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Recent News
Gordon Bennett in ‘Inside the Mirage’ at TarraWarra Museum of Art
Gordon Bennett’s work Notes to Basquiat: Totem Lesson 2 (2001) is included in the exhibition Inside the Mirage, currently on view at the TarraWarra Museum of Art. Exploring the entangled relationships between artists, temporal frameworks and geographic contexts, the exhibition centres the realities of lived experience through presenting artworks from the TarraWarra Museum of Art Collection alongside selected loans from contemporary Australian artists.
Inside the Mirage Closes 1 November 2026 TarraWarra Museum of Art Healesville, VIC
We are saddened to share the news that artist and educator Vivienne Binns OAM passed away on 1 August 2026. Vivienne was a pioneering figure in the history of Australian art whose work championed ideas of collaboration, curiosity and experimentation.
Vivienne Binns’ exhibition Test Pieces opened on 1 August at Sutton Gallery, and will continue until 29 August. It has been an honour and privilege to have worked with Vivienne since Sutton Gallery’s inception in 1992.
Gian Manik, ‘Film’ at Endless Lonely Planet
Gian Manik has produced a new large-scale wall painting, referencing a tender still from the film Steam: The Turkish Bath (d. Ferzan Özpetek, 1997), for the inaugural exhibition at Endless Lonely Planet, Melbourne.
Gian Manik Film 18 July – 8 August Endless Lonely Planet (618 Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street) Melbourne, VIC
Coral Futures at University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery and Artist Talk with Helga Groves
The group exhibition Coral Futures will open soon at the University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, on tour from Linden New Art, Melbourne. Curated by Hamish Sawyer, the exhibition presents a range of poetic and speculative responses to coral, including works by Sutton Gallery artists Nicholas Mangan, Laresa Kosloff and Helga Groves.
Helga Groves will deliver an artist talk alongside curator Hamish Sawyer and fellow exhibitor Rachel O’Reilly on Saturday 1 August at 10am, marking the opening of Coral Futures at UniSC Art Gallery.
Coral Futures 1 August – 17 October UniSC Art Gallery Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Artist talk (with Helga Groves) Saturday, 1 August 2026, from 10am Free (registration required)
