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Michael Reid Beyond’s takeover of the vast riverside multi-arts precinct opens in March, and we are now inviting collectors to register their interest to be the first to receive exclusive previews and priority access to works selected for our Meanjin/Brisbane exhibition.
Curated by Beyond program manager Dean Andersen, this dynamic photography survey will mark the return to Brisbane Powerhouse of globally acclaimed multidisciplinary Bidjara artist Dr Christian Thompson AO after his epic photographic installation at the venue, Maya Barbadi (pictured), which was the centrepiece of his citywide outdoor exhibition staged for the queer-focused Melt Festival in late 2024.
Thompson will be joined in our Brisbane exhibition by many of the brightest stars in Michael Reid’s stable of represented artists and Australian photography more broadly, including Petrina Hicks, Tamara Dean, Nici Cumpston OAM, Luke Shadbolt, Catherine Nelson, Scott Perkins, Trent Parke and Narelle Autio.
This dynamic assembly includes some of the most important and influential image-makers working today, and all are represented in the most significant public and private collections in Australia and beyond. Their singular, boundary-pushing practice sits at the forefront of one of contemporary art’s fastest-growing markets: photography.
Launched in 2024, Michael Reid Beyond operates as a moveable projects space, hosting temporary exhibitions in artists’ studios, empty buildings, outdoor settings, regional museums and other newly activated sites.
We are excited to bring this unique platform to the dazzling industrial setting of Brisbane Powerhouse for our first presentation in the River City.
For previews and first access to works from the show, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au
Following its acclaimed, four-month-long run at the Museum of Australian Photography in Melbourne, Snakes and mirrors – a sublime new body of work from internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Petrina Hicks – is now making its European debut with her show’s opening today at Michael Reid Berlin.
All works from Snakes and mirrors – including this year’s Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize-winning piece, Mnemosyne IV – are now on view at our Berlin gallery.
Hicks’s arrival at Michael Reid Berlin comes after a remarkable year for the artist. In addition to her Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) show and her Korea-Australia Arts Foundation award, it follows the record-breaking secondary sale of her 2005 work Shenae and Jade, followed by another landmark auction result for her 2013 work Venus, and an acclaimed solo exhibition in Perth, Australia. “Petrina Hicks has been at the forefront of a tidal wave of visual change, aesthetically and in terms of market value,” noted Michael Reid OAM on the occasion of the two Deutscher and Hackett auctions and their extraordinary results.
For enquiries, please email colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au
Ten Australian Photographs – Folio Two, 1952-1994
Ten Australian Photographs – Folio Two, 1952-1994 presents ten iconic images by Australia’s most revered photographers, capturing six decades of Australian history and culture.
The folio showcases work by photographers recognised nationally and internationally for their powerful storytelling and excellence.
From Mervyn Bishop’s profound depiction of Indigenous land rights
to Greg Weight’s intimate portrait of artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, each photograph is a timeless piece that reflects Australia’s rich diversity.
This collection embodies the extraordinary legacy of Australian photography and the country’s unique cultural and social evolution.
This is a museum-quality body of work.
Folio Two is priced at $33,000 GST incl.
Ten Australian Photographs – Folio One, 1935-1997
Ten Australian Photographs – Folio One, 1935-1997, brings together ten masterworks by Australia’s most celebrated photographers, spanning six decades of artistic evolution.
This limited-edition suite of masterworks captures the nation’s diverse creative vision and cultural landscape.
From Olive Cotton’s timeless Teacup Ballet to Wolfgang Sievers’ striking industrial scenes, each photograph offers an intimate glimpse into Australia’s history, both human and environmental.
With subjects ranging from iconic ballet dancers to remote miners, these images reflect each photographer’s unique style and lasting impact, creating a collection of enduring significance in Australian photography. This is a museum-quality body of work.
Folio one is priced at $44,000 GST inc.
New York based painter Isca Greenfield-Sanders will return to Michael Reid Sydney to present her third solo exhibition in 2025. Greenfield-Sanders’ photographically informed watercolour and oil paintings exemplify technical methods of astounding precision, represented by collections such as Solomon R. Guggenheim collection, The Brooklyn Museum collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
To register for pre-exhibition information please contact danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au
To celebrate the expansive survey show Yolŋu Power at the Art Gallery of New South Wales – featuring many of the most formidable talents working today at the Yirrkala Community in East Arnhem Land – Michael Reid Sydney will present its own exhibition highlighting the storytelling, ecology and materiality that threads through contemporary Yolŋu art practice.
This will be a chance for collectors to discover a sublime new series of intricately detailed etched-metal artworks by Gaypalani Wanambi, the pre-eminent female voice within the ascendant Found Movement and the winner of the 2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
To receive a preview and priority access to this June presentation, please email tobymeagher@michaelreid.com.au
We are delighted to share a selection of highlights from the 2025 exhibition program at Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin and invite collectors to register their interest below to be the first to receive exclusive previews and priority access to these and other releases from the bright stars of next year’s cultural calendar.
This dynamic assembly brings together some of the most acclaimed and in-demand names in Australian contemporary art, and we encourage collectors to please be in touch soon to secure priority access to the spectacular bodies of work featured among our 2025 highlights.
Humming with energy and rich in gestural form, Carly Le Cerf’s newest paintings will make their debut mid year at Michael Reid Sydney. This highly anticipated exhibition is the artist’s first Sydney presentation in two years, and pre-registration for acquisition is essential.
A small selection of new Carly Le Cerf paintings are available to acquire immediately. For information regarding these paintings, please contact colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au
A magnificent series of new paintings by senior Yankunytjatjara artist Betty Chimney will be on view in September at Michael Reid Sydney. A three-time AGNSW Wynne Prize finalist, Chimney is at the forefront of the innovative, exuberant, globally acclaimed new wave of First Nations painters working at Iwantja Arts.
To discuss priority access to paintings in this exhibition please contact dean@michaelreid.com.au