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Spirit into matter

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8 July – 4 August 2026

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8 July – 1 August 2026

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Michael Cook featured in Habitus Magazine

Michael Cook is featured in issue #66 of Habitus Magazine. Written by Gina Fairley, the article delves into Michael’s beginnings as a fashion photographer and career pivot to the art world whilst also touching on some of the artist’s recent series and ongoing investigations. More information Image credit: Michael Cook,...

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Drew Connor Holland is featured in the exhibition, New Religion, currently showing at Ngununggula.

Bringing together contemporary artworks and historical objects, New Religion explores the enduring power of images, asking why certain symbols, rituals and systems of belief continue to shape the way we see the world.

Drew is one of eight contemporary artists commissioned by Ngununggula to create a new body of work for the exhibition, presented alongside significant loans from major public collections. His installation explores the emotional and symbolic authority projected onto objects through narrative, ritual and collective belief. Among the works is a cast of his mother’s face, made when she was a young woman and reimagined by the artist as a precious relic.

New Religion
Ngununggula | Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
27 June – 18 October 2026

Image credit: install views of Drew Connor Holland’s work in New Religion.
Photography by Mim Stirling.

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NOW SHOWING - James Guppy, ’Sculptures and birds’

’Sculptures and birds’ is currently showing in the gallery and online until 1 August.

Please click the link in bio to view online.

Image details:
(i) James Guppy, Listening for Louise, 2026, acrylic on jute, 96.0 x 77.0 cm
(ii) James Guppy, Barbara’s Egrets, 2026, acrylic on jute, 96.0 x 77.0 cm
(iii) James Guppy, Judd’s dinnertime, 2026, acrylic on canvas, 30.0 x 25.0 cm

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NOW SHOWING - Guido Maestri, ‘Arrangements’

‘Arrangements’ is currently showing in the gallery and online from 8 July - 1 August.

Please click the link in bio to view the exhibition.

Video by Stephen Mylonas

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‘Sunburn’ by Gerwyn Davies is now open at Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre.

In late 2025 Gerwyn was invited to undertake the Nancy Fairfax Residency at Tweed Regional Gallery. The result of this residency, ‘Sunburn’ brings together a series of vibrant new textile and photographic works that reimagine the ephemera, icons, and images of the nation’s glittering Sunrise Strip.

Please email the gallery (enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au) for more information or to receive a catalogue of available works.

Gerwyn Davies
Sunburn
Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre
3 July - 22 November 2026

Image details:
(i) Gerwyn Davies, Meter Maid, 2026, archival pigment print, edition of 5 + 1AP, 125.0 x 105.0 cm
(ii) Gerwyn Davies, Tropicana, 2026, archival pigment print, edition of 5 + 1AP, 120.0 x 105.0 cm
(iii) Gerwyn Davies, Croc, 2026, archival pigment print, edition of 5 + 1AP, 120.0 x 105.0 cm

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COMING SOON - Guido Maestri ‘Arrangements’

This exhibition presents a compelling body of sculptural work, offering an opportunity to engage with Maestri’s exploration of portraiture through bronze. Across these intricately constructed heads, forms appear to shift, open and evolve, reflecting on memory, time and the ways identity is continually shaped through lived experience.

Developed over several years, these sculptures balance remarkable technical precision with a profound sense of humanity, inviting us to consider the face not as something fixed, but as a record of change.

‘Arrangements’ will be showing in the gallery from 8 July – 1 August.

Please contact the gallery to preview the exhibition.

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Artwork details:
Guido Maestri, Neptune, 2026, bronze with aluminium base, Edition of 3 + 1 AP, 64.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm. Photography by Mim Stirling.

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COMING SOON - James Guppy, ’Sculptures and birds’

James Guppy started his artistic practice as a sculptor before discovering his visual instincts and technique drew him to painting but the pull of sculpture has never quite left. ‘Sculptures and birds’ sees Guppy return to an early love of sculpture that first emerged in his teens as he revisits the forms that shaped his early thinking.

Each painting becomes a kind of homage to sculptors long admired, translating their weight and presence into a painted language. Native birds move through these works as both companions and disruptors. Living on the land, his days are filled with their rhythms.
Jabirus and spoonbills gather at the dam, swallows pass through the studio, and small encounters accumulate over time.

“There is a quiet irreverence to birds, too. Just as pigeons mark public sculpture, swallows leave their traces on my paintings. I became interested in pairing particular birds with particular forms, allowing unexpected relationships to emerge. In the end, the birds do not simply inhabit the works, they complete them.” - James Guppy 2026

’Sculpture and birds’ will be showing in the gallery from 8 July - 1 August.

Please contact the gallery to preview the exhibition.

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Video: Zac Lovett @zaclovett

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Works by Lucy Culliton, Richard Lewer and Ben Quilty are currently on display in ‘Where do I belong?’ at Logan Art Gallery.

Bringing together newly commissioned and loaned artworks, the exhibition explores the fragile beauty and vulnerability of native birds while considering broader questions of connection, place and belonging. Head to Logan Art Gallery’s website for information about the associated public program, which includes mono-printing and photography workshops.

Where do I belong?
Logan Art Gallery
Current until 29 August, 2026

Image credit: Lucy Culliton, Spring Pigeon VIII, 2016, oil on board, 40.0 x 40.0 cm

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Congratulations to Keith Burt, winner of the Most Outstanding 3D Artwork category at the Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026.

Established in 1972, the Stanthorpe Art Prize is a biennial award that attracts entries from artists across Australia. This year’s judging panel included renowned Australian artists Wendy Sharpe and Julie Fragar.

Keith’s award-winning work is currently on display alongside the other finalists at Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery until 23 August.

Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026
12 June – 23 August
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery

Image credit: Keith Burt, Inquiet, 2026, plaster, synthetic polymer paint, 32.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm

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