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Opening in late 2020, Michael Reid Northern Beaches presents the best of emerging art in Australia. Michael Reid Northern Beaches has expanded and evolved to become a robust, highly sought-after curated experience of high quality, collectible emerging art.

The gallery is curated and directed by Amber Creswell Bell, alongside our ceramics platform, Michael Reid Clay.

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31 Oct—11 Nov 2024

Conor Knight – ‘Feed The Beast’ — Conor Knight

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31 Oct—11 Nov 2024

Holly Dormor – ‘Days come and then they go’ — Holly Dormer

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6 Nov 2024

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Located in Newport, a 45 minute drive from Sydney CBD, our Northern Beaches gallery is one street back from glistening Newport Beach.

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Congratulations to HOLLY DORMOR, whose beautiful n

Congratulations to HOLLY DORMOR, whose beautiful new solo exhibition, ‘Days Come and Then They Go’, has now been acquired in its entirety.

All works from the series found homes with collectors just days after arriving at the gallery – a fabulous result for the artist and one that matches the tremendous success of her solo debut at Michael Reid Southern Highlands last year.

We invite all collectors who are interested in Dormor’s work – or who missed out on acquiring their favourite piece from her current show – to please contact the gallery and be the first to receive early previews of the artist’s future releases.

‘Days Come and Then They Go’ is on view this weekend at Michael Reid Northern Beaches and continues until next Wednesday, 13 November.

For more, please email northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au

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ON VIEW: HOLLY DORMOR | ‘Days Come and Then They

ON VIEW: HOLLY DORMOR | ‘Days Come and Then They Go’ | Until 11 November | Michael Reid Northern Beaches

Showing online and in the gallery this week, ‘Days Come and Then They Go’ is a luminous new series of still-life florals by Eora/Sydney-based artist HOLLY DORMOR, who arrives in Newport after a sell-out solo debut at our Southern Highlands gallery last year.

Dormor’s latest collection captures the ebb and flow of natural light and its subtly transformative effects on her subjects, dialling up the domestic sphere’s quiet, quotidian rhythms and recasting ordinary vessels as scintillating prisms.

“Whether I’m depicting harsh sunlight or the fading light of dusk, it’s this story of light – and the sentiment it evokes – I’m most interested in,” says Dormor.

Deeply attuned to the nuances of light and shade, the artist beautifully captures the dappled details that cascade across her tableaux, transforming even the most ordinary house plants into captivating subjects – by turns moody and atmospheric or basking in a radiant glow.

“As a marker of time and space, light reveals an astounding variation of colour in an object, providing warmth, weight and otherworldly contrasts,” says the artist, who has been a finalist in the National Emerging Art Prize, the Hunter’s Hill Art Prize and the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. “A leaf suddenly illuminated or a shadow curiously awash with colour, these are the moments I look for.”

Moving between bright morning light and the softer, serene mood of an afternoon slowdown, ‘Days Come and Then They Go’ serves as an invitation to pause and reflect on the moment, considering the passage of time, nature's transient beauty and rich complexities hiding in plain sight.

Almost all works from the artist's series were acquired ahead of her show's opening. To view and acquire the final remaining pieces from this collection, please visit our website or email northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au

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ON VIEW: CONOR KNIGHT | ‘Feed the Beast’ | Unt

ON VIEW: CONOR KNIGHT | ‘Feed the Beast’ | Until 11 November | Michael Reid Northern Beaches

Showing this week at Michael Reid Northern Beaches, ‘Feed the Beast’ is an exquisite new series of sumptuously rendered still-life paintings by Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist CONOR KNIGHT, who has returned to the gallery after a trio of successful solo shows and a star turn as a finalist in the inaugural National Emerging Art Prize.

Beautifully balancing a broodily romantic mood with flashes of visceral, Caravaggio-like lushness, Knight's moody pieces are brought to life with expressive gestural energy via skillfully applied alla prima underpainting.

“The works are characterised by the textures, forms and nature of what sustains us, rendered with meaty but deliberate strokes of oil paint,” says Knight, who has been a finalist in this year’s Brisbane Portrait Prize and the Lethbridge 20000 Small scale Art Award, and was also the runner-up in the 2023 Doyles Art Award. “Art is a beast and it must be fed. I made these paintings so it wouldn't eat me instead!”

“The title came to me when I was reading about a scientist working obsessively in her lab,” says Knight, who sees the six paintings comprising Feed the Beast as his most successfully resolved to date. “The paper said she became so consumed with her work she just ‘fed the beast’. Other priorities in her life fell away, and she gave herself to the research she was doing. I thought the practice of an artist was similar at times.”

To acquire and view paintings from Conor Knight’s new series, ‘Feed the Beast’, please visit our website or email northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au

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HOLLY DORMOR's last work available from her curren

HOLLY DORMOR's last work available from her current exhibition - 'Days Come and Then They Go':

'Dahlia in Cut Glass'
(Oil on panel, 40 x 35 cm)

For more, please visit our website or email northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au

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Spring into the season at Michael Reid Northern Be

Spring into the season at Michael Reid Northern Beaches.

Join us for Newport market day with discounts on selected spring and summer works.

For more information please come in store or email northernbeaches@michaelreid.m

Free yoga in the gallery – 7am this Friday, 1 No

Free yoga in the gallery – 7am this Friday, 1 November.

Join yoga instructor Georgie Brookes for a free community yoga class at Michael Reid Northern Beaches on the first Friday of every month. Sessions are at 7am commencing this Friday, 1 November. Please DM or email the gallery to sign up.

These gentle classes are perfect for those who surf, sit down a lot, spend a lot of time on devices or have a physically demanding job. Whether you’re new to yoga or an experienced yogi, these classes are an opportunity to unravel your body, improve flexibility, slow down your mind and connect with people in our community with our beautiful gallery space as the serene setting.

For more, please email northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au

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