20 July 2019
Congratulations to Marina Strocchi whose application to the Arts Fellowship Program through the Northern Territory Government, has been approved. This program supports established Northern Territory based artists to undertake a sustained period of professional development or research to benefit their own practice and the arts and cultural development of the…
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11 July 2019
Congratulations to Victoria Reichelt who has been announced as a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2019 with her work, ‘La Mere (after Elizabeth Nourse)’. This award is arguably Australia’s most prestigious prize for portraiture by women artists. Victoria Reichelt describes the motivation behind her entry, “I am aiming…
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3 July 2019
Congratulations to Robert Malherbe who has been announced as a finalist in the Kilgour Prize 2019. The Kilgour Prize champions innovation in the field of portrait and figurative painting and awards a major prize of $50,000. This year’s prize will be judged by Lauretta Morton, Director of Newcastle Art Gallery,…
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22 June 2019
I Remember You is a new online exhibition by Protégé artist, Mark Tweedie. Presenting a series of meticulously rendered small-scale oil paintings, the artist has focused on capturing childhood as an inimitable period of innocence and freedom. As described by Tweedie, “the works celebrate this precious and carefree initial stage…
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15 June 2019
Linde Ivimey is currently featured in the group exhibition, Counterparts, at Rockhampton Art Gallery. Using the Countess Report (2016) as a resource, this group exhibition has allowed access to art practitioners to respond to the work of female artists in the Rockhampton Art Collection and develop a new work. Ivimey’s…
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15 June 2019
Robert Malherbe has been interviewed on The Art Show on ABC Radio – Radio National. In the feature Malherbe shows Fiona Gruber around his studio and discusses his materials, process and creative motivations. The artist also has work currently presented in both the Wynne Prize 2019 and the Len Fox…
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15 June 2019
Robert Malherbe is a finalist in the 2019 Len Fox Painting Award with his work, ‘View from Camel Rock’. Celebrating the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox, the Len Fox Painting Award is a biennial exhibition and acquisitive prize awarded to a living Australian artist. Malherbe currently has his…
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8 June 2019
In the lead up to the opening of Quilty in Brisbane, Ben Quilty has been busy sketching large-scale drawings on the walls of GOMA in tribute to his friend and mentor – Margaret Olley. The artist has been using a series of vessels including jugs and teapots that have been…
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1 June 2019
Recent Drawings is a new online exhibition by Leith Maguire, which presents a delicate body of work referencing memories, objects and landscapes. Produced during a time described by the artist as “an enforced period of rest” – this exhibition captures the Leith’s meticulous drawing process and continued visual investigations of…
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30 May 2019
Tjungkara Ken is a finalist in the Wynne Prize 2019 with her work Seven Sisters. Showing her work alongside fellow Tjala Arts painter, Sylvia Ken, Tjungkara’s work depicts the Seven Sisters story involving the sisters being chased across country by Wati Nyiru (a bad man). Tjungkara Ken’s work will also…
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