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Lucy Culliton in Brisbane News

Lucy Culliton’s current exhibition, Bibbenluke Menagerie, has been featured in an article by Fiona Purdon in the latest issue of Brisbane News. To read the article, please click here. To view the exhibition online, please click here. To…
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Art Guide Australia Visit Natasha Bieniek’s Studio

Natasha Bieniek’s Melbourne studio has been explored in an article by Art Guide Australia, with the artist discussing studio life with writer, Varia Karipoff. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Natasha Bieniek, Blanche, 2016, oil on dibond, 9.0 x 14.0 cm
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Image credit: Guido Maestri, photography by Daniel Shipp

Guido Maestri in the 2017 Hadley’s Art Prize

Guido Maestri is a finalist in the inaugural Hadley’s Art Prize in Hobart, Tasmania. The 2017 theme for the acquisitive landscape prize is ‘History and Place’ for the best portrayal of the Australian landscape which acknowledges the past. Maestri was selected for his work, ‘Governor’s ravages’ 2017 which references the…
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Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan Publication

In January 2016, Ben Quilty and acclaimed Australian author, Richard Flanagan, travelled to Lebanon, Greece and Serbia as guests of World Vision. On this journey, they followed “the river that is the great exodus of our age: that of Syrian refugees.” The consequent publication, Notes on an Exodus, bears witness…
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Heidi Yardley – ‘Night Letters’ Online Exhibition

Night Letters is a new series of intimately scaled oil paintings by Heidi Yardley. The work forges a romantic and mysterious link between the female figure and evening landscapes. Both exist in a liminal, erotic space, as if somewhere between waking and sleeping. Moonlight is seductive as it reflects off…
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A.J. Taylor work acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection

A.J. Taylor’s 2016 work ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’ have been acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra. For more information about the Parliament House Art Collection, please follow click here. Image credit: A.J. Taylor, ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’,…
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Guy Maestri at Tweed Regional Art Gallery

Guy Maestri will have a solo exhibition at the Tweed Regional Art Gallery commencing in March 2017. The works in this exhibition are the direct result of Guy’s time spent at a unique residency run by the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre, where Guy was given access…
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Guy Maestri at Art Gallery of South Australia

Guy Maestri will feature as one of 60 modern and contemporary artists to be exhibited as part of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s major exhibition Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time. Through a series of duets and duels, works by Auguste Rodin will be brought into vivid conversation…
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12 Days of Christmas 2016

12 Days, 12 Artists, 12 Artworks In the spirit of Christmas and in the tradition of the Advent calendar, we invite you to view twelve works by twelve artists over twelve days. From Tuesday 29 November, we will be featuring one significant new work from an artist at 12pm (AEST).
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Robert Malherbe in Artist Profile

Robert Malherbe has been featured in an article in the current issue of Artist Profile. Visiting Robert in his Sydney studio, writer Judith Pugh discusses the origins of his painting practice and the continuing journey ever since. Issue #37 of Artist Profile is on sale now. Image credit: Robert Malherbe,…
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Image credit: Ben Quilty, Teeth, 2016, thread, eyelets, refugee life vests, 350.0 x 460.0 cm

Ben Quilty in ‘Sappers & Shrapnel’

The work of Australian contemporary artists will be exhibited alongside what is known as ‘trench art’ in an exhibition titled, Sappers & Shrapnel at the Art Gallery of South Australia. The term ‘trench art’ describes objects made from the waste of warfare by solidiers, civilians and prisoners of war. Featuring…
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Artist Videos

We are excited to announce that our website now has a video page. To view in-depth interviews and studio visits with our artists, please click here. Follow us on our Youtube channel here.
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Juz Kitson – ‘You are here; right here, right now’

Juz Kitson’s exhibition, ‘You are here; right here, right now’ is current until 29 October. Her first solo exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery, this latest body of work is ‘quintessential Kitson’ and combines and array of materials including porcelain, wax, bone, silk, animal pelts and hair.
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Gold Award 2016 Finalists

Fiona Lowry, Guy Maestri and Monica Rohan are finalists in The Gold Award 2016 at Rockhampton Art Gallery. Established in 2012, The Gold Award honours the memory of Moya Gold, philanthropist and educator, who inspired and provided for this prize directly through a substantial bequest for the acquisition…
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