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Michael Cook, Invasion (UFO possums), 2017

Michael Cook at RISING Festival

Michael Cook’s ‘Invasion’ series is featured in ‘The Black Infinite’ at RISING Festival in Melbourne. Presented by Fed Square and RISING and co-curated by Kate ten Buuren and Kimberley Moulton, ‘The Blak Infinite’ is a site for sharing first peoples connections to the cosmos, political constellations and futures. Across multiple…
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2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize finalists

Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Sulman and Wynne Prize) David Griggs (Archibald Prize) Laura Jones (Archibald and Sulman Prize) Iluwanti Ken (…
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Marina Strocchi finalist in Omnia Art Prize

Congratulations to Marina Strocchi who has been selected as a finalist for the Omnia Art Prize and Exhibition. The exhibition aims to highlight the best of Australian contemporary art across a range of mediums and is open to established and emerging Australian artists. Winners will be announced on 24 May.
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Martin Smith at Logan Art Gallery

Martin Smith is now showing ‘Dodging chainsaws’ at Logan Art Gallery. Included among five new exhibitions at the gallery, the retrospective exhibition covers the past 20 years of Smiths art told through text, images, and photographs. Smith’s technique of cutting and erasing surface pigments to create a subtext, or over-writing his images in…
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Betty Muffler finalist in National Works on Paper Award

Betty Muffler has been announced as a finalist in The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper Award (NWOP). Established in 1998 the awards celebrate artists across Australia who specialise in drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. The winner of the 2024 National Works on Paper award…
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Gerwyn Davies at Tweed Regional Gallery

Gerwyn Davies is featured in the exhibition ‘synergy: identity, portraiture and the moving body’ at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. ‘synergy: identity, portraiture and the moving body’ presents a group exhibition of four Australian-based artists who explore personal and cultural forms of identity. The works in this…
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Drew Connor Holland finalist in Blake Art Prize

Congratulations to Drew Connor Holland who has been selected as a finalist for the 68th Blake Art Prize with his petite 10 x 10cm work ‘angels keep empty spaces where something can be left’ 2023. One of Australia’s longest-standing and most prestigious prizes, the finalists of the biennial exhibition were…
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Natasha Bieniek & Victoria Riechelt finalists in Bayside Painting Prize

Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek and Victoria Reichelt who have been announced as finalists in the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize! The Bayside Painting Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the…
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Iluwanti Ken, Richard Lewer and Betty Muffler in NGV Triennial

Major works by Iluwanti Ken, Richard Lewer and Betty Muffler are all currently included in the NGV TRIENNIAL. This year’s Triennial features 120 artists, designers, and collectives at the forefront of global contemporary practice across four levels of NGV International. NGV TRIENNIAL National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 3…
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Monica Rohan wins The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize

Congratulations to Monica Rohan, winner of The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting 2023! The triennial art prize celebrates excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. All finalists work can be seen at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design, Brisbane. The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize…
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Good Weekend cover featuring: Monica Rohan, Break through, hold gently, Diamond Head, Birpai Land, 2022

Monica Rohan on the cover of Good Weekend

Be sure to pick up your copy of Good Weekend’s annual ’52 Weekends Away’ issue with Monica Rohan’s glorious painting ‘Break through, hold gently, Diamond Head, Birpai Land’ gracing the cover! The annual issue once again highlights some great mini-breaks and getaways across Australia. Good weekend is available in today’s…
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India Mark at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

India Mark is currently featured in ‘Light & Life’ at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. The exhibition brings together still life paintings by Margaret Olley from public and private collections alongside new work by three contemporary Australian painters – Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale. The…
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