Drawing from the City of Greater Geraldton’s Art Collection Living Landscapes, currently showing at Geraldton Regional Art Gallery presents varied depictions and perspectives of the land, from traditional European to First Nations and contemporary works, including work by Julie Dowling.
Living Landscapes
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
until 23 June 2024
Euan Heng’s work is currently showing in the group exhibition The End of History at Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia. The End of History explores artists’ relationship to history, as it’s made. At its centre is a group of works from the University of Western Australia Art Collection made between 1985 and 1995, united by mood and motif.
The End of History
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
until 17 August 2024
Curated by Melissa Keys, Hair Pieces at Heide Musem of Modern Art explores the complex significance of hair in contemporary culture through work by international and Australian Artists. Helen Wright‘s work features alongside Polly Borland (US), Jim Dine (US), Lou Hubbard (AUS), Patricia Piccinini (AUS), Christian Thompson (AUS), Ai Yamaguchi (JPN) and Louise Weaver (AUS).
Hair Pieces
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
until 6 October 2024
Michelle Grabner has curated the exhibition Moreover: 50 Paintings at The Green Gallery, in Milwaukee, USA. Moreover: 50 Paintings is the sister exhibition to the Milwaukee Art Museum’s, 50 Paintings, which Grabner co-curated with Margaret Andera, senior curator of contemporary art. The contemporaneous exhibitions together feature the work of one-hundred artists. Read more about the exhibition 50 Paintings here and Moreover: 50 Paintings here.
50 Paintings
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA
until 23 June 2024
Moreover: 50 Paintings
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
until 15 June 2024
Curated by Melissa Keys and Laura Lantieri, Steven Rendall and Albert Tucker: data for future paintings at Heide Museum of Modern Art features a new series of work by Steven Rendall, prompted by, and exhibited alongside selected studies and photographs by Albert Tucker.
Steven Rendall and Albert Tucker: data for future paintings
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC
until 21 April 2024
Brenda L. Croft features in the exhibition Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum in California, USA. The exhibition presents highlights from the Gorman Museum of Native American Art collection by more than two dozen Indigenous artists from North America, Aotearoa, and Australia. The exhibition highlights self-representation and the works are accompanied by text by the artists featured. Read more about the exhibition in The Reporter here.
In addition, Brenda L. Croft featured in an Art Guide article exploring ancestral legacies and her continued engagement with family and culture in her practice. Read more here.
Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum
Gorman Museum of Native American Art, Davis, CA, USA
until 1 September 2024
Congratulations to Noel McKenna, finalist in both the Adelaide Perry Prize and the Darling Portrait Prize.
The Adelaide Perry Prize is an annual acquisitive award hosted by PLC, Sydney and was judged by Sasha Grishin this year.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). This year the prize will be judged by Bree Pickering, Director, National Portrait Gallery; Erin Vink, Curator First Nations Art (local and global), Art Gallery of New South Wales and Tara Heffernan, Art Historian and Critic. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra from 22 June to 22 September 2024.
Noel McKenna also features in the latest issue of MCA magazine. Purchase your copy here.
The Darling Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 June – 22 September 2024
Curated by Samara King, the exhibition Re.Collection, currently showing at Midland Junction Art Centre features a diverse reimaging of archival photography by First Nation artists Dianne Jones, Jarnda Councillor-Barns and Katie West.
Re.Collection
Midland Junction Art Centre, Midland, WA
until 5 May 2024
Rick Amor features in the current exhibition The O’Donohue & Kiss Gift at Geelong Gallery. The exhibition of works on paper is drawn from generous gifts made to Geelong Gallery by local collectors Conrad O’Donohue and Rosemarie Kiss in 2010 and 2019 and includes work by Honore Daumier, Jim Dine, Francisco Goya, Grahame King, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Helen Ogilvie, Salvatore Rosa, and James McNeill Whistler, alongside works by Rick Amor.
The O’Donohue & Kiss Gift
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
until 21 July 2024
Rick Amor is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries in August 2024.
Euan Macleod: Flux, an Orange Regional Gallery and ANU Drill Hall Gallery partnership exhibition features a series of en plein air paintings Macleod made on Haupapa Tasman Glacier in New Zealand’s South Island, alongside large scale paintings completed upon his return to his studio.
Showing alongside the glacier paintings are 200 works from Euan Macleod‘s ongoing series of portraits of his friend Geoff Dixon. The series started in 2021 during Covid lockdowns with Macleod painting screenshots of his FaceTime calls with Dixon.
Euan Macleod: Flux
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
until 2 June 2024
Euan Macleod is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries later in 2024.
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