Martin Browne Contemporary

15/10/2026

TIARNIE EDWARDS | ARTIST TALK

Join Tiarnie Edwards next Saturday for an intimate conversation around Accomplices, their debut solo exhibition at Martin Browne Contemporary.

Tiarnie will share insights into the ideas, stories and making processes behind the exhibition, from their tactile, hand-built approach to ceramics to the animal figures that carry humour, resistance, identity and connection to Country throughout the work.

A unique opportunity to hear directly from the artist and look more closely at the material and conceptual foundations of their practice.

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER | 3 PM
Martin Browne Contemporary
15 Hampden Street, Paddington

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Free event. Registration encouraged.

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13/10/2026

THIS SATURDAY | MICHAEL McHUGH & CLAUDIA CHAN SHAW

Join us this saturday for an insightful conversation between Michael McHugh and Claudia Chan Shaw, held within Michael’s current exhibition, Two Worlds.

With extensive experience as a curator, broadcaster and cultural commentator, Claudia Chan Shaw brings a deeply informed perspective to the conversation. Her longstanding engagement with art, design and visual culture will frame a thoughtful discussion with Michael McHugh around the ideas, influences and processes behind Two Worlds.

Complimentary drinks will be served throughout the afternoon and we warmly invite you to join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation within the exhibition.

SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER | 3 PM
Martin Browne Contemporary
15 Hampden Street, Paddington

Free event. Register via the link in our bio.

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10/10/2026

09/10/2026

COLLECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE | MONIQUE VAN TULDER

What keeps a painting compelling long after you first encounter it ?

For acclaimed Sydney-based author and collector Monique van Tulder, the answer is simple. Discover her reflections on living with Michael McHugh’s work and her impressions of his latest exhibition, Two Worlds.

Read the full interview via the link in our bio.

Michael McHugh
Two Worlds

Now showing at Martin Browne Contemporary

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07/10/2026

TIARNIE EDWARDS | ACCOMPLICES

These vessels are far from plain.

Birds perch on the rims, animals and mosaic-like forms move across the surface and sculptural details extend beyond the vessel itself. As you move around each work, different elements come into view while the composition and narrative continue to shift across the artworks.

Each vessel is built by hand, allowing the form to remain tactile and slightly irregular. The result is a group of works that feel animated from every angle, where image, texture and form are inseparable from the story being told.

For Edwards, this exhibition means far more than decoration. It presents a visual language through which they explore Aboriginal identity, resistance and connection to Country, using humour and character to approach ideas of real cultural significance.

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FEATURED WORKS
Left:
815-26AS, 2026
Ceramics
25 x 19 x 12 cm
$800

Middle:
781-26AS, 2026
Ceramics
63 x 40 x 40 cm
$4,700

Right:
Tiarnie Edwards
814-26AS, 2026
Ceramics
30 x 15 x 10 cm
$950

View the exhibition catalogue through the link in our bio

Artwork photography: Andy Francis
Video and installation photography: Simon Hewson

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06/10/2026

BRONTE LEIGHTON-DORE | FINALIST IN THE PADDINGTON ART PRIZE

Congratulations to Bronte Leighton-Dore, whose painting Closer to home, Centennial Park has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Paddington Art Prize.

Leighton-Dore’s process always begins en plein air, working directly from the landscape to capture shifts in light, colour and atmosphere before developing these observations into larger studio paintings.

A study made during the development of the finalist work is currently available to purchase through Martin Browne Contemporary, offering an intimate insight into the process behind the larger painting.

Bronte Leighton-Dore

FINALIST WORK
Bronte Leighton-Dore
Closer to home, Centennial Park, 2026
Oil and marble dust on primed poplar
120 x 160 cm

AVAILABLE STUDY
Bronte Leighton-Dore
Closer to home, Centennial Park (study), 2026
Oil and marble dust on primed poplar
Frame size: 53.5 x 71 cm
Paper Size: 38.5 x 56 cm 
$2,600

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05/10/2026

IN CONVERSATION | MICHAEL MCHUGH

Join us at Martin Browne Contemporary for a special artist talk with Michael McHugh, marking his current solo exhibition, Two Worlds.

McHugh brings together memories of cultivated gardens, waterways and landscape with the colour and energy of the Australian coast. Across painting and blown glass, Two Worlds explores the way place is remembered, reimagined and carried across different materials.

This intimate afternoon offers an opportunity to hear Michael speak in his own words about the development of the exhibition, the experiences that informed this new body of work and the relationship between painting and glass within his practice.

SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER | 3 PM
Martin Browne Contemporary

15 Hampden Street, Paddington

Free event. Registration is encouraged.

Register via the link in bio.

For all enquiries, contact the gallery on 02 9331 7997,
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02/10/2026

OPENING RECEPTION

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night to celebrate the opening of Michael McHugh’s Two Worlds and Tiarnie Edwards’ Accomplices. It was a pleasure to welcome so many familiar and new faces to the gallery and to mark the opening of these two distinct exhibitions.

If you missed the opening reception, join us for two upcoming artist talks:

MICHAEL McHUGH | Saturday 17 October, 3pm
TIARNIE EDWARDS | Saturday 24 October, 3pm

Congratulations to Michael and Tiarnie on two remarkable new bodies of work.

Two Worlds and Accomplices are now on view at Martin Browne Contemporary, click the link in our bio for full access to the exhibition catalogues.

Michael McHugh
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30/09/2026

OPENING TOMORROW

Join us tomorrow for the opening reception of two new exhibitions:

MICHAEL McHUGH | Two Worlds

TIARNIE EDWARDS | Accomplices

Tomorrow, October 1, 6-8pm.

Complimentary drinks will be served throughout the evening, we look forward to welcoming you.

Click the link in our bio to access the exhibition catalogue.

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29/09/2026

COMING SOON | MICHAEL MCHUGH | TWO WORLDS

Opening this Thursday, 1 October from 6–8 pm, Two Worlds brings together a new body of work by Michael McHugh shaped by the landscapes of rural France and the Australian coast.

Across the exhibition, saturated colour, botanical forms and shifting fields of detail move between the cultivated and the wild. McHugh draws together the cool atmosphere of French gardens and waterways with the intensity of the Australian landscape, allowing the two places to meet through memory, observation and imagination.

The exhibition also introduces new blown glass works, extending McHugh’s exploration of colour, form and material into three dimensions.

Request the full exhibition catalogue through the link in our bio.

Featured Artworks:
Michael McHugh
Bright Spark, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 180 cm
$24,500

L: Michael McHugh
Caelix, 2026
Blown glass
45 x 17 cm
$8,000

R: Michael McHugh
Pacific, 2026
Blown glass
47 x 18 cm
$8,000

Michael McHugh
Celadon, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 180 cm
$21,500

Join us for the opening this Thursday, 1 October, from 6–8 pm.

For all enquiries, contact the gallery on 02 9331 7997,
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