Curated by Dr Victoria Lynn and James Lynch the exhibition The City Wakes, The City Sleeps draws from the TarraWarra Museum of Art Collection and includes paintings by Rick Amor, Julia Ciccarone and Dale Hickey.
The City Wakes, The City Sleeps
Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
until 1 March 2026
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Coinciding with The City Wakes, The City Sleeps, TarraWarra Museum of Art’s visible art storage, located in the new adjacent Eva and Marc Besen Centre, has undergone its first major re-hang. Behind the Glass is curated by James Lynch and Emma Nixon and features work by Angela Brennan alongside Davida Allen, Yvonne Audette, Kate Beynon, Virginia Cuppaidge, Janet Dawson, Lesley Dumbrell, Rosalie Gascoigne, Melinda Harper, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Hillary Mais, Mandy Martin, Erica McGilchrist, Margaret Preston, Angelina Pwerle, Vivienne Shark le Witt, Aida Tomescu, Michelle Ussher and Jenny Watson.
Behind the Glass
Eva and Marc Besen Centre, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
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Brenda L. Croft‘s work features in Women Photographers 1853-2018 at the National Gallery of Australia. The exhibition, which is a Know My Name initiative, highlights the transformative impact of women artists on the history of photography.
In addition, Brenda L. Croft has been selected as a Power Institute Paris Art Residency Fellow at the Cité Internationale for 2026. The fellowship will enable Brenda to build on prior work undertaken in Paris and France to research French and other international collections, especially at the Musée du quai Branly, and to extend her relationships and connections with other curators, artists, and other colleagues in the cultural sector. Key to Brenda’s residency will be her positionality as a creative-led researcher – visual artist, curator, educator, researcher/scholar – building on her work’s inclusion in ON COUNTRY: Photography from Australia in Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France (2025); and recent selection for the 9th Triennale of Photography, Hamburg, Germany, 2026.
Women Photographers 1853-2018
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
until 1 March 2026
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Opening in April 2026, John Brack x Noel McKenna at the National Portrait Gallery bring together the work of two influential Australian artists. Read more about the exhibition here.
In addition, National Gallery of Victoria curator Amita Kirpalani discusses two recently acquired paintings in the latest issue of NGV Magazine: one by William McKinnon and one by Noel McKenna. Secure your copy of issue 55 here.
John Brack x Noel McKenna
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
3 April – 19 July 2026
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Curated by Rhonda Davis and Kon Gouriotis the exhibition Australian Abstraction is the second in a series of exhibitions that explores the evolving nature of abstraction within the Australian context. Included in the exhibition are two works by Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, alongside works by Sophie Cape, Julia Davis & Lisa Jones in collaboration, Helen Eager, Louise Forthun, Dale Frank, Michael Goss, Gary Gregg, Sean Hogan, Michael Johnson, Kirtika Kain, Donald Laycock, Ian Milliss, Kyle Murrell, NOT, Louise Olsen, Ana Pollak, Jeannette Siebols, Aida Tomescu and Chris Wise.
Australian Abstraction
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
until 13 February 2026
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The solo exhibition Euan Macleod: Glacier is now on at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. Focusing on the subject of the Haupapa Tasman Glacier on Te Waipounamu in New Zealand’s South Island, changes due to climate change are made evident in the exhibition. Euan Macleod: Glacier |
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Congratulations Deborah Halpern, finalist in the inaugural Maquette: Sculpture Award at McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery. This exciting new prize showcases 62 small-scale sculptures (no more than 50cm in any dimension) by leading contemporary Australian artists, selected by artist Lisa Roet and McClelland’s Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Byrne.
In addition, Deborah Halpern features in the latest edition of Artist Profile. Secure your copy here.
Maquette: Sculpture Award 2025
McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, Melbourne
until 22 February 2026
Author Nora Weetman discussed her love of snooker and the show Pot Black in the Guardian. A love she shares and recognised in the work of Steven Rendall in his Spring1883 2025 presentation. Read the article in full at The Guardian here.
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