Congratulations Bradd Westmoreland, finalist in the R & M McGivern Prize. Bradd Westmoreland’s work will be shown alongside other finalists works, including Steven Rendall‘s at Artspace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, opening in November.
R & M McGivern Prize
Artspace at Realm & Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, Melbourne
16 November 2026 – 24 January 2027
Congratulations Rubaba Haider. Her painting What you seek, is seeking you (Rumi) II has recently been acquired by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). The fine, interconnected threads, depicted in various states of unravelling in Rubaba Haider’s intricately rendered gouache paintings represent both bodily and social wounds and tears. Despite the vulnerability present in her work, there is a certain resilience expressed, a strength found through repair and connection.
In addition, Rubaba Haider’s work features in the exhibition And Still I Rise at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The exhibition’s titles is taken from Maya Angelou’s famous book of poems and this exhibition focuses on a culturally diverse group of women artists living in Australia.
And Still I Rise
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
until 10 January 2027
Opening in October, back and back, forever at Wangaratta Art Gallery is a solo exhibition of Sangeeta Sandrasegar‘s, bringing together two bodies of work created concurrently across 2025, exploring place and belonging.
Early works by Sangeeta Sandrasegar feature in the current exhibition and publication The Mordant Family Gift at the recently expanded Newcastle Art Museum. The exhibition brings together twenty-six works by sixteen artists, working across diverse materials and approaches.
The Mordant Family Gift
Newcastle Art Museum, Newcastle, NSW
until 15 November 2026
back and back, forever: Sangeeta Sandrasegar
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
24 October 2026 – 10 January 2027
Congratulations Euan Heng, finalist in the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work is currently showing at MPRG, until 22 November,
National Works On Paper 2026
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Melbourne
until 22 November 2026
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
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