10 March 2023
Work by Richard Lewer is currently featured in ‘Just not Australian’ at Museum of Sydney and ‘One foot on the ground, one foot in the water’ at Tweed Regional Gallery. ‘Just not Australian’ presents an exploration of race, place and belonging, seeking to interrogate the representation of Australian national identity.
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4 March 2023
Work by Adam Pyett will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery, ‘Australiana: Designing a Nation’. Curated by Bendigo Art Gallery in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria, this exhibition showcases the work of over 200 artists and designers. Spanning a multitude of media, visitors to…
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24 February 2023
Paul Davies is featured in the latest Australian Financial Review Magazine. In the article by Matthew Drummond, Davies discusses his impressive career including recently being acquired by the prestigious Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Ahead of his solo exhibition with the gallery in December, works by Paul Davies can be…
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24 February 2023
Victoria Reichelt has been named a Finalist in the Nillumbik Prize Contemporary Art 2023 for her work ‘Five Noted Thinkers Explore the Future’ 2022. The 2023 NPCA exhibition will feature artworks from all the finalists and will be held at the Barn Gallery, Montsalvat with the Prize winners announced on…
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24 February 2023
Work by David Griggs will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition at QAGOMA, ‘Lies, Magicians and Blind Faith’, which focuses on the dynamic relationship between Australian and Filipino artists throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Central to the exhibition is Griggs’ 2008 installation-based work, ‘Frog boy’s dissertation into a new karaoke…
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17 February 2023
An interview with Monica Rohan is featured in the latest issue of Frankie Magazine. Discussing the progression of her art practice over the last few years, the artist also delves into her evolving subject matter and themes in her work. For more information or to purchase issue 112 of…
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16 December 2022
Jan Murphy Gallery will be closed for our annual summer break from 23 December – 31 January 2023. From all of us at the gallery, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. Over the summer, you can see a number of our artists featured in exhibitions across the…
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14 December 2022
Drew Connor Holland, Monica Rohan and Ben Quilty are currently featured in the exhibition ‘Wrestlemania’ at the Rockhampton Museum of Art. ‘Wrestlemania’ is an examination of this compelling entertainment by 20 contemporary sculptors, painters, cartoonists and new media artists responding to wrestling in all its spectacle, psychology and humour. Curated…
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10 December 2022
Iluwanti Ken was recently featured as a guest on Radio National with Daniel Browning to discuss the newly opened Sydney Modern. In the interview, Browning speaks with Art Gallery of New South Wales Director, Michael Brand, and artists Iluwanti Ken and Grace Lilian Lee. The full conversation is now accessible…
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1 December 2022
Congratulations to Richard Lewer, one of nine artists commissioned to create site-specific new work for the opening of Sydney Modern. Richard Lewer’s ‘On Site’ is a fitting tribute and documentation of the people who brought the Sydney Modern Project to life. The large-scale work featuring portraits of the architects, construction…
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26 November 2022
Congratulations to Iluwanti Ken who has been selected as a finalist for the Dobell Drawing Prize. Presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice. Dobell…
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10 November 2022
Ahead of her solo exhibition opening in December, an interview with Marina Strocchi has been featured on Studio International. In the interview with Janet McKenzie Marina discusses her art practice and years spent living in central Australia. To read the article, please click here. Marina Strocchi’s forthcoming 2022…
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5 November 2022
Martin Smith is currently featured in the November 2022 — January 2023 issue of Vault magazine. The photo essay includes writing by Alison Kubler that encapsulates Martin’s photographic practice and the interplay between photography and text within his work. As Kubler writes: “this tension between word and image…
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5 November 2022
Congratulations to Michael Cook, winner of the 2022 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award for his work ‘Resort ‘ from the series ‘Fake’. Queensland-based photographer Michael Cook masterfully teases out the fictitious possibilities of familiar narratives. Over the last decade, he has produced photographic works that interrogate the legacy of colonisation and…
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26 October 2022
Congratulations to Drew Connor Holland who is a finalist in the 2022 Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship. Established by Ms Beryl Whiteley in memory of her late son Brett Whiteley, this prestigious scholarship aims to support the ongoing career development of the shortlisted entrants. Drew is among 5 shortlisted entrants commended…
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