Love a little art during iso? We've got you covered.

Don’t let COVID-19 stop you from enjoying the things you always have or start exploring new hobbies! Galleries and museums have been innovating to keep us enjoying art and culture. No need to get bored, you can now explore exhibitions from near and far from the comfort of your home!

Just around the corner:

The Stanley Street Gallery are currently hosting a range of exhibitions on their website. Their current exhibition by Mark Forbes called Beautiful Solitude will be up until the 29th May. Through photographs, Mark shows us the beauty all around us, even in mundane moments and spaces. You can read more about this exhibition or jump straight into the gallery.

You can also explore past exhibitions or see what they have scheduled for the coming months.

Aboriginal Art at your finger tips:

Aboriginal art is as broad and diverse as the communities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who produce them. Here’s three galleries which bring some of that diversity to our finger tips!

APY Art centre collective: This art centre is a collective of 11 Indigenous owned and governed enterprises who wrk with emerging Indigenous artists to distribute their works far and wide. Their works showcase a wide range of mediums that reflect the traditions of older generations. Their current online exhibits include ‘Healing Country’ by Malakungku Palyantjaku (by APY Adelaide) and Akuri Tjuta (by APY Sydney). You can also get ore background from the APY Art Collective website.

Deadly Dots: Deadly dots features art by Justin Evans. Justin is a proud Gia man of the Birri Gubba nation. You can catch a lot of his beautiful pieces online. Our favourite is ‘Anemone’, what’s yours?

Japingka Aboriginal Art: This WA based gallery features works from a range of artists. Currently, they have two online galleries. One featuring works from sisters Polly Ngale and Kathleen Ngale, called Bush Plum Dreaming. A second galley featuring painters from Ampilatwatja, called Living in the Natural World. Japingka Aboriginal Art is a member of the Indigenous Art Code.

United in Art:

The Art Gallery of NSW have taken the virtual challenge to new heights through their new online project, Together In Art, designed to open the gallery up to the world. The project creates opportunities for everyone to have more meaningful encounters with art. The site offers new commissions, tours, performances, art classes with the pros and much more. The site has a range of material to read and watch and explore!

Let’s go to Spain:

Perhaps you’re a travel bug with a penchant for art? You can take a virtual walk through the Prado museum’s masterpieces…from home! Organised as a timeline of art, with a secondary timeline that offers the historical context of the works below it, this site will keep you busy for hours! There is a lot to load so give this one a bit of time before you start browsing. Double click to find out more or use the search button to filter artists.

There are many more places to view art online. Have you seen a good one? Got a recommendation? Let us know in the comments below!