2 September 2022
Congratulations to Jacqueline Hennessy who has been announced as a finalist in the 2022 Portia Geach Memorial Art Prize with her work, ‘The Judging (self portrait)’. Named in memory of artist Portia Geach, this prestigious prize celebrates excellence in portraiture painting by Australian women artists. The Portia Geach Memorial Art…
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17 August 2022
Congratulations to James Guppy who has been announced as a finalist in the 2022 Wollumbin Art Award with his work ‘Twilight Thursday, South’. Established by the Tweed Regional Gallery, The Wollumbin Art Award is new biennial prize open to artists that live in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic…
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13 August 2022
Congratulations to Laura Patterson who is a finalist in the 2022 Mosman Art Prize with her work, ‘Cyathea Nimbus (rainy cloud fern)’. Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive painting award celebrating excellence and innovation in the medium. This year’s prize will be judged by Director of…
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9 August 2022
Congratulations to Betty Muffler who has won the Telstra General Painting award in the 2022 NATSIAA with her work, Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country). Visitors to the Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory can see Betty’s entry on display alongside all of this year’s finalists until 15th January, 2023. 2022…
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5 August 2022
Michael Cook has been shortlisted in the annual William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. The Bowness Photography Prize is an annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia featuring landscape, architectural and portrait photographs. The winning work will be acquired into MGA’s nationally significant collection of Australian photographs. Bowness Photography…
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19 July 2022
An article about Iluwanti Ken and Betty Muffler’s exhibition ‘Mara Ala – Open Hands’ at Jan Murphy Gallery has been featured online by Art Guide Australia. Describing the work of both senior artists, it also notes the inclusion of Iluwanti and Betty’s collaborative paintings in the show, which contain symbols…
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18 July 2022
Visitors to Noosa Regional Gallery can see Michael Cook’s work display in ‘Natures Mortes’. In this series, the artist delves into the tragic and devastating affect of colonisation on Australia’s First Nations peoples and the degradation of the environment. MICHAEL COOK: NATURES MORTES 16 July – 4 September, 2022…
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15 July 2022
Visitors to the Mosman Art Gallery can see Michael Muir’s work in ‘From Margaret Olley to Salote Tawale: 75 years of the Mosman Art Prize’. Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive painting award that has grown to become one of the country’s most prestigious local government…
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9 July 2022
David Griggs has painted a mural alongside new paintings featured in the recently opened group exhibition,‘Nationalism in the Wake of COVID’ at Macquarie University Art Gallery. The exhibition explores the dialectic between nationalism, localism and internationalism within the context of the global pandemic and the signals that drove nation state…
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2 July 2022
Work by Betty Muffler is presented in ‘Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions’ at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Established in 2017, this year marks the third edition of this multi-year partnership to commission and support new projects by contemporary emerging – mid-career artists. Betty Muffler…
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1 July 2022
Congratulations to Gerwyn Davies and Mark Tweedie who are finalists in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022. Now in its 17th year, this acquisitive award attracts entries from around Australia with this year’s prize including 40 shortlisted finalists. The winner will be announced at 7 October. Sunshine Coast Art Prize…
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24 June 2022
Work by Michael Cook will be on display in the new group exhibition, ‘HOTA Collects: Punching Up, 21st Century Indigenous Photography’ opening at HOTA 25 June. Featuring the work of 6 different artists drawn mostly from HOTA’s collection, this challenges stereotypes and share stories of contemporary Indigenous lived experience. HOTA…
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9 June 2022
A suite of new works by Martin Smith are now on display at the Hyatt Centric Hotel in Melbourne. Smith was commissioned by the hotel to create this body of work for the newly opened 5-star cosmopolitan hotel. Guests staying at the hotel can spot Martin Smith’s stunning photographic works…
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7 June 2022
Protege artist, India Mark, is featured in Art Almanac’s June 2022 issue. In her conversation with Jaimi Wright, India discusses life in the studio ahead of her upcoming exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery and touches on her approach to still life painting: “In choosing objects for my still life, I…
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4 June 2022
A profile on Gerwyn Davies has been featured in Wish Magazine – The Art Issue from The Australian Newspaper (Friday, 3 June). Written by Benjamen Judd, this extensive article explores the artist’s evolving practice and touches on his recent ‘Iridescent’ exhibition for the Sydney Living Museums and forthcoming project with…
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