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Euan Heng: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations Euan Heng, finalist in the Len Fox Painting Award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at Castlemaine Art Museum, opening in December.

Euan Heng is also a finalist in the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper award. An exhibition of the National Works on Paper award finalists’ work is currently showing at MPRG, until 22 November and the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize opens in December at Geelong Art Gallery.

National Works On Paper 2026
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Melbourne
until 22 November 2026 

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
7 November 2026 – 28 February 2027

Len Fox Painting Award
Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Vic
11 December 2026 – 14 March 2027 

Steven Rendall: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations Steven Rendall, finalist in the Len Fox Painting Award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at the Castlemaine Art Museum, opening in December.

Steven Rendall is also a finalist in the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, the R & M McGivern and the John Leslie Art Prize. An exhibition of the John Leslie Art Prize finalists’ work is currently showing at Gippsland Art Gallery, until 22 November 2026. The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and the R & M McGivern Prize exhibitions open in November

John Leslie Art Prize
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic 
until 22 November 2026

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
7 November 2026 – 28 February 2027

R & M McGivern Prize
Artspace at Realm & Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, Melbourne 
16 November 2026 – 24 January 2027

Len Fox Painting Award
Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Vic
11 December 2026 – 14 March 2027 

Sangeeta Sandrasegar: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

An artist talk and exhibition opening for back and back, forever: Sangeeta Sandrasegar will be held at Wangaratta Art Gallery on Thursday, 22 October. The solo exhibition of Sangeeta Sandrasegar‘s brings 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.

In addition, new work by Sangeeta Sandrasegar will feature in the exhibition Love Letters at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Love Letters brings together artworks from contemporary artists from across the globe.

Artist talk and exhibition opening for back and back, forever: Sangeeta Sandrasegar

Thursday 22 October, 5pm
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC

back and back, forever: Sangeeta Sandrasegar
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
24 October 2026 – 10 January 2027 

The Mordant Family Gift
Newcastle Art Museum, Newcastle, NSW
until 15 November 2026

Love Letters
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2 December 2026 – 7 March 2027

Kevin Lincoln: ART COLLECTOR

Kevin Lincoln features in the latest issue of Art Collector.

Six decades of still life, self-portraiture and quiet abstraction, held to one discipline: the line drawn from the thing observed. Kevin Lincoln’s is a practice of sustained attention, and one of the most consistently rewarding bodies of work in Australian painting. Robert Buratti writes.

Pick up your copy here.

Brenda L. Croft: ON COUNTRY

On Country: Photography from Australia has premiered in Australia at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne after a well-received debut at Rencontres d’Arles, France in 2025. An installation of Brenda L. Croft‘s photographic series Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) features in the landmark exhibition, which is receiving attention from National Indigenous Times and Capture magazine.

On Country: Photography from Australia
Immigration Museum, Melbourne

Noel McKenna: THE LADY WITH THE DOG

Noel McKenna has illustrated a touching novella by Carrie Tiffany entitled The Lady with the Dog, written in homage to Chekhov’s famous short story of the same name.

“Undeniably moving and beautifully crafted, a tribute to life, love and lost moments, this book is a rare treasure.” Harvey Weir’s review here, Helen Elliott’s for The Monthly here and Melanie Kembrey’s for The Age here.

Available from Readings here or from your local bookstore.

HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: Ken Whisson (1927-2022)

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.  Read Georgia Nolan’s feature regarding the exhibition in The Art Guide here.

Coinciding with the exhibition, Ken Whisson and John Foubister: going back in a publication bringing together written correspondence between the two artists, ephemera, artwork and new writing by Anna Zagala, Dr Victoria Perin, and Ken Bolton. Available for pre-order from Perimeter Editions here for late October release.

Ken Whisson and John Foubister: going back in
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
until 22 November 2026

Rick Amor: McCLELLAND

A major exhibition of Rick Amor‘s work opens at McClelland this November. Entitled From Frankston to the Cities: Five Decades of Painting by Rick Amor, the exhibition reflects Amor’s longstanding relationship with Frankston and presents one painting from each year across five decades of Amor’s career. The exhibition will be accompanied by a substantial publication.

From Frankston to the Cities: Five Decades of Painting by Rick Amor
McClelland, Melbourne
21 November 2026 – 11 April 2027

Steven Rendall: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations Steven Rendall, finalist in both the R & M McGivern and the John Leslie Art Prize. An exhibition of the John Leslie Art Prize finalists’ work is currently showing at Gippsland Art Gallery, until 22 November 2026 and an exhibition of the R & M McGivern Prize finalists’ works opens in November at Artspace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery.

John Leslie Art Prize
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic 
until 22 November 2026

R & M McGivern Prize
Artspace at Realm & Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, Melbourne 
16 November 2026 – 24 January 2027

Angelina Karadada Boona: ARTBANK PRIZE

Congratulations Angelina Karadada Boona, finalist in the inaugural Artbank Prize. Angelina is a Wunambal Gaambera/Worrora woman. Born in Kalumburu Western Australia, Angelina Karadada Boona utilises traditional white ochre and considers the process of collecting and mixing an important opportunity to connect to ancestors. Angelina Karadada Boona is a Senior Arts Worker at Kira Kiro Artists. She graduated from the ANKA Arts Worker Foundation Training Program and the National Gallery of Australia Wesfarmers Indigenous Leadership Fellowship in 2019. Read the Artbank Prize exhibition catalogue here.

Angelina Karadada Boona is also preparing for the 2026 NGV Triennial, which opens at NGV International in December. Read more about the Triennial here.

Artbank Prize 2026
Artbank, Sydney
until 30 October 2026

2026 NGV Triennial
National Gallery of Victoria, NGV International, Melbourne
13 Dec 2026 – 11 April 2027

Angelina Karadada Boona will be exhibiting at Niagara Galleries, presented in association with Waringarri Arts, 2-19 December 2026

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