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Happy International Dog Day 🐾

A few of our favourite four-legged friends, as seen through the eyes of Jan Murphy Gallery artists.

i. Lucy Culliton, Irish Wolfhounds, oil on canvas, 88 x 106 cm
ii. Keith Burt, Loyalty, bronze, 25 x 35 x 18 cm
iii. Archer Davies, Portrait of a border collie, 2024, oil on linen, 77 x 44 cm
iv. Michael Cook, Undiscovered #2, inkjet print, 124 x 100 cm
v. Heidi Yardley, Betsy, 2017, oil on linen, 70 x 90 cm
vi. Linde Ivimey, Black Dog - the jewel in the wound, 2017, acrylic resin, metal, wood, dyed silk, painted fabric, natural fibre, cast and natural duck, chicken and quail bones, fish teeth, paper and rubies, 40 x 30 x 59 cm
vii. Claudia Greathead, Japanese woofers, 2017 oil on board, 51 x 40.5 cm

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Congratulations to Michael Cook, who has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 National Photographic Portrait Prize with his work, ‘Walkabout’.

Opening today at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, the exhibition brings together finalists from across Australia in one of the country’s leading awards for photographic portraiture. A selection of works will tour to regional galleries across Australia.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 August – 11 October 2026

Image credit: Michael Cook, ‘Walkabout’, 2025, pigment photographic print (detail)

@portraitau @michaelcookartist
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NOW SHOWING - Tim Price

We are delighted to present ‘The moon’s raining’, an online exhibition by Tim Price, his first with the gallery.

Tim Price is a Sydney-based painter whose practice unfolds through an ongoing dialogue between observation, imagination, and the experience of painting itself.

“I’ve been painting everyday things from around the city. Ordinary moments drift into view while I’m walking, a plane flying in over the buildings and trees, flowers growing in the suburbs. They feel meaningful and beautiful without having an obvious reason why. One of the wonderful things about being alive is finding magic in the everyday. In the same way someone might buy a lottery ticket or watch the footy for a bit of excitement, I stop to look at flowers in the suburbs.” - Tim Price.

’The moon’s raining’ is now showing exclusively online until 5 September.

Please contact the gallery to view the exhibition or visit the gallery website.

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Video: Stephen Mylonas @mylonasfilms

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We will be closed for the Ekka public holiday on Wednesday 12 August and will reopen on Thursday 13 August.

Image details: Lucy Culliton, Ekka ice cream, 2024, oil on board, 30.0 x 20.0 cm.

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NOW SHOWING - Celia Gullett, ’Spirit into matter’

’Spirit into matter’ is currently showing in the gallery and online until 29 August.

Please click the link in bio to view.

Image details:
(i) Celia Gullett, Calypso II, 2026, oil on linen, framed in hand-finished stainless steel, 40.0 x 35.0 cm
(ii) Celia Gullett, Interval II, 2025-26, oil on linen (diptych), 152.0 x 132.0 cm
(iii) Celia Gullet, Morning light, 2026, oil on linen, 153.0 x 137.0 cm 
@celiagullett @janmurphygallery

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A big congratulations to Heidi Yardley and Natasha Bieniek who are finalists in the 2026 John Leslie Art Prize. Established in 2000, the John Leslie Art Prize is a national, biennial prize for landscape painting, awarded by the Gippsland Art Gallery.

John Leslie Art Prize 2026
5 September - 22 November
Gippsland Art Gallery

Image credit:
i) Natasha Bieniek, Labyrinth, 2024, oil on wood, 8.0 x 6.0 cm
ii) Heidi Yardley, Dark wood, dark water, 2026, oil on linen, 82.0 x 71.0 cm

@heidi_yardley @natashabieniek @gippsartgallery
#landscapepainting #heidiyardley #natashabieniek #johnleslieartprize

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COMING SOON - Adam Pyett, ’Stories of daylight’

Adam Pyett has spent years painting around the Macedon Ranges, a region whose volcanic landscapes, dense forests and distinctive light have long inspired artists, writers and visitors alike. It is a place where geology, history and imagination sit unusually close together. For tens of thousands of years, the Country has been cared for by the Traditional Owners of the Kulin Nation. Later came the goldfields, pastoral settlements, grand gardens, and generations of painters, each leaving their own mark upon the landscape. It is a place layered with histories, where every return offers another way of seeing. Pyett’s paintings quietly enter this ongoing conversation, recording not simply what is seen, but what it feels like to return.

’Stories of daylight’ will be showing in the gallery from 2 - 26 September.

Please contact the gallery to preview the exhibition.

@adam_pyett @janmurphygallery

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Congratulations to Monica Rohan who is a finalist in the 2026 Mosman Art Prize.

The Mosman Art Prize is Australia’s premier open painting prize open to entrants from across Australia over the age of 16.
Each year the winning artwork is acquired forming the basis of the Mosman Art Collection.
Now in its 79th year the Mosman Art Prize has provided a historical timeline of contemporary painting practice in Australia.

Congratulations Monica and best of luck to all finalists!

Mosman Art Prize
Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
21 August - 26 October 2026

Image details:
Monica Rohan, ‘Netted’, 2026, oil on board, 60.0 x 80.0 cm

@monrohan @mosmanart

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