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A new solo exhibition, Wanblut, by Protégé artist Claudia Greathead is currently on display at Metro Arts in Brisbane. Wanblut features paintings and sculptures by Greathead and continues her investigation into familial relationships. Wanblut Metro Arts 13 – 30 June 2018 For more information, please click here. Image credit: Claudia Greathead, Wanblut, 2018, oil on board, 30.0 x 30.0 […]

Jason Benjamin, Gerwyn Davies, Danie Mellor, Monica Rohan and A.J. Taylor are finalists for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The annual prize offers an acquisitive major prize of $25,000 with the winning work acquired by the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. The winner will be announced on Thursday 30 August […]

Idols is a new online exhibition by Gerwyn Davies which reanimates popular iconography and myth through an assemblage of costume, performance and photography. Conjuring characters across the political, religious and historic, this work is interested in familiar narratives that are highly contrived in nature. Davies recently held a solo exhibition at Sydney’s Australian Centre for Photography […]

Jan Murphy Gallery presents an exhibition featuring artworks from the acclaimed Tjala Arts centre in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. In a first for both organisations, the exhibition solely focuses on artists from Tjala Arts, providing a platform for their works in Queensland. Seven Sisters features new works by the Ken Sisters Collaborative (Tjungkara Ken, […]

Robert Malherbe is included in a group exhibition of artists who have spent time in residency at the Jamberoo property of the late Bert Flugelman. The exhibition is being held at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, NSW. With the surrounding flora and fauna as inspiration during their time spent on the property, the resulting […]

Linde Ivimey features in the group exhibition, ‘So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian history’, at the National Portrait Gallery. Forming part of the National Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday celebrations, the exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history. So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian […]

Adam Pyett features in Artist Profile, Issue 43, in an interview with Bridget Macleod. The article explores Pyett’s painting practice, both in terms of concept and his painting process. Adam Pyett will hold his first exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery from 30 October – 15 December 2018. To read the article, please click here. Image […]

Ben Quilty’s work features in a new display at the Bendigo Art Gallery. The new exhibition includes several new acquisitions to the Bendigo Art Gallery Collection as well as significant works on loan. Quilty’s work, Kuta Rorschach No. 2 2013, was acquired by the Bendigo Art Gallery Collection in 2014. The painting depicts the popular […]

Art of Music is a fundraiser event presented by musician Jenny Morris with proceeds going to the charity organisation, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Held every two years, a group of Australia’s top artists come together to create an original exhibition where each artist chooses an iconic Australian/NZ song to inspire a piece of artwork. The artwork […]

Juz Kitson features in the group exhibition Hunter Red: Corpus at the Newcastle Art Gallery. Bringing together works from the Newcastle Art Gallery Collection and other institutions that form the Hunter Cultural Collective, the exhibition interrogates the human body through works across ranging platforms. The overarching theme of red brings with it loaded symbolism and […]

Juz Kitson is a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2018 with her work, ‘You are everything; ripples moving ever outwards’ 2018. Presented by Ravenswood School for Girls, the annual prize for emerging and established female artists in Australia awards the winner a $35,000 prize. The theme for the 2018 prize is ‘resillience’. Ravenswood […]

Congratulations to all finalists in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2018. Archibald Prize 2018 finalists include Jason Benjamin, William Mackinnon, Robert Malherbe and Guy Maestri. Wynne Prize 2018 finalists include Sylvia Ken, Fiona Lowry, William Mackinnon, Robert Malherbe and Yaritji Young. Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes Art Gallery of New South Wales 12 May […]

Natasha Bieniek is a finalist for the 2018 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize at Geelong Gallery. The biennial prize awards a $30,000 acquisitive prize to the winner, with the 2018 prize to be judged by Lisa Sullivan, Senior Curator, Geelong Gallery; Justin Paton, Head Curator, International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales; and Rebecca Coates, […]

Fred Fowler features in the ‘What’s next’ section of the April/June 2018 issue of Art Collector, which focuses on artists coming up in the art world. Fowler will have his first solo exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery from 26 June – 21 July 2018. For information on where to get a copy of Art Collector, […]

A.J. Taylor is a finalist for the 2018 Fleurieu Biennale. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fleurieu Art Prize in 2018, the newly renamed Fleurieu Biennale will be exhibited across three galleries in the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia. The 2018 prize will be judged by Christopher Orchard, artist; Emma Fay, Guildhouse Executive Director; and […]

Two new exhibitions by Brisbane based artists, Jason Fitzgerald and Claudia Greathead, will be presented at Jan Murphy Gallery. Sculptor Jason Fitzgerald’s latest series of ceramic and timber works will comprise his exhibition, Shaky Ground. Until recently, Fitzgerald was solely known for geometrically formed timber sculptures made of salvaged timber shards and off-cuts, but of […]

Victoria Reichelt’s work features in We are Gold Coast: Works from the Gallery at HOTA Collection at the newly redeveloped and re-named Home of the Arts (HOTA) on the Gold Coast (formerly Gold Coast Arts Centre). The collection exhibition champions the region and rejects the out-dated broader public perception of the Gold Coast of surf, […]

Each year a contemporary Australian artist is invited by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) to create a multi-sensory, interactive and immersive artwork to inspire people with disability or access requirements to connect with contemporary art. The Bella Room Commission is a key component of the MCA’s Bella Program for children, young people and […]

An exhibition celebrating the home studio of Margaret Olley features work by Guido Maestri and Monica Rohan. A painter’s house at the Tweed Regional Gallery’s Margaret Olley Art Centre showcases work by Olley alongside responses to her re-created studio by contemporary painters including Maestri, Rohan, John Honeywill and Lewis Miller. A painter’s house Tweed Regional […]

Juz Kitson is in the group exhibition, Sensual Nature, at the Fremantle Arts Centre. Featuring twelve artists, the exhibition includes sculptural, tactile and seductive work inspired by nature, bringing to the fore organic forms that lurk beneath the conscious mind, wrapped in suppressed desires and fears. The exhibition is curated by Dr Ric Spencer and […]