Day: 25 July 2026

Brenda L. Croft: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

An installation of Brenda L. Crofts photographic series Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) features in Alliance, Infinity, Love – in the Face of the other: 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg. Curated by Mark Sealy, the triennial celebrates the cultural and artistic diversity of photography and its healing and transformative power.

Opening on the 5 July, the exhibition LA+ 001 | McKenzie + Croft at La Perouse Museum brings together photographic works by Eora/Anaiwan artist Peter McKenzie + (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra Peoples; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish heritage) artist Brenda L Croft.

In addition, Brenda L. Croft is a finalist in both Hadley’s Art Prize and The National Photographic Portrait Prize. An exhibition of the The National Photographic Portrait Prize finalists’ works will be held from 22 August to 11 October 2026 at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra before touring nationally. An exhibition of Hadley’s Art Prize finalists’ work opens in August.

As part of the national mentorship program, FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions Brenda L. Croft mentored Paul Girrawah House. The resulting exhibition ends in September. Read more about the program in the NGV Magazine and watch Croft and House discuss the program and their work here.

ALLIANCE, INFINITY, LOVE – IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER
9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg
Hall for Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany
until 22 September 2026

FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square, Melbourne
until 13 September 2026

LA+ 001 | McKenzie + Croft
La Perouse Museum, Sydney
until 27 September 2026

The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 August – 11 October 2026

Hadley’s Art Prize
Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
1 – 23 August 2026

Rubaba Haider: THE TIES THAT BIND

Rubaba Haiders painting The rose’s essence lives in the thorns (Rumi) III, appears in Ties that bind at Ipswich Art Gallery, alongside Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s hand-dyed silk organza installation my kingdom to know my mind. The exhibition Ties that bind brings together a group of artists that trace the fragile, resilient, complex threads that connect us to place and to one another.

Ties that bind
Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, QLD
until 6 September 2026

Noel McKenna: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Noel McKenna‘s paintings The Street Where I Live (Wynne Prize finalist) and Handmade cotton shirt (deuce) (Sulman Prize finalist) are currently being shown in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026 exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until 16 August.

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
until 16 August 2026

Sangeeta Sandrasegar: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Sangeeta Sandrasegar‘s work features in two current exhibitions and she will appear in an artist talk later in the month. Ties that bind at Ipswich Art Gallery brings together works by Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Rubaba Haider, Michael Cook, Fernando do Campo, Lionel Fogarty, Julie Fragar, C. Moore Hardy, Juanita McLauchlan, Deb Mostert, Izabela Pluta, Sancintya Mohini Simpson and William Yang.

In addition, Sangeeta Sandrasegar‘s watercolour and paper cut-out works feature in the exhibition The Mordant Family Gift: Newcastle Art Gallery Collection. The exhibition celebrates a major recent gift to Newcastle Art Gallery from the Mordant Family Collection.

Ties that bind
Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, QLD
until 6 September 2026

The Mordant Family Gift: Newcastle Art Gallery Collection
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
until 15 November 2026

Julie Dowling: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Julie Dowling‘s work features in the exhibition Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree at The Potter Museum of Art at Melbourne University. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, Ngarn Wa’ngal celebrates the deep cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt.

ECU Gallery’s exhibition Grit is drawn from works in the Edith Cowan University Art Collection and includes paintings by Julie Dowling. The exhibition spans a wide range of material approaches, including painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, wood carving, video, ochre, drawing, printmaking, collage, glass, textiles, and found materials.

In addition, Julie Dowling & Fiona Foley‘s work feature in the current exhibition I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection at Art Gallery of WA. Curator of Indigenous Art Carly Lane notes that “I AM is an exhibition about identity and personhood. How we know ourselves, how we make sense of the world around us, and how we navigate the two is the overarching theme of the show”. Read more in The Conversation here.

Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree
The Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
until 21 November 2026

I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
current, with additional iterations in August 2026 & early 2027

Euan Heng: National Works on Paper 2026 finalist

Congratulations Euan Heng, finalist in the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work opens in September.

National Works On Paper 2026
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Melbourne
5 September – 22 November 2026 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA: Angelina Pwerle & Gunter Christmann

Currently on display at the National Gallery of Australia: works by Angelina Pwerle & Gunter Christmann.

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