22 March 2025
Work by Michael Cook will be featured in Les Recontres d’Arles 2025. Arguably the world’s oldest most renowned photography festival, Michael Cook is among 20 Australian artists featured in this year’s iteration, which will open in July in Arles, France. This Australian component of the festival, ‘On Country: Photography from…
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15 March 2025
Congratulations to Claudia Greathead who is a finalist in ’15 Artists 2025′ prize at Redcliffe Art Gallery with her works, ‘Ivanhoe Garden’ and ‘Thorny rose bushes breathe still’. Since its conception, each year the City of Moreton Bay Council invites a selection of artists to participate in the ’15 artists’…
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14 March 2025
Congratulations to Amber Wallis who is a finalist in the 2025 Bayside Painting Prize with her work ‘Red woman through the drapes and in the land’. This annual award celebrates the breadth and diversity of contemporary painting in Australia today. Comprising of three awards, including the Beckett Local Prize (named…
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1 March 2025
Laura Jones has been featured in ‘The VL50′ by Vogue Living Australia, their list forecasting some of the best designers, architects, landscapers and artists to watch in 2025. In the article by Lindyl Zanbaka, Laura shares her perspectives on connecting with others creatively, “…and using their platforms to fight for…
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27 February 2025
A new site-specific sculptural work by Lincoln Austin has been installed at the Rockhampton Museum of Art. Titled,’The Weight of Experience’ and created with the assistance of Chelsea Jewell, the suspended sculptural form catches the light and casts shadows as it moves, while at the same time, the sculpture is…
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25 February 2025
Congratulations to Amber Wallis, Juz Kitson, Victoria Reichelt and Jason Fitzgerald who are finalists in the 2025 Muswellbrook Art Prize. Conceived in 1958, this acquisitive award commends artists across three categories: painting, works on paper and ceramics. The exhibition of finalists will open on 27 March and winners will be…
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8 February 2025
Victoria Reichelt’s 2019 work, ‘La Mere (after Elizabeth Nourse)’, has been unveiled as the 2025 feature billboard artwork at Melbourne school, Loreto Toorak. First proposed in 2015 and now in its 11th year, the art billboard curated Therese Gilligan, has previously featured works by some of Australia’s foremost female artists.
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6 February 2025
Ahead of his presentation at Melbourne Art Fair, Michael Cook discusses his new series, ‘Individuation’. Speaking with the Fair, Michael provides insight on his decades-spanning career, exploring Australia’s layered histories through his photographs, and more. Michael Cook’s magnificent hyper-real photographs often capture roles in reversal, histories re-written, testing viewers’ relationships…
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1 February 2025
Richard Lewer’s body of work ‘Steve’ (2023-24) has recently been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Incorporating a stop-motion animation and 14 paintings on Laminex tabletops, this body of work tells the story of Steve and his family as they come to terms with his Dementia diagnosis. The…
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19 December 2024
Congratulations to Gerwyn Davies who is a finalist in the 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with his work, ‘Bather II’. This acquisitive award is one of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for contemporary photography and this year’s iteration returns to HOTA Gallery on the Gold Coast.
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