Exhibitions gives a picture of the year ahead

You can tell a lot about a year by the topics that garner attention. We surveyed the exhibitions scheduled for 2017 to get a heads-up on the issues that will dominate the year.
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Kadia Attia’s work will be presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in 2017. Detail of his Ghosts installation.

The art we choose to show captures a picture of our society. 2016 was a difficult year, with derailed governments, geopolitical ruptures and trauma and tragedies as the refugee plight spiralled. None of these is likely to change in a hurry ​but we can expect the choice of art shown in 2017 to reflect the ways artists help us live in this challenging world. 

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina