Congratulations Sean Meilak, finalist in the 2026 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will run from Monday, 24 August to Friday, 9 October 2026.
2026 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne
24 August – 9 October 2026
Congratulations Steven Rendall John Leslie Art Prize finalist. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at Gippsland Art Gallery from 5 September – 22 November 2026.
John Leslie Art Prize
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic
5 September – 22 November 2026
An important installation work by Jennifer Joseph is now on display at Balam Balam Place. Comprised of painted tea chests and completed over two years, Jennifer remarked in an interview in 2001: “When I started working with the boxes, I was just so excited by the quality of the wood and the way it gripped the paint. If I had done any more than what I did on each box, it would not have worked.”
Balam Balam Place, Melbourne
Brenda L. Croft‘s finalist work in Hadley’s Art Prize has received an honourable mention at the prize exhibition opening. The exhibition continues until 23 August.
An installation of Brenda L. Croft‘s 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.
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/
In addition, Brenda L. Croft is a finalist in 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.
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
until 23 August 2026
Curated by Anna Zagala, the exhibition Ken Whisson and John Foubister: going back in at Heide Museum of Modern Art explores the friendship between the two artists, meditating on exchange, artistic influence and camaraderie.
Ken Whisson and John Foubister: going back in
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
22 August – 22 November 2026
Works by Rick Amor, Julia Ciccarone & Noel McKenna feature in the exhibition In the Company of Animals: Animals in the MPRG Collection. Drawn from the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s Permanent Collection, the exhibition explores how animals have been represented in Australian art over almost two centuries.
In the Company of Animals: Animals in the MPRG Collection
Mornington Peninsula Museum of Art, Melbourne
until 23 August 2026
An installation of Brenda L. Croft‘s 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/
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‘s 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‘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‘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
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