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Robert Malherbe is a finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2018 (EMSLA) at Project Contemporary Art Space in Wollongong. Judged each year by renowned art critic, John McDonald, the non-acquisitive first prize of $20,000 will be awarded on the opening night. Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2018 Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong 9 […]

Danie Mellor and Ben Quilty feature in major collaborative exhibition, Weapons for the soldier, at Hazelhurst Arts Centre. Conceptualised by the young men of the APY Lands in north-western South Australia (Vincent Namatjira, Aaron Ken, Derek Thompson, Anwar Young and Kamurin Young), Weapons for the soldier brings together both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian artists in […]

Gerwyn Davies features in the group exhibition, ‘Dress Code’, at the Museum of Brisbane. Dress Code presents the work of five contemporary artists, including Davies, in exploring fashion as the material embodiment of culture, gender and historical identity. Davies is also Artist-in-Residence from 29 October – 23 November 2018, engaging with Museum visitors in discussion […]

John Nicholson and Marina Strocchi are finalists in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2018 at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. Nicholson was shortlisted for the award’s sculptural category for his work, Boxes for bubbles 2018, while Strocchi was shortlisted in the open category for her work, ‘The escarpment – Kangaroo Valley’ 2018. With over $30,000 in […]

Lucy Culliton is a finalist in the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award at Bega Valley Regional Gallery. Lucy was selected as one of 35 finalists for her portrait of her partner, Jamie. Held biennially, the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award offers a $50,000 non-acquisitive prize. The 2018 guest judge is art critic and broadcaster, […]

A.J. Taylor is the winner of the People’s Choice Prize for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The non-acquisitive $2,500 prize was awarded to Taylor for his work, Sapling forest (morning light) 2018. Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 Caloundra Regional Gallery 16 August – 14 October 2018 For more information, please click […]

Juz Kitson has been featured by Artist Profile in an interview with Emma-Kate Wilson. Kitson discusses her evolving artistic practice including new drawing work on display as part of the group exhibition, Warm Bodies, at Cement Fondu in Sydney. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Warm Bodies installation view, 2018, Cement Fondu. […]

James Guppy has been interviewed by Eddie Ayres for ABC Radio National’s ‘The Hub on Art’ program. Guppy discusses the inspiration for his new solo exhibition, The Venal Garden, whilst creating a painting in the ABC Radio studio. To listen to the interview, please click here. Image credit: James Guppy in the ‘The Hub on […]

Jason Benjamin, Guido Maestri and Michael Muir are in Mirror Mirror: Portraits from the collection at Macquarie University Art Gallery in northern Sydney. The exhibition features portraits from the Macquarie University Art Collection of faces both familiar and unfamiliar. Other featured artists include John Brack, Russell Drysdale, Margaret Olley and Judy Watson. Mirror Mirror: Portraits […]

Fred Fowler’s work, Assimilation (Join, or Die) 2018, has been acquired by Artbank. The painting was first exhibited in Fowler’s recent solo exhibition, Home / Visitors. For more information on Artbank, please click here. Image credit: Fred Fowler, Assimilation (Join, or Die), 2018, oil paint and oil stick on canvas, 148.0 x 132.0 cm

Monica Rohan is a finalist for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2018 and was highly commended for her work. Celebrating its 20th year in 2018, the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is a scholarship for young Australian painters and consists of $40,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. This […]

Juz Kitson features in a group exhibition, Gothic Beauty: Victorian notions of love, loss and spirituality, at Bendigo Art Gallery. The exhibition traces the Victorian gothic into contemporary art, bringing together the work of a variety of artists who explore these ideas. Gothic Beauty: Victorian notions of love, loss and spirituality Bendigo Art Gallery 6 […]

Developed by the Art Gallery of South Australia and curated by Co-Acting Director Lisa Slade, a major survey exhibition of the work of
 Ben Quilty, Quilty, will be unveiled in 
Adelaide from March 2019, before a year of touring to the state galleries in Queensland and New South Wales. A fully illustrated book, published by […]

Jason Benjamin, Natasha Bieniek, Adam Pyett and A.J. Taylor have all been selected as finalists for the 2018 John Leslie Art Prize at the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, Victoria. The acquisitive prize awards $20,000 to the best landscape painting with the winner to be announced by Wellington Shire Council Mayor, Cr. Carolyn Crossley, at […]

A solo exhibition by Martin Smith is being held at the newly relocated POP Gallery in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. The exhibition, The Narrated Self, showcases Smith’s photographs that include excised texts of short personal stories. The Narrated Self POP Gallery 21 August – 6 September 2018 For more information, please click here. Image credit: Martin […]

Ben Quilty has released a new book titled Home: Drawings by Syrian Children. The publication features a collection of drawings by Syrian children reflecting on their forsaken homeland, with a foreword penned by Richard Flanagan. Home: Drawings by Syrian Children Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, 2018 Soft cover, 304 pp, fully illustrated, colour 26.5 x 24.5 cm […]

Lucy Culliton features in the Melbourne Art Fair 2018 Special Edition of Art Collector. In an interview with Helen McKenzie, Culliton discusses the garden scenes and still lifes that form her solo exhibition with Jan Murphy Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair 2018. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Lucy Culliton, Bibbenluke, autumn, 2018, […]

Heidi Yardley’s solo exhibition, Drifters, has been featured in an article by Phil Brown for Brisbane News, which explores how Yardley’s investigation into the countercultural era of the 1960s and 70s has influenced her most recent body of work. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Heidi Yardley, Time and time again, 2018, oil on […]

Fred Fowler’s first Jan Murphy Gallery solo exhibition, Home / Visitors has been featured by The Design Files. In an interview with Elle Murrell, Fowler discusses the inspiration behind this newest body of work. Fred Fowler Home / Visitors 26 June – 21 July 2018 To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Fred […]

Fred Fowler features in The Courier Mail’s ‘U on Sunday’ section. In the article, writer Fiona Purdon explains how a trip to Stradbroke Island became the starting point of inspiration for Fowler’s first Jan Murphy Gallery solo exhibition, Home / Visitors. Fred Fowler Home / Visitors 26 June – 21 July 2018 To read the […]