Michael Reid Sydney, 109 Shepherd Street, Sydney (2026)

22/08/2026

COMING SOON: TIM MAGUIRE | Sydney Contemporary 2026 | 3–6 September | Carriageworks

Exhibiting at Sydney Contemporary for the first time since the announcement of his representation by Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin, TIM MAGUIRE will join more than 20 artists in our art fair presentation at Carriageworks this September.

Based between Eora/Sydney and France, Maguire has been firmly established as one of the most important and original voices in Australian contemporary art for close to four decades. His fair-bound body of work can now be previewed by request, including his monumental masterwork ‘Untitled 20230201’ – currently hanging at Michael Reid Sydney.

Across his internationally celebrated career, Maguire’s practice has consistently tested the boundaries between painting, printmaking and digital image-making, producing works of extraordinary impact, intensity and technical mastery.

Cinematic in scale and distinctive for their rich colouration, luminosity and astonishing, ever-unfolding detail, Maguire’s Sydney Contemporary collection represents the culmination of a roving creative life marked by rigorous experimentation and a restless, decades-long wrangling with the image-making process – its perceptual alchemies and painterly tensions between surface and depth, abstraction and illusion.

Through a singular approach that applies the tricolour-separation techniques of printmaking to the lush materiality of oil on linen, Maguire constructs his images from translucent, solvent-splashed layers that let the whiteness of the ground illuminate the image from within.

These works pull the viewer into a heightened field of looking, where an effulgence of colour may dissipate at close range into pure sensation or optically charged, glitchy abstraction, only to resolve at a distance into impossible landscapes and hyper-floral tableaux. As Cate Blanchett AC writes in the foreword to Maguire’s 2007 monograph, “The beguiling eroticism of a Maguire painting’s surface is magnetic, charged and compelling.”

For previews and priority access, please email [email protected]

Tim Maguire
Sydney Contemporary

20/08/2026

YOU’RE INVITED: Film Night with MURRAY FREDERICKS | Thursday, 27 August | Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne

Join acclaimed Australian photographer and filmmaker MURRAY FREDERICKS for a night at the movies next Thursday, 27 August. The Manly Art Gallery & Museum Society will host a very special screening of the artist’s award-winning documentary ‘Salt’ at The Orpheum in Sydney’s Cremorne, followed by a presentation of his ‘Blaze’, ‘Vanity’ and ‘Three Emus’ projects and a Q&A discussion with Fredericks and Anne Maria Nicholson, former ABC National Arts Reporter and now President of the Manly Art Gallery & Museum Society.

On this evening of art, film and conversation, Fredericks will share insights into his enduring relationship with Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and the spectacular landscapes that have shaped many of his most breathtaking images across an internationally celebrated career spanning close to three decades. Fredericks has honed a singular visual language shaped by prolonged solitary immersion at the edges of elemental extremes, harnessing light, reflection and perspective to distil vast, remote landscapes into fields of abstraction and contemplation.

Film Night with Murray Fredericks
Thursday, 27 August, 5:45–8pm
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace
380 Military Road, Cremorne NSW 2090
Tickets via Humanitix – link in bio.

The Orpheum event comes amid an extraordinary run of accolades, institutional projects and career milestones for Fredericks, who was recently named a finalist in the Bowness Prize and will make his first appearance with Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin at Sydney Contemporary in two weeks. September will also see the artist’s major survey exhibition ‘The salt lake’ continue its cross-country tour at Yarrila Arts and Museum in Coffs Harbour, ahead of his inaugural solo exhibition at Michael Reid Sydney in October.

We hope to see you at The Orpheum next week. Tickets include flutes of sparkling on arrival, with proceeds supporting the Manly Art Gallery & Museum Society, and can be purchased online via the link in our bio.

For more, please email [email protected]

Murray Fredericks

17/08/2026

COMING SOON: JOHN HONEYWILL | ‘Lean Towards’ | 3–26 September | Michael Reid Sydney

Celebrated Meanjin/Brisbane artist JOHN HONEYWILL will return to Michael Reid Sydney in two weeks with ‘Lean Towards’, his first Eora/Sydney solo exhibition in more than two years. Works from his series can now be previewed and acquired by request.

“The paintings are not naturalistic paintings in any way – they’re not a still-life of a domestic scene. That hasn’t been something that’s ever interested me,” says Honeywill in a conversation with Artist Profile. “What I’m interested in is the act of looking, perceiving an object and trying to capture more – its presence, and also the relationship to the space around it.”

Brought to life with meticulous precision and masterly control of light and mood, Honeywill’s paintings cast delicate, everyday objects as quietly dazzling subjects seemingly lit from within. The artist’s celebrated practice is propelled by a curious, almost ineffable affinity for the objects of his gaze – from sugary treats to elegant vessels enclosing fruit or gently unfolding flowers – all exuding a stillness and subtle alchemy as they coalesce in graceful conversations.

By suspending these objects against ambiguous, luminescent, subtly reflective planes and rendering them with astonishing detail, Honeywill’s paintings become a paean to the animating interplay of an object’s presence and the artist’s perception – hence the title of his 2023 monograph. “I paint the quiet visual conversations between everyday objects,” says Honeywill, describing still life as “a genre that links the intimate world with the public”.

Honeywill’s work is held in institutional collections across Australia, including QAGOMA. To celebrate the opening of his latest show, the artist will join us at our Chippendale gallery for a private conversation and exhibition tour as part of the official offsite program of Sydney Contemporary 2026, where select works from his new series will also be on view.

To request a preview catalogue and priority access to works from ‘Lean Towards’, please email [email protected]

John Honeywill

14/08/2026

COMING SOON: Sydney Contemporary 2026 | 3–6 September | Carriageworks

This September, Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin returns to Carriageworks for the 10th anniversary edition of Sydney Contemporary, presenting extraordinary new work by more than 20 artists at the forefront of Australian painting, photography, sculpture and installation.

Today, we are delighted to announce several of the stars of Sydney Contemporary, share select highlights and invite collectors to register for exclusive previews and priority access to works from our forthcoming art fair presentation.

Julz Beresford | Betty Chimney | Tamara Dean | Troy Emery | Murray Fredericks | Petrina Hicks | John Honeywill | Linde Ivimey | Leila Jeffreys | Carly Le Cerf | Kathy Liu | Tim Maguire | Mai Nguyễn-Long | Sid Pattni | Scott Perkins | Stephanie Tabram | Gaypalani Waṉambi | Regina Pilawuk Wilson | Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra Yukuwa

Our expansive presentation offers a sweeping survey of Australian art today, bringing together many of the country’s most original, acclaimed and in-demand creative voices and celebrating the here-and-now of their practice.

From artists marking major career milestones to those making their Michael Reid debut, our Sydney Contemporary exhibition represents a dynamic and diverse cross-section of Australian contemporary art at a defining moment in these artists’ careers.

All works will be available to preview and acquire in the lead-up to the fair. To discuss works from Sydney Contemporary 2026, please email [email protected]

| Iwantja Arts | Tamara Dean | Troy Emery | Murray Fredericks | Petrina Hicks | John Honeywill | Linde Ivimey | Leila Jeffreys - Photographic and Installation Artist | CARLY TAYLOR (LeCerf) | Kathy Liu | Tim Maguire | Mai Nguyen-Long | Sid Pattni | Scott Perkins | Stephanie Tabram | Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka | Durrmu Arts

13/08/2026

Yolŋu artist GAYPALANI WAṈAMBI is the subject of an extensive, six-page story by Dr Louise Martin-Chew in the new issue of VAULT magazine. “Waṉambi, daughter of Yolŋu artist and cultural leader Mr Waṉambi, learnt her art-making skills at his side from the age of 17,” writes Martin-Chew. “After his sudden death in 2022, and working with the Marrakulu clan honey stories for which he gave her authority, her paintings on metal signage collected on Country have been highly awarded – all the while deeply vested in Yolŋu culture, philosophy and law.”

The story arrives after Waṉambi’s triumph in this year’s Wynne Prize – an accolade that followed her historic win at the 2025 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards – and precedes what is set to be a significant showing next month at Sydney Contemporary.

“Its previous iteration as road signs is discernible only in the straight lines of its panelled construction, the metallic surface and the residual yellow remaining from the edges,” writes Martin-Chew of Waṉambi’s Wynne work, ‘The Waṉambi Tree’. “What dominates are detailed etched markings that ripple across the surfaces, and small circular shapes that hover together, swarming over a stippled background. Within these panels is one focusing on the Waṉambi tree, its multiple silhouettes evoking a central role in the cultural narrative depicted.”

As with ‘The Waṉambi Tree’ – and the equally epic ‘Burwu, blossom’, for which she was awarded the $100,000 Telstra Art Award – Waṉambi’s Sydney Contemporary showing will see her etched metal works tessellate to form a vast suspended installation. This will soon be followed by Waṉambi’s inclusion in the NGV Triennial, marking the first public outing for her work ‘The River of Honey’ since it was shown by Michael Reid at Melbourne Art Fair and acquired for the NGV Collection.

“Mr Wanambi cast a very big shadow, so the idea of continuing his legacy is an important driver,” says Michael Reid’s Toby Meagher in VAULT. “She’s now a master in her own right.”

Thank you, VAULT and Louise Martin-Chew

For enquiries, please email [email protected]

Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka

10/08/2026

Repost from The Australian

All it took was an Indian sari, water and a bit of ingenuity for Tamara Dean to create this image, a finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize.⁣
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“At the heart of this series, and really all of my work, is conservation. For the past twenty years I’ve been making work that reflects my concern for the environment, approaching it from different angles but always returning to the same idea that we are part of nature, not separate from it. ⁣
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I believe that reconnecting with this truth is an important step in moving beyond a human-centred view of the world, towards one that recognises our responsibility to care for the planet and our shared future.”⁣
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Read more at the link in our bio.

Tamara Dean

07/08/2026

COMING SOON: JOHN HONEYWILL | ‘Lean Towards’ | 3–26 September | Michael Reid Sydney

Meanjin/Brisbane-based still-life master JOHN HONEYWILL returns to Michael Reid Sydney next month with ‘Lean Towards’, his first solo exhibition in more than two years. Select works from the forthcoming series can now be previewed and acquired by request in the lead-up to the opening on Thursday, 3 September.

Brought to life with meticulous precision and masterly control of light and mood, Honeywill’s paintings cast delicate, everyday objects as quietly dazzling subjects seemingly lit from within. The artist’s celebrated practice is propelled by a curious, almost ineffable affinity for the objects of his gaze – from sugary sweets to elegant vessels enclosing fruit or gently unfolding flowers – all exuding a stillness and subtle alchemy as they coalesce in graceful conversations.

By suspending these elements against ambiguous, luminescent, subtly reflective planes and rendering them with astonishing detail, Honeywill’s paintings become a paean to the animating interplay of an object’s presence and the artist’s perception – hence the title of his 2023 monograph, ‘Presence and Perception’.

“I paint the quiet visual conversations between everyday objects; paintings that explore presence and stillness in the genre of the still life – a genre that links the intimate world with the public,” says Honeywill, whose work is held in public collections across Australia, including Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of Brisbane.

On Wednesday, 2 September, the artist will join us at our Chippendale gallery for a private preview, exhibition tour and conversation as part of the offsite VIP program at this year’s Sydney Contemporary. We look forward to welcoming visitors to ‘Lean Towards’ and invite collectors to sign up for previews and priority access.

Please email [email protected]

John Honeywill

06/08/2026

NOW OPEN: JULZ BERESFORD | ‘With attentive connection to place’ | Until 29 August | Michael Reid Sydney

This week at Michael Reid Sydney, we are delighted to present ‘With attentive connection to place’ – the latest solo exhibition by Eora/Sydney artist JULZ BERESFORD. Among the most compelling interpreters of the Australian landscape working today and one of the most in-demand talents represented in our stable, Beresford returns to the gallery with a body of work that brings together the two subjects most indelibly etched in her creative psyche: the romantic, brooding waterways and bushland surrounds of the Hawkesbury River and the majestic Snowy Monaro ranges.

We are thrilled to share that all works from the exhibition have been acquired in advance of today’s opening and we encourage collectors to sign up for first access to her upcoming projects, including a new suite of paintings to be unveiled next month at Sydney Contemporary.

“Connection to the experience of place is what I’m interested in capturing,” says Beresford, who begins with gouache and watercolour studies completed along the hiking trails of the Snowy Monaro or while cruising the Hawkesbury by boat. “By returning to the same landscape in different seasons, at different times of the day and in all weather, it allows me to feel the physicality of place: the wind in my hair, the rain on my face, the warmth of a sheltered nook.”

Back in the studio, Beresford channels these elemental encounters with an immediacy and expressive energy that preserves the feeling of being there. Sculpting and carving out successive layers of thickly applied paint, she builds immersive, atmospheric scenes where light glints on wind-ruffled water, tangled eucalypts dissolve into ethereal wisps and alpine pathways weave through rugged topography.

Monumental in ambition, heft and physical presence, yet attentive to smaller moments of tonal and textural lushness, Beresford’s works capture the landscape’s epic poetry while distilling a deeply personal experience of moving through it.

For enquiries, please email [email protected]

04/08/2026

“Connection to the experience of place is what I’m interested in capturing,” says Eora/Sydney artist JULZ BERESFORD, whose latest solo exhibition opens this week at Michael Reid Sydney. “Returning to the same landscape in different seasons, at different times of the day and in all weather, it allows me to feel the physicality of place: the wind in my hair, the rain on my face, the warmth of a sheltered nook and the fierceness of weather I want to shelter from.”

Among the defining interpreters of the Australian landscape working today and a singular talent whose immersive, atmospheric paintings have made her one of the most in-demand painters represented in the Michael Reid stable, Beresford returns with an ambitious body of work that brings together the two subjects most indelibly etched in her creative psyche: the romantic, brooding waterways and bushland surrounds of the Hawkesbury River and the majestic ranges of the Snowy Monaro region.

Arriving ahead of her next major showing at Sydney Contemporary, Beresford’s new series – titled ‘With attentive connection to place’ – presents a rare coalescence of these distinct and enduring subjects, drawing her Hawkesbury paintings into dialogue with her Snowy Monaro mountainscapes to offer the fullest picture yet of the artist’s creative world.

“A journey on and into the landscape becomes a starting point, which evolves into an artwork that tells the story and emotions of my mind,” says Beresford, who begins with gouache and watercolour sketches completed along hiking trails or while cruising the Hawkesbury by boat.

Back in the studio, Beresford channels her elemental encounters with an immediacy and expressive energy that preserves the feeling of being there. Building, sculpting and carving out successive layers of thickly applied paint, she conjures sweeping, heroic, immersive scenes where light glints on wind-ruffled water, tangled eucalypts dissolve into ethereal wisps and alpine pathways weave through rugged topography.

For enquiries, please email [email protected]

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