 (cat. 49.63); Midday at Wategos Beach 1989–90 (cat. 165.89); Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 6 1989; Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 10 (Road to Wategos) 1989
Australian Icons: Twenty Artists from the Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 August–3 December 2000:
Untitled Painting 1961 (also titled Untitled Painting 1); Sigean Drawing IV (1962); (Untitled Bathroom Drawing) [Pembridge Crescent] 1963 (cat. 37.63); Woman in the Bath 4 1963–64; The Bush 1966; Shankar 1966; Alchemy 1972–73; Art, Life and the Other Thing 1976; Self-portrait in the Studio 1976; Totem 1 (Black–The Get Laid Totem) 1978–88 [sculpture]
Harbour
Museum of Sydney, Museum of Sydney, 5 August–3 December 2000: Sydney Harbour by Night 1981 [print]
Spring Exhibition
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, October 2000: Nude in Blue Landscape (Lavender Bay) 1978
Federation: art and society 1901–2001
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 December 2000–18 February 2001: The Cricket Match 1964 (cat. 99.64)
2001
Modern Australian Art: A Collector’s Exhibition
Gould Galleries, Sydney, 14 February–18 March 2001: Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 12 1989
Annual Collectors’ Exhibition
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 16 June–14 July 2001: Tangier Postcard 1967 (cat. 36.67)
Great Australian Paintings
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1–31 August 2001: Pond and Poplars (1974–75)
Twenty Fine Paintings
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, opening 5 December 2001; The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988
2002
Favourites: Margaret Olley & Jeffrey Smart Selections
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 January–24 February 2002: Ferry 1979 (cat. 194.79)
Otherworlds: Images of fantasy and fiction
(Queensland Art Gallery travelling exhibition) toured in Queensland to: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 1 February–3 March 2002; Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay, 8 March–7 April; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 12 April–19 May; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, 24 May–29 June; Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, 5 July–18 August; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 23 August–29 September;
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, 15 November 2002–12 January 2003: Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud 1970–71
Gould Modern
Gould Modern, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 8 February–10 March 2002, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 16 March–14 April 2002: The Businessman (1975); The Wren 1988 (cat. 124.88)
Melbourne Exhibition
Gould Modern, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July–31 August 2002: The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988
‘Nick Cave: The Good Son’
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 6 August–25 September 2002: Oyster Cove (also titled Man Best Understands the Nature of Water When He Comes Close to Drowning 1975) (cat. 118.75)
Spring Exhibition 2002
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne from 4 September 2002: Wategos Beach, Byron Bay (Summary) 1990
Annual Collectors’ Exhibition
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne; Perth 20 September – 20 October; Melbourne, 1 November–14 December 2002: After the Swim 1984 also titled Washing the Salt Off 11 1984
Melbourne Fine Art
Sotheby’s exhibition space, Sydney, 9–13 October 2002: Untitled Black Collage 1961
2003
Gouldmodern, Gouldtraditional, Gould Contemporary
Gould Galleries, Sydney, 22 February–23 March 2003; Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 22 February–30 March 2003: Lavender Bay with Nude 1975 (cat. 101.75); Madam Lash [Vase] (1975) (cat. 25C)
Modern British Art
Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, Autumn 2003: Untitled Orange Gouache 1961
Australian Art, McCubbin to Whiteley
Bundoora Homestead Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora, Victoria, 11 April–1 June 2003: Gambella 1973; Lavender Bay at Dusk 1984
Big Country: Australian Landscape from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1 August 2003–24 October 2004: Untitled Gouache 1961 (cat. 20.61)
Annual Collectors’ Exhibition
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 6 September–5 October 2003: Love?
(c. 1965) (cat. 10.65)
Brett Whiteley & John Olsen: Tapestries, Graphics & Works on Paper
Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 11 September–12 October 2003: Moods of the Sea [4] (1972–73); For Dream a–Day 1970; The River 1976 [tapestry, 3/6]; Glasshouse Mountains 1976 (cat. 164.76) [and prints]
Australia and the Nobel Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 5 December 2003–15 February 2004: Preparatory Drawing for ‘Patrick White at Centennial Park’ (1979–1980) (cat. 5.79); Portrait of Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979–1980
2004
Australian Paintings: Summer 2004
Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 26 February–28 March 2004; Sydney, 2 March–3 April 2004: Nude Torso 1976 (cat. 86.76); Towards Sculpture 5 1977 [lithograph]
To Look Within: Self Portraits in Australia
University of Queensland Art Museum, St. Lucia, Queensland, 16 April–20 June 2004 and National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 9 July–19 September 2004: Self Portrait in the Studio 1976
Big Country: Australian Landscape from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1 August 2003–24 October 2004: Untitled Gouache, 1961
The Joseph Brown Collection
National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, from 6 October 2004:
White Sacred Baboon 1965 [sculpture]
Major Works
Richard Martin Art, Sydney, from 13 November 2004: Magnolia and Blue and White Ching Vase 1982
2005
Director’s Choice 2005: Celebrating 25 Years of Gould Galleries
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney, 16 February–24 April 2005: Preliminary for [Sydney] Harbour Triptych 1981
Whiteley: Works from the Holmes à Court Collection and Lenders
Holmes à Court Gallery, East Perth, 18 February–17 April 2005: The Yellow Nude 1978
Australia’s Most Wanted
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 3 March–3 April 2005: (Figure on a Bicycle – Memory of Sigean) (c. 1976); The River 1976 [tapestry]
The female Form
Savill Galleries, Sydney, until June 2005 (2 prints by Whiteley)
on paper
Gould Galleries, Sydney, 19 August–18 September 2005: (Bulbul and Nest) 1976 (cat. 190.76)
After Van Gogh: Australian artists in homage to Vincent
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 6 September–30 October 2005: The Blossom Tree 1970, 1982; The Night Café 1971; Vincent 1971; The Divided Unity 1973; Bird and Waves 1973 [screenprint]; Thanks Pablo–van Gogh’s Chair (1982); Vincent for Andy 1982; Saint Rémy- de-Provence: The Day Expressionism got Born 1982–83; Imagined Self-portrait of Vincent in 1892 1983–84
People’s Choice 2005
Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 3 December 2005–12 February 2006: Still life with Shell 1970
On Loan Private Collection
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 10 December 2005–7 May 2006: Untitled Red Painting I 1961; Arkie 1967; Study for Large Wood Carving 1975 (cat. 84.75); Bather on the Sand 1975–76 (cat. 209.75); Portrait of Wendy 1984 (cat. 137.84)
2006
Ken Hinds Cultural Heritage Collection
Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland, 1 February–12 March 2006: The Jewish Silver Flute 1975
Warning: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 4 April–28 May 2006: Self Portrait in the Studio 1976
By Design: A selling Exhibition
Mossgreen Gallery at Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, 2–11 June 2006: Wategos Beach, Byron Bay (Summary) 1990
Top Guns
Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 10 June–5 July 2006: Nude (stone relief), Bali 1980
50 Years Australian Galleries 1956–2006
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 15–18 June 2006: Wendy on Cushions 1976; Mangoes 1978
Australian Drawings Part One
John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne, 2–26 August 2006: Love? (c. 1965) (cat. 10.65)
Australian Painting: Traditional, Modern and Contemporary
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 16 August–23 September; Melbourne, 13 August–17 September 2006: Untitled Vase (Lovers) (c. 1980) [ceramic] (cat. 63C); Magnolia and Blue and White Ching Vase 1982; A Day at Bondi (suite of etchings) 1984; Untitled Vase (Lovers) 1985 [ceramic] (cat. 104C)
2007
A Century of Collecting 1901–2001
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 29 March–28 April 2007: Waterfall (1962–63)
Cuisine and Country: A culinary Venture in Australian Art
(organised by Orange Regional Gallery) national tour to: City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 26 March–5 May 2007; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 6 April–20 May 2007; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, New South Wales, 8 June–22 July 2007; Mornington Peninsula Region Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 28 August–21 October 2007; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga, New South Wales, 26 October–9 December 2007; Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier, South Australia, 15 December 2007–15 February 2008; Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, New South Wales, 16 May–15 June 2008; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 1 July–15 August 2008; Artspace Mackay, Mackay, Queensland, 31 August–30 September 2008: Still Life with Meat 1975–76
Australian Paintings 1950 to Now
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 8 May–6 June 2007: Water Lilies 1981
Bodies and Minds
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 10 May–2 June 2007: Portrait of Richard Neville 1974
Australian Landscape
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 12 May–2 June 2007; Kurrajong 1981
A Taste of the Chandler Coventry Collection
New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale, New South Wales, 15 June–8 July 2007: Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
Ex Libris: Bookplates from the collections
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, October 2007–January 2008: [Nude] EX LIBRIS PAT CORRIGAN (c. 1982)
Modern Australian Painting
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 5 November– 8 December 2007: From Lintas 1958; The Most Beautiful Mountain 1969; (Still Life with Daisies) (1976) (cat. 122.76)
Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour from the 1940s to recent times
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 30 November 2007–13 January 2008; Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, 23 January–8 March 2008: Big Orange (Sunset) 1974
2008
Modern Australian Paintings
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 20 May–21 June 2008: Lipstick 1981 [lithograph]; Nude Torso 1976 (cat. 86.76)
From Subject to Object – Abstraction in Australian Painting 1959–1977: Works from the Coventry Collection
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 27 June–21 September 2008: Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
Winter Collectors’ Exhibition
John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne, 16 July–2 August 2008: Love? (c. 1965) (cat. 10.65)
Annual Collectors' Exhibition
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1 October–8 November 2008: Torso, Preliminary for Etching 1976 (cat. 83.76); (River Landscape with Heron) (c. 1978–79) (cat. 242.78)
Themes and Variations: Australian drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, 17 October–30 November 2008: Face of an old Man (c. 1974)
True Crime
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria, 1 November 2008–1 February 2009: 10 Rillington Place, W11 1964
You show us yours; we'll show you ours – Public and Private
(two venue exhibition) Holmes à Court Gallery, East Perth and Edith Cowan University Gallery, Joondalup, Western Australia, 27 November 2008– 8 February 2009: The Yellow Nude 1978
Great Collections
(regional galleries touring exhibition) toured to: Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, New South Wales, 12 December 2008–18 January 2009; Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 6 February–15 March 2009; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales, 3 April–10 May 2009; Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, New South Wales, 29 May–5 July 2009; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria, July–30 August 2009: Art, Life and the other Thing 1978
2009
Fine Australian Paintings
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 24 March–18 April 2009: Balmoral 1975–78; Every Grain of Sand (1981); [graphics]
Idle Hours
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 11 December 2009–21 February 2010: Interior with Time Past 1976; Wendy Drunk 11 pm 1983
Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Dunedin Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 12 December 2009–1 April 2012: Untitled Gouache 1961 (cat. 20.61)
2010
Just Imagine
Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 30 January–6 June 2010: Still life with Shell 1970
Collectable + Exceptional: The Director’s Choice 2010
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 6 May–5 June 2010: (On the Beach) 1970; Galah 1988
Top Guns 2010
Richard Martin Art Sydney, 3 July–21 July 2010: The Fish River in Winter 1979; (Nude in Bath) 1986; Shampoo 1992
Home and Away: Artists and Landscape
Pallant House, Chichester, England, 1 October 2010–2 April 2011: Pilsdon Hill, Dorset 1977
Looking in the Mirror
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 22 October 2010–6 February 2011; Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
2011
Summer 2011
Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 18 January–16 February 2011:
Nobbys Head and the Entrance to Newcastle 1991
Up Close and Personal: Works from the Collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 August–18 September 2011; The Blue Garden 1975; 8 Miles Out of Cootamundra, 8.28 pm 1984; In the Bottom Park at Lavender Bay there’s a Jacaranda and Gardenia Tree 1984–85; Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 13 1989
Pat Corrigan: Collector
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales, 16 September–6 November 2011: Giraffe Neck 1978 (cat. 107.78); Giraffe (1979) (cat. 77.79); Shop Assistant, Bombay (c. 1985); What a Drawing Is…Pure Energy (c. 1988); [probably] Self-portrait (rue de Tournon) 1989 (cat. 75.89); The Up and Down Side of Montmartre 1989; L’Île de la Cité, Paris (1989); (Nude) (c. 1991) (cat. 48.91); [prints and silver gelatin photographs, Paris (1989)]
Australian modern Masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria, 5 October–27 November 2011; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 10 December–4 March 2012; Green Mountain, Fiji 1969
From a Scrap of Paper: Drawing, Watercolour, Paint, Print, Photography Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 15 November–16 December 2011: Torso: Preliminary for Etching 1976 (cat. 83.76); (River Landscape with Heron)
(c. 1978–79) (cat. 242.78)
1000 Words
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 18 November 2011–5 February 2012: Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
2012
Modern Australian Painting
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 12 April–5 May 2012: Untitled Abstract
(c. 1965) (cat. 64.65)
Modern Masters
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 9 May–5 June 2012: Untitled Vase / Candle Holder [Buttock-shaped] (1975); Seagull (Japanese: The Screaming Voice) 1988; Magnolia Tree in the Rain 1977
Theatre of the World
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, 22 June 2012–19 April 2013: Van Gogh 1970; One Page of a Love Letter 1976; The Naked Studio 1981; Cemetery in Sicily 1986; toured to La Maison Rouge, Paris, 10 October 2013–19 January 2014: Cemetery in Sicily 1986
Artist and Mentor
Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, Victoria: Sketch of a White Baboon 1965 (cat. 55.65)
Best of Coventry
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 10 August–21 October 2012: Head of Bacon 1971 (cat. 27.71); Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
Australian Panorama
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 18 August–12 September 2012: Ferry 1979 (cat. 194.79)
WOW! Four Decades of Collecting
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, 18 October–2 December 2012: Oyster Cove (also titled Man Best Understands the Nature of Water When He Comes Close to Drowning) 1975 (cat. 118.75)
Theatre of the World
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, October 2012–April 2013: Van Gogh 1970 (cat. 73.70)
Celebrated Australian Artists
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 23 October–14 November 2012: Plum Painting 1962
(formerly titled Untitled Landscape Painting); Giraffe Vase 1979 (cat. 54C); Untitled Vase (Reclining Nude) (1981) (cat. 83C) [ceramic]
Picturing the Great Divide: Visions from Australia’s Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Katoomba, New South Wales, 17 November–3 February 2013: Oberon (Summer Abstract) (also titled Summer by the River of Plums) 1987
Francis Bacon: Five Decades
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 November 2012–24 February 2013: Francis Bacon (c. 1984) (cat. 14.84)
2013
Major Moderns
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 19 June–13 July 2013: Plum Painting 1962
(formerly titled Untitled Landscape Painting); Sydney Harbour 1980 [print]
Savill Fine Art
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 19 September–19 October 2013: Plum Painting 1962
(formerly titled Untitled Landscape Painting); Untitled Vase (Cheetah) 1979 [ceramic]; Untitled Vase (Reclining Nude) (1981) (cat. 83C) [ceramic]; Waves, Port Vila 1984
Australia
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 21 September–8 December 2013: Big Orange (Sunset) 1974
Utson’s Opera House
Australian artists inspired by Sydney’s architectural icon
S. H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, 22 November 2013–19 January 2014 [e-catalogue]: Sydney Harbour in the Rain 1976–77; Portrait of Patrick White
(c. 1980)
Masterpieces from the Peter Elliott Collection
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales, 6 December 2013–9 February 2014; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 2 May–15 June 2014; In the Bottom Park at Lavender Bay there’s a Jacaranda and Gardenia Tree 1984–85
2014
Australia Day Exhibition
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 25 January–5 February 2014: Lipstick 1981 [lithograph]; Zebu (c. 1985); Untitled (Vase of Flowers) (c. 1985)
Cream, Four Decades of Australian Art
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 February–27 April 2014; toured to: McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, 11 May–3 August 2014; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales, 29 August–26 October 2014; Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland, 9 October–14 December 2014; Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 20 February–12 April 2015; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, Queensland, 17 April–20 June 2015; Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, Queensland, 13 July–30 August 2015; Artspace, Mackay, Queensland, 4 September–18 October 2015; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland, 4 December 2015–31 January 2016: Katharine Hobbs 1976
Philip Bacon Galleries 40th Anniversary
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 18 February–15 March 2014: Orange Fruit Dove, Fiji 1969
Memorial Exhibition for the late Alan Sisley
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, 5–9 March 2014: Willow (Carcoar) 1984
The Collectors Exhibition
Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 29 March–1 May 2014: White Corella – Japanese: Explosive Sound’ 1987–88
One of Each
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 10 April–4 May 2014: Table and Fruit 1978
Face to Face – Hinton, Coventry & NERAM Collections
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 2 May–3 August 2014: Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
Drawn: Following the Line
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 May–28 June 2014: Torso, Preliminary for Etching 1976 (cat. 83.76); (River Landscape with Heron) (c. 1978) (cat. 242.78)
Important Works from Private Collections
Olsen Irwin Gallery Sydney, 7–25 May 2014: Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 2 1989
Face to Face
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 12 July–6 August 2014: Francis Bacon (1964–65) (cat. 6.64)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 November 2014–1 March 2015: The American Dream 1968–69
2015
Australian Works on Paper
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 3–28 February 2015: Asher Bilu Playing the Sarod 1979 (cat. 24.79)
Celebrating 35 Years
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May–13 June 2015: Galah 1988 (cat. 129.88)
Private Consignment Works
Richard Martin Art, Sydney, June 2015: Giraffe 1978 (cat. 105.78)
Operation Preservation
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 14 August 2015–18 September 2016: Head of Bacon 1971 (cat. 27.71); Self-portrait (c. 1972) (cat. 3.72)
American Dream; American Nightmare
Gallery 9, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; 15 August 2015–15 November 2016 [the dream]; 21 November–15 February 2016 [the nightmare]: The American Dream 1968–69
Australian Artists in Bali: 1930s to Now
McClelland Sculpture Park & Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria, 20 September–29 November 2015: The Green Mountain, Fiji 1969; Bali 1974; Bali 1976; Joel Dying 1980 (cat. 61.80); Jennifer’s Lake in Bali (1980) (cat. 165.80); Garden in Sanur, Bali 1980 [screenprint]
Breaking History: Denis Savill: “I did it my way”
Savill Galleries, Sydney, 14 October–13 November 2015: The Most Beautiful Mountain 1969; Preliminary Idea for Very Large Plum and Ultramarine Vase or Pot,1976; Untitled Goblets [set of 5] (1974–75); Untitled Vase / Candle Holder [buttock-shaped] (1975); Magnolia Tree in the Rain 1977; In the Bottom Park at Lavender Bay there’s a Jacaranda and Gardenia Tree 1984–85
Four Tens: Forty Years of Australian Art, 1940 – 1980
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, 2 December 2015–31 January 2016: Remembering Lao Tse (Shaving Off a Second )1967; Portrait of Richard Neville 1974
Destination Sydney
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 5 December 2015–14 February 2016: The Sea 1970 [suite of 6 ink drawings]; Big Orange Sunset 1974; The Balcony 2 1975; Self-portrait in the Studio 1976; Sunset in Centennial Park 1984; Grey Harbour (c. 1978) (cat. 234.78); 8 Miles Out of Cootamundra 8.28 pm 4/1/84 1984; In the Bottom Park at Lavender Bay there’s a Jacaranda and Gardenia Tree 1984–85; Seagulls 1988
Note: Destination Sydney comprised three simultaneous exhibitions at three Sydney venues: Manly Art Gallery and Museum; Mosman Art Gallery, 5 December–7 February; S. H. Ervin Gallery, 11 December–21 February.
On the Beach: Leisure, pleasure, conflict
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria,
11 December 2015–28 February 2016: Balmoral 1975–78
2016
The Landscape 1804–2015
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Queensland, 2–27 February 2016: Rue Maurice Utrillo, Montmartre 1989
Klewan Collection
Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg, Germany, 8 July–9 October 2016: Head of a Man 2 (1965)
Spring 2016
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, September 2016: Oberon – Drying Up 1982
On the Origin of Art
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, 5 November 2016–17 April 2017: Blue Lovers (c. 1982) (cat. 57.82)
2017
The Klewan Collection. Portrait(s) of Modernism
‘Orangerie’, Lower Belvedere, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, 17 February–11 June 2017 (on loan): Head of Man 2 1965
Autumn Exhibition
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, 14 March–31 May 2017: Untitled Tile (Weeping Tree) (c. 1974) [ceramic]; Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 15 (also titled Dolphin in a Storm) 1989
The National 2017
Carriageworks, Sydney, 30 March–25 June 2017: Basically Black (1972) [poster and drawing]
Private Collectors’ Exhibition & Sale
Mossgreen, Melbourne, 8 June–1 July 2017: Asher Bilu Playing Sarod 1979 (cat. 24.79)
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, 2017
Carriageworks, Sydney, 7–10 September 2017 [Gow Langsford Gallery, New Zealand]: Free ink Drawing 1981; [Justin Miller Art, Sydney] Untitled Tile (Weeping Tree) (c. 1974) [ceramic]; Self-portrait 1977 (cat. 3.77); The Gum Tree at Mangrove Mountain (1981); Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 15 1989
Spring 2017
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, September–October 2017: (Brett on Horseback) (c. 1973); (Still Life – Morandi with Thanks) (1976); (Still life with Fruit Basket) (c. 1976); Self-portrait 1977 (cat. 3.77)
2018
Year of the Dog
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 17 February–7 March 2018: ‘Sense’ Resting 1985
Autumn Exhibition
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, from 11 April 2018: The Gum Tree at Mangrove Mountain (1981)
Whiteley
Harvey Galleries, Mosman, Sydney, from 24 August 2018: (Female Nude) 1976 (cat. 78.76)
Baldessin / Whiteley: Parallel Visions
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 August 2018–29 January 2019: Sofala 1958; July 1959; Untitled Warm Painting (1961) (cat. 62.61); Untitled Warm Painting 1 1961 (cat. 63.61); Preparatory Drawing for ‘Summer at Sigean’ (1962); Summer at Sigean 1962–63; Christie and Kathleen Maloney 1964; 10 Rillington Place, W11 1964; Christie Drawing (Kathleen Maloney) 1964–65; Christie and Hectorina McLennan 1964–65; Rita Nelson 1964–65 (cat. 78.64); Regent’s Park Zoo Series 1965 [prints] [and other prints; White Sacred Baboon 1965 [sculpture]; Giraffe No 1 1965 [sculpture]; Headache 1965–66; Remembering Lao Tse (Shaving Off a Second) 1967; The American Dream 1968–69; Sacred Baboon 1975 (cat. 180.75); Evening Coming In on Sydney Harbour 1975; My Armchair 1976; Interior with Time Past 1976; The Park under Sunlight 1976 [additional to catalogue]; Brolga (Dance) 1978–79 [sculpture]; Totem 1 (Black) (The Get-Laid Totem) 1978–88 [sculpture]; Woman on the Beach Reading an Art Catalogue 1980–81; The Spray at Bondi 1981
Bohemian Harbour: The Artists of Lavender Bay
Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 1 September–25 November 2018: Westerly with Daisies (Lavender Bay) 1974; Dusk (Lavender Bay) 1974; Palm Trees 1974 (also titled Free-standing Ultramarine Palm Trees) [sculpture]; Henri’s Armchair 1974–1975; The Ivory Necklace 1974–75; The Telephone 1976; Magnolia and Harbour 1977; (Clark Park Palm, Three Glasses and a Vase, Lavender Bay) (c.1978); Grey Harbour (1978); Seagull over Lavender Bay 1979; The Pier at Lavender Bay 1979–80; Preliminary for [Sydney] Harbour Triptych 1981; Lavender Bay (also titled Lavender Bay in the Rain) 1981; The Robin and the Moon 1981; Totem 11 (Tan) (Female) 1978–88 [sculpture]; Pelican 1 1983 [sculpture]; In the bottom Park at Lavender Bay there’s a Jacaranda and Gardenia Tree 1984–85; Pelican II 1988 [sculpture]; [prints]
2019
The Whiteley at 20: Twenty Years of Brett Whiteley
S.H. Ervin Museum, Sydney, 22 March–5 May 2019: Around Bathurst 1959;
Dixon Street 1959; Autumn Abstract 1959
Note: This exhibition celebrated 20 years of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship.
Dedicated to the Dedicated: Whitlam, the Arts and Democracy, a Whitlam Institute exhibition
Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University, NSW, 30 June–29 October 2019: Spanish Girl (c. 1975)
2020
Collectors Exhibition
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, Winter 2020: Lake in Bali (Lake Kintamani) (1978); (Paris Sketch) [Arc de Triomphe] (c. 1984)
2021
The Figure
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 13 April–8 May 2021: [Arm Outstretched] Tangier Postcard 1967
The Winter Exhibition 2021
Justin Miller Art, Sydney, May 2021: Bathsheba 1967
2022
The Hirst Collection of Australian and International Art
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 5 April–30 April 2022: Portrait 1958 (cat. 37.58)
2024
Important Australian Paintings
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 4–29 June 2024: Ming’s Garden, also titled Ning’s Garden 1977
From 2025
From 2025 onwards, details of exhibits by Whiteley included in group exhibitions are noted as individual catalogue entries.