The Thousands

‘Open season’ is when British people are allowed by law to shoot things in the pursuit of athleticism; ‘opening season’, as the efforts of a group of nine galleries in the roughly 2010 postcode region to make sure everyone notices that they’ve started up for the year of 2012, may seem gentler. But don’t worry, there’ll still be some baying and trampling; these are art shows after all.

To get full marks for a visit to an opening, you see, you have to secure some form of refreshment, a room sheet, a corner in which to hide from someone with whom you are awkward, and an actual opinion about a piece of art, so it’s probably irresponsible for you to encourage yourself to do that unless you’ve had a really big stretch beforehand.

Presuming you’ve done that, then: James Dorahy Project Space, Gallery9, Breenspace, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, King St Gallery on William, Liverpool St Gallery, Robin Gibson Gallery, Soho Galleries and Watters Gallery. The shows all continue on into the next couple of weeks, and while this map of the galleries only turns the whole thing into a treasure hunt for the one night, it does remain a handy guide to just how many places in East Sydney there are to look at art.