November 18, 2025
Congratulations to Michael Muir who is a finalist in the 2025 KAAF Art Prize with his work, Mountainside. This annual award is facilitated by the Korea Australia Arts Foundation in Sydney and boasts a total prize pool of $35,000. This year’s award will be judged by John McDonald (Art Critic,…
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July 15, 2022
Visitors to the Mosman Art Gallery can see Michael Muir’s work in ‘From Margaret Olley to Salote Tawale: 75 years of the Mosman Art Prize’. Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive painting award that has grown to become one of the country’s most prestigious local government…
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May 22, 2019
Michael Muir has been featured in the ‘U on Sunday’ section in The Sunday Mail magazine. Writer Fiona Purdon interviewed Muir about his recent travels through Italy and how this inspired the paintings in his upcoming exhibition, Proximity. Please click here to read the article. Proximity 28 May…
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December 20, 2018
Congratulations to Michael Muir, whose work, Hidden in the summer 2018, has been acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection in Canberra. For more information on the Parliament House Art Collection, please click here. Image credit: Michael Muir, Hidden in the summer, 2018, oil on linen,…
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February 17, 2018
Michael Muir is a finalist in the Muswellbrook Art Prize 2018 for his work ‘Hidden in the summer’ 2018. This year’s prize will be judged by Tracey Cooper-Lavery, Gallery Director, HOTA Gallery. The Muswellbrook Art Prize offers a non-acquisitive $50,000 painting prize, which is awarded on the opening night, Saturday…
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July 9, 2015
Congratulations to the following artists who have been announced as finalists in the 2015 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Jason Benjamin (Archibald Prize) Natasha Bieniek (Wynne Prize) Guy Maestri (Wynne Prize) Robert Malherbe (Wynne Prize) Michael Muir (Wynne Prize) Leslie Rice (Archibald Prize) The winners of the Archibald, Wynne and…
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August 1, 2014
Michael Muir has been announced as the winner of the 2014 Mosman Art Prize with his painting ‘Past the Stacks’. To read more about the Mosman Art Prize, please click here. Image Credit: Michael Muir, Past the Stacks, 2014, oil on linen, 137.0 x 122.0 cm…
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July 10, 2014
Congratulations to all finalists in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. The following are represented by Jan Murphy Gallery: Jason Benjamin with his work ‘I just want to dream’, Natasha Bieniek with her work ‘Isola’, Heidi Yardley with her works ‘Julia deVille’ and ‘Antipodean dream’, Robert Malherbe for his work ‘The…
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July 3, 2014
Congratulations to Jan Murphy Gallery represented artists Jason Benjamin and Michael Muir, who have been announced as finalists in the 2014 City of Albany Art Prize.
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