After being thrust into major art collector conversations in 2022, when the Art Gallery of NSW selected her as a finalist in both the Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize, Julianne Ross Allcorn makes Michael Reid Murrurundi return with an exhibition of new artworks conjuring magical impressions of the Kenyan  landscape. Julianne Ross Allcorn recently endeavoured to Kenya on an art education trip in which she worked with local children by leading art studio workshops.

“From top to bottom, left to right, Allcorn’s paintings read as if you are standing within a grove of native trees,” writes Michael Reid OAM of the exquisitely layered thickets of bush brilliantly conjured by the artist with her fine, wisp-like strokes and smatterings of gold-flecked magic.

To receive an exclusive preview or to arrange a viewing appointment at Michael Reid Sydney , please contact colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au

The next solo exhibition from celebrated Armidale-based contemporary painter Jo White brings the foxy ladies of Fountain Lakes to Murrurundi in a playful tribute to the beloved television comedy Kath & Kim. 

Brought to life with White’s painterly panache, fabulous eye for detail and irreverent sense of yumour, select works from her Little Baby Cheeses series have now arrived at our Eora/Sydney gallery and can be secured by request before they hightail it to Murrurundi for this month’s opening.

Six extraordinary artists and artist duos joining are set to join forces for the sixth edition of our annual group exhibition in collaboration with Country Style. Co-curated by the magazine and Michael Reid Murrurundi, this year’s exhibition takes Heirloom as its theme, threaded with reflections on love and learning while exploring the ways in which cultural inheritances are carried across generations through creative practice.

From First Nations painters who treat the canvas as a conduit for the intergenerational transfer of stories and cultural knowledge to contemporary photographers who cast their kin as collaborative muses, the six artists assembled for our 2025 Country Style exhibition remind us that creativity never exists in a vacuum; it lives on a continuum and invites dynamic cultural exchange.

Speaking to the ways in which the heirlooms we inherit or pass down to others become cherished reflections of the ties we hold dear, their vibrant, evocative and visually charged work acts as a powerful force for channelling ideas, inspiration, cultural legacies and celebrations of family.

Heirloom brings together for the first time some of the most important and celebrated figures in Australian contemporary art, presenting new works of sculpture, photography and paintings by Raylene Walatinna and Betty Chimney, Tamara Dean, Mai Nguyễn-Long, Regina Pilawuk Wilson and Hayden Wilson, Serena Bonson and Jeremiah Bonson, and the late Polixeni Papapetrou.  Many of these artists are the subjects of expansive editorial profiles that will feature in a special Art Edition of Country Style magazine, published to coincide with our exhibition at Michael Reid Murrurundi.

For a private preview of works showing in this exhibition, please contact danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au or colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au

The inaugural R.M.Williams + Michael Reid exhibition, titled Land and People, brings together a significant curation of contemporary artists who explore the intrinsic link between life and land. Navigating rural and First Nation’s interpretations, this exhibition will platform five exceptional female artists who explore how memory and identity are influenced by Country. Featuring evocative paintings by Carly Le Cerf and intricate etched metal road signs by Gaypalani Wanamabi, the exhibition will be punctuated with historical images from the R.M.Williams archive. Also on view will be ambitious paintings by Lucy Vader and Anita West, as well as debut artist Jill Daniels, whose dynamic rodeo-themed paintings illuminate the striking fusion between First Nations culture and contemporary life in remote communities.

Please contact danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au for more information about artworks exhibiting in this exhibition.

In 2025 Eora/Sydney based painter James Lai will return to Murrurundi in presenting his second major exhibition. Pulsing with drama, exuberance and a sense of rhythmic movement, James Lai’s paintings treat Australian landscapes as theatre. Filled with swooping brushstrokes and bursts of abstract colours, Lai’s newest works will introduce new texture techniques that deliver an even more exciting viewing experience.

To register your interest in James Lai’s up-coming collection, please contact colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au

Fresh off the back of his festive Four Pillars Christmas Gin commission, South Australian textile artist Trevor Smith will present a solo exhibition of domestic themed crochet sculptures at Murrurundi in May. Trevor Smith’s wonderfully eccentric style has seen the artist attract international acclaim over his decades long career. On view will be an assortment of soft sculptures that will temporarily transform our gallery space into a kitchen of yesteryear.

To register your interest, please contact colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au