We are excited to welcome our first solo exhibition from Kathy Liu, an impressive talent who first caught our attention as a standout finalist in the 2023 National Emerging Art Prize.

Now showing at Murrurundi, Moon Phases follows the artist’s successful showing in our group survey Abstract – where her paintings bewitched with their ethereal, gossamer clouds of colour that gestured towards hazy memories or half-remembered dreams.

“This body of work is a window into my subconscious under different psychological states – ups and downs, just like the full moon or the eclipse,” says the artist. “Some works present nocturnal, mysterious dreams; others are more joyful and playful.”

Those interested in acquiring work from Moon Phases by Kathy Liu are encouraged to contact danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

Ben Waters‘s graphic paintings of the Pittwater region make their Murrurundi debut, following hugely successful solo exhibitions at our Eora/Sydney and Northern Beaches galleries.

Exploring the idea of immersion through its various resonances – from forays in the landscape and the feelings this evokes to the way it can reverberate through memory – the exhibition launches a suite of Ben Waters projects across three Michael Reid platforms in 2024, offering exciting opportunities for the artist’s rapidly expanding audience to experience and acquire his beautiful, utterly original paintings.

Featuring works by Brooke Dalton, Emma Itzstein, Evie Adasal, Kaspar Kägi, Melissa Kenihan and Sarah McDonald, The Artist’s Garden is the second instalment in our ongoing series of specially curated collections from the Murrurundi stockroom.

From sweeping views of pastoral plots to quaint abodes wreathed by fecund plantings – wild and rebellious or clipped and romantic – this stylish edit celebrates open-air pursuits amid natural splendour.

We are delighted to welcome a new exhibition of exquisite interior studies brought to life by Melbourne artist Carla Tucker with sumptuous oils and a spirit of elegant insouciance.

A View in a Room delights in the biographical possibilities of still-life painting with a series of loose compositions that seem to spring gracefully from the happy accidents of the everyday.

“The objects in our spaces can be both ordinary and sentimental,” says the artist, whose delicate interplay of warm and cool light imbues her scenes with an evocative sense of depth and temporality.

Subtitled ‘Illuminating the Still Life Interior’, Tucker’s series is suffused with soft, gauzy tones and ethereal washes of light, inviting viewers to pause and consider the beauty in the often-overlooked corners of our domestic spaces.

Our 2024 program launches with Set Sail by Esther Eckley, a luminous new series of paintings that celebrate the salubrious pleasures of summer by the sea.

The highly anticipated sequel to the artist’s Sea Change series from last year, this new show takes viewers on a dazzling cruise through Sydney Harbour, with the city’s glittering landmarks and bobbing sailboats set against expressive textural sweeps of sky blue and aquamarine.

Arriving fresh from the holidays is a stunning new series by Jessie Feitosa.

Small Plates serves up a delightful summer banquet of simple morsels rendered with warm, bright tones and a graphic style that brings contemporary panache to the still-life genre.

With clean lines, washes of natural light and elegantly undone compositions, works in this series are redolent of languorous summer days, instilling their surroundings with colour, verve and flashes of happy memories.

The artist describes her paintings as a celebration of life’s simple pleasures. “This body of work carries you back to any moment spent enjoying seafood,” she says. “Whether sitting on warm sand or pondering a restaurant’s wine list as you catch up with old friends.”