FINAL DAY TOMORROW - A huge thank you to all our friends, colleagues and supporters who have celebrated Edwina McLennan’s, Haptic Fiction exhibition with us.
We are so fortunate to work alongside all our incredible artists.
Haptic Fiction, Edwina’s third solo exhibition with @the.renshaws is phenomenal- If you haven’t seen the work in person as yet - I would urge you to come and see us tomorrow, these works need to be experienced in person to understand the delicate tension and the intricate surfaces of the works.
Edwina McLennan- Haptic Fiction
Last day Saturday 16 May 12 - 4pm
The Renshaws
4 Prospect St
Fortitude Valley
If you’d like to be on the waiting list for new works by Edwina - just let us know by DM
@edwinamclennan
Monique Lacey
28 March 1960 — 12 May 2026
We are heartbroken to share the news of Monique Lacey’s passing.
Monique was extraordinary. Anyone who knew her would say the same. She was wonderfully kind and thoughtful, and yet with a directness that was so refreshing to be in the company of. Monique utterly gave herself to her art and her newfound career as an artist. It was clear too that she was equally committed to her family and anyone lucky enough to know her.
Monique was so immensely grateful to Foenander Gallery in New Zealand and West End Art Space in Melbourne for their unwavering support of her practice. And we thank them both too. Danielle and I were so fortunate enough to have known Monique and she will leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Our deepest love and sympathy are with John and their children.
Gosh we’ll miss you Mon.
@moniquelaceyartist@foenander_galleries
#moniquelacey
The Renshaws is thrilled to announce the representation of Sydney-based artist Karen Black.
Black works across painting, ceramics and sculpture to explore the body as a site of both trauma and resilience. Her practice operates in the tension between abstraction and figuration; and myth and autobiography. For Black, painting is not mere representation but embodied thinking: a cyclical, recursive process of emotional archaeology in which paint is laid down, scraped back and softened until what remains is less an image than an accumulation of energies. Rooted in a politics of care and attention to the historically invisible, her work offers a space of radical empathy, where softness becomes a form of resistance.
The Renshaws are also enormously grateful to Sutton Gallery, whose 12 years of dedicated support have been foundational to Karen’s practice. That relationship continues, and we look forward to working alongside them in support of Karen’s career. @suttongallerymelbourne
#karenblack @karenblackstudio@danandryan #contemporarypainting #contermporarysculpture
Image: Karen Black ‘Fire and ice’ 2020
Oil on canvas, 1985h x 1368w mm
Photograph: Mark Pokorny
Congratulations to Karen Black, selected as a finalist in both the Wynne Prize and Sulman Prize 2026 at the @artgalleryofnsw .
Image 1: 'Hidden place' - Sulman Prize Finalist
oil and oil stick on polyester; custom wood frame
59 x 78.8 cm
Image 2: 'Body like a mountain' - Wynne Prize Finalist
oil and oil stick on polyester
201 x 311.5 cm
The works will be on view at the Art Gallery of NSW on Saturday, 9th May 2026.
The Renshaws are thrilled to announce the Australian representation of artist Rebecca Diele.
Rebecca Diele’s practice resonates with the precarious systems that shape our present politicaly-unsettled, environmentally-fragile and socially-shifting moment - a time in history where stability is provisional and transformation emerges, more often than not, out of disruption. Diele’s work can be situated within a broader lineage of minimalist and systems-based abstraction, where artists have long used repetition, structure and rule-driven processes to explore how form evolves over time. In this tradition, Diele begins with ordered frameworks such as grids, sequences and repeated gestures. But rather than pursuing purity or permanence she allows these systems to soften, warp and shift under pressure, becoming sites of subtle deviation where small interruptions transform the system from within. These gestures create works that hold a moment just before collapse; a moment where fragility and strength remain inseparable and where structure and instability may co-exist.
Diele brings a heightened sensitivity to form, structure and material behaviour, constructing environments in which materials are both disciplined and free. Through this negotiation between rule and deviation, her work considers how systems evolve under pressure and how disruption can become a generative force for transformation.
Contact us for more information.
@rebecca_diele #rebeccadiele #therenshaws @danandryan
Thankyou to everyone who made it out today. thankyou @danandryan and @the.renshaws for putting on a spread and thankyou @ruthoshannassyartadvisory - that car park is forever yours! 😊
#michaelgeorgetti #therenshaws
This week we are thrilled to unveil Julie Fragar’s new body of work ‘One & The Many’ at the Melbourne Art Fair.
@melbourneartfair@julie.fragar #therenshaws #juliefragar #melbourneartfair @danandryan
The Renshaws’ are thrilled to present Julie Fragar’s ‘One & The Many’ at the upcoming Melbourne Art Fair (19-22 February).
These works mark Fragar’s first major presentation since winning the 2025 Archibald Prize. Please contact the gallery for further details.
#juliefragar #therenshaws #melbourneartfair @melbourneartfair@julie.fragar@danandryan
Image: Trust, 2026
Oil on canvas, 1800 (h) x 1350 (w) mm
So lucky to be bringing in 2026 with this amazing bunch of humans ! Tokyo NYE with karaoke, new years wishes at the temple, LUUP bikes for the win for exploring. Tokyo is amazing but friends are even better @flokk_interiors@bespokeconstructions@parkerrenshaw
The Graduate xx where did those years go !
Just a little appreciation post for this kid who has squeezed every second of life out of this year - she’s worked hard, played hard, supported everyone around her, created incredible films and choreographed amazing dance performances, but most of all she’s filled our cups with laughter and joy and taught us all SO much.
I just can’t wait to see what you do next Poppie - I’m looking forward to watching you change this world.
Love you to the moon and back x
Mumma x
Micheal Georgetti’s new exhibition ‘Their Stories Leave Too’ opens tomorrow at Sydney Contemporary! Looking forward to seeing all our Sydney friends 🥂
@sydneycontemporary@the.renshaws@michael_georgetti
