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Juz Kitson in RMIT University Art Collection

Juz Kitson’s work, ‘Founded on the belief that there is order.’ 2017, has been acquired by the RMIT University Art Collection. The work was first exhibited as part of Kitson’s Primordial Pure exhibition at Sydney Contemporary 2017. For more information about the RMIT University Art Collection, please…
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Martin Smith on New York City Residency

Martin Smith will undertake a residency in Brooklyn, New York with the NARS Foundation (New York Artist Residency and Studios). The project is supported by the Australia Council and Arts Queensland and will see Smith at NARS from 1 October – 22 December 2017. An exhibition of artists in residency…
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Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2017

Marina Strocchi and Heidi Yardley are finalists in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2017. The Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA) is a national still life painting award that offers a non-acquisitive first prize of $20,000. The 2017 award will again be judged by John McDonald, who has been…
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Collection Exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery

Go Figure: Works from the collection presents a selection of works at the Tweed Regional Gallery that showcase dynamic representations of the human figure and features work by Natasha Bieniek, Guido Maestri, Ben Quilty, Monica Rohan and others. Go Figure: Works from the collection Tweed Regional Gallery…
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Lucy Culliton in Brisbane News

Lucy Culliton’s current exhibition, Bibbenluke Menagerie, has been featured in an article by Fiona Purdon in the latest issue of Brisbane News. To read the article, please click here. To view the exhibition online, please click here. To…
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Art Guide Australia Visit Natasha Bieniek’s Studio

Natasha Bieniek’s Melbourne studio has been explored in an article by Art Guide Australia, with the artist discussing studio life with writer, Varia Karipoff. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Natasha Bieniek, Blanche, 2016, oil on dibond, 9.0 x 14.0 cm
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Image credit: Guido Maestri, photography by Daniel Shipp

Guido Maestri in the 2017 Hadley’s Art Prize

Guido Maestri is a finalist in the inaugural Hadley’s Art Prize in Hobart, Tasmania. The 2017 theme for the acquisitive landscape prize is ‘History and Place’ for the best portrayal of the Australian landscape which acknowledges the past. Maestri was selected for his work, ‘Governor’s ravages’ 2017 which references the…
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Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan Publication

In January 2016, Ben Quilty and acclaimed Australian author, Richard Flanagan, travelled to Lebanon, Greece and Serbia as guests of World Vision. On this journey, they followed “the river that is the great exodus of our age: that of Syrian refugees.” The consequent publication, Notes on an Exodus, bears witness…
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Heidi Yardley – ‘Night Letters’ Online Exhibition

Night Letters is a new series of intimately scaled oil paintings by Heidi Yardley. The work forges a romantic and mysterious link between the female figure and evening landscapes. Both exist in a liminal, erotic space, as if somewhere between waking and sleeping. Moonlight is seductive as it reflects off…
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A.J. Taylor work acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection

A.J. Taylor’s 2016 work ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’ have been acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra. For more information about the Parliament House Art Collection, please follow click here. Image credit: A.J. Taylor, ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’,…
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