7 November 2018
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…
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7 November 2018
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…
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3 November 2018
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…
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1 November 2018
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’…
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27 October 2018
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…
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26 October 2018
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…
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11 October 2018
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.
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11 October 2018
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.
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2 October 2018
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…
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22 September 2018
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…
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7 September 2018
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…
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5 September 2018
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…
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1 September 2018
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…
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22 August 2018
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…
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17 August 2018
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…
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