This new group exhibition is about an important aspect of being an artist – presenting new ways of looking at the world without being asked to.

‘Leaving LA’ at the Art Gallery of Western Australia takes audiences on a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tim Minchin’s music video and goodbye song Leaving LA (2020).

‘Just Not Australian’ is a regional travelling exhibition that stands to confront our understanding of what national identity is in Australia, and is currently on view at Wollongong Art Gallery.

‘Day Break’ is exceptional. McQuire and Chun inspire kids to be kind and remind the grown ups to get on the same page in this moving story for Aboriginal families, non-Indigenous families, and hopefully our schools.

Emilya Colliver encourages us to see our relationship to the art world as intuitive, fair and one to explore. For example, as with any work or personal relationship a good start with artists is ‘being able to articulate how they can succeed in their role’.

‘BODIED’ at the Art gallery of Western Australia explores creative ruminations of the human form, which take us far beyond our everyday imaginings of the capabilities and visual aesthetics of the body.

‘WE CAN BE HEROES: a backstage pass’ is an exhibition of photographs for lovers of live rock music and is on at Newcastle Art Gallery until 14 February.

‘Space YZ’ at Campbelltown Arts Centre is a celebratory exhibition reflecting on the creative legacy of Western Sydney University’s (WSU) visual arts program and gallery Space YZ, established at the Kingswood campus in 1992.

Heather Rose’s new novel ‘BRUNY’ is a cautionary tale for ‘unprecedented times’ which sits somewhere between sobering fiction and satire.

‘What is Different?’ is an exhibition of artworks by children from Queensland sharing their own experiences and ideas about the global pandemic through creative expression.

‘Quixotic’ is a go-to and apt term used by author Tim Olsen in ‘Son of the Brush’, a memoir amidst one Australia’s most eminent bohemian families.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents ‘Streeton’, a major survey exhibition of works by renowned Australian artist Arthur Streeton (1867-1943). The exhibition curated by Wayne Tunnicliffe, AGNSW’s head curator of Australian Art, is on display until 14 February 2021.

If you visit ’20:20′ at MAMA the experience may be a salve to the year and inspiration for what’s next.

‘Planes, Trains and Bubble’O Bills’ by Melbourne-based artist Kenny Pittock casts a witty spell of humour over the mundane ramblings of everyday life. On at Tweed Regional Gallery in northern New South Wales, until 14 March 2021.

‘Looking Glass: Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce’ at TarraWarra Museum of Art showcases an impactful display of works by Aboriginal artists Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce. On until 8 March 2021.

‘Site & Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’ at McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery shows audiences how the practice of deep listening can guide us towards a more connected understanding of complex environmental and climate change issues.

Curatorial+Co present a timely body of work from artist Lily Cummins who reflects on mental health and the role art can play as therapy.

The ‘2020 Bowness Photography Prize’ exhibition welcomes audiences back through the doors of the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) in Melbourne, and online, after recent lockdowns. On view until 7 February 2021.

‘Paradise on Earth’ celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Marion Mahoney Griffin (1871-1961) at the Museum of Sydney and is on until 18 April 2021.

The National Art School, fondly referred to as NAS, is welcoming art lovers back onto its historic grounds in Sydney for their first public exhibition since March.