• 10 May 2025

    Jacqueline Hennessy, Robert Malherbe and Guido Maestri in Salon des Refusés 2025

    Works by Jacqueline Hennessy, Robert Magherbe and Guido Maestri can be seen in the 2025 Salon des Refusés exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery. Featured in the exhibition is Jacqueline Hennessy’s portrait of fellow artist Les Rice ‘Les (The end is only a beginning)’ (Salon Archibald selection), Robert Malherbe’s ‘Lithgow Landscape’ and Guido Maestri’s ‘Bring the […]

  • 9 May 2025

    Laura Jones interview in Art Guide

    An interview between Laura Jones and writer Sally Gearon has been published in Art Guide Australia. In ’20 Questions: Laura Jones on painting processes’ Laura discusses her work routine, her 2024 Archibald Prize win, ongoing love of the still life genre and her recent ‘blue phase’. The interview can be found in the May/June 2025 […]

  • 8 May 2025

    Celia Gullett and Juz Kitson finalists in Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2025

    Congratulations to Celia Gullett and Juz Kitson who has been shortlisted as finalists in the 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize their works, ‘Variation VII’ and ‘The Guardians II’. Established in 2017, the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize aims to advance opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. The major prize winners will […]

  • 1 May 2025

    Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize finalists 2025

    Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2025 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Richard Lewer (Archibald Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Sulman Prize) Amber Wallis (Sulman Prize) Lucy Culliton (Wynne Prize) Betty Muffler (Wynne Prize) Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken (Wynne Prize)  The winners will be announced Friday 9 May. […]

  • 15 April 2025

    Louise Tate in the 2025 Omnia Art Prize

    Congratulations to Louise Tate who has been selected as a finalist for the Omnia Art Prize and Exhibition. This prize 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 Omnia Art Prize and Exhibition Smith Hall, St […]

  • 10 April 2025

    Amber Wallis, Laura Jones and India Mark in ‘Tender’ at Ngununggula

    Works by Laura Jones, India Mark and Amber Wallis are included in the new group exhibition, ‘TENDER’ at Ngununggula (Southern Highlands Regional Gallery).’Tender’ is an annual exhibition dedicated to celebrating the work of Australian women artists and this year’s iteration, seeks to understand this term often associated with femininity and warmth, whilst looking beyond the […]

  • Iluwanti Ken in front of her work, photo by Tyson Millar
    29 March 2025

    Iluwanti Ken in 2025 Tarrawarra Biennial

    Work by Iluwanti Ken is on display in the TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles. As described by Curator Kimberley Moulton, the exhibition which features work by 23 artists and artisans, shares cross-cultural knowledge “through a conceptual framework of regeneration, the disruption of coloniality and the restoration of the mulana (Yorta Yorta for spirit).” TarraWarra […]

  • 25 March 2025

    Gerwyn Davies feature article in It’s Interval Resolve Magazine

    An article about Gerwyn Davies has been featured in It’s Interval Resolve Magazine. In the interview, writer Jonny Seymour and Davies discuss the artist’s photographic process, themes and evolving creative motivations and interests. To read the article online, please click here. Image credit: Gerwyn Davies, ‘Oasis’, 2024, Archival pigment print, edition of 5 + 1 […]

  • 22 March 2025

    Michael Cook in Les Recontres d’Arles 2025

    Work by Michael Cook will be featured in Les Recontres d’Arles 2025. Arguably the world’s oldest most renowned photography festival, Michael Cook is among 20 Australian artists featured in this year’s iteration, which will open in July in Arles, France. This Australian component of the festival, ‘On Country: Photography from Australia’, brings together work by […]

  • 15 Artists 2025, install photo by Louis Lim
    15 March 2025

    Claudia Greathead in 15 Artists 2025 at Redcliffe Art Gallery

    Congratulations to Claudia Greathead who is a finalist in ’15 Artists 2025′ prize at Redcliffe Art Gallery with her works, ‘Ivanhoe Garden’ and ‘Thorny rose bushes breathe still’. Since its conception, each year the City of Moreton Bay Council invites a selection of artists to participate in the ’15 artists’ exhibition. The aim of the […]

  • 14 March 2025

    Amber Wallis in the Bayside Painting Prize

    Congratulations to Amber Wallis who is a finalist in the 2025 Bayside Painting Prize with her work ‘Red woman through the drapes and in the land’. This annual award celebrates the breadth and diversity of contemporary painting in Australia today. Comprising of three awards, including the Beckett Local Prize (named in honor of modernist painter […]

  • 1 March 2025

    Laura Jones featured in ‘VL50’ list by Vogue Living Australia

    Laura Jones has been featured in ‘The VL50′ by Vogue Living Australia, their list forecasting some of the best designers, architects, landscapers and artists to watch in 2025. In the article by Lindyl Zanbaka, Laura shares her perspectives on connecting with others creatively, “…and using their platforms to fight for environmental and social causes” (Laura […]

  • 27 February 2025

    Lincoln Austin at Rockhampton Museum of Art

    A new site-specific sculptural work by Lincoln Austin has been installed at the Rockhampton Museum of Art. Titled,’The Weight of Experience’ and created with the assistance of Chelsea Jewell, the suspended sculptural form catches the light and casts shadows as it moves, while at the same time, the sculpture is overlayed with a colour coded […]

  • 25 February 2025

    Amber Wallis, Juz Kitson, Victoria Reichelt and Jason Fitzgerald in the 2025 Muswellbrook Art Prize

    Congratulations to Amber Wallis, Juz Kitson, Victoria Reichelt and Jason Fitzgerald who are finalists in the 2025 Muswellbrook Art Prize. Conceived in 1958, this acquisitive award commends artists across three categories: painting, works on paper and ceramics. The exhibition of finalists will open on 27 March and winners will be announced at the opening on […]

  • 8 February 2025

    Victoria Reichelt’s ‘La Mere (after Elizabeth Nourse)’ featured on art billboard

    Victoria Reichelt’s 2019 work, ‘La Mere (after Elizabeth Nourse)’, has been unveiled as the 2025 feature billboard artwork at Melbourne school, Loreto Toorak. First proposed in 2015 and now in its 11th year, the art billboard curated Therese Gilligan, has previously featured works by some of Australia’s foremost female artists. Image: install view of ‘La […]

  • Portrait of Michael Cook, courtesy of the artist
    6 February 2025

    Michael Cook interview with Melbourne Art Fair

    Ahead of his presentation at Melbourne Art Fair, Michael Cook discusses his new series, ‘Individuation’. Speaking with the Fair, Michael provides insight on his decades-spanning career, exploring Australia’s layered histories through his photographs, and more. Michael Cook’s magnificent hyper-real photographs often capture roles in reversal, histories re-written, testing viewers’ relationships to aspects of Australia’s colonial […]

  • 1 February 2025

    Richard Lewer’s ‘Steve’ acquired by the NGA

    Richard Lewer’s body of work ‘Steve’ (2023-24) has recently been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Incorporating a stop-motion animation and 14 paintings on Laminex tabletops, this body of work tells the story of Steve and his family as they come to terms with his Dementia diagnosis. The exhibition ‘Richard Lewer: Steve’ will […]

  • 19 December 2024

    Gerwyn Davies in 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

    Congratulations to Gerwyn Davies who is a finalist in the 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with his work, ‘Bather II’. This acquisitive award is one of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for contemporary photography and this year’s iteration returns to HOTA Gallery on the Gold Coast. The exhibition of finalists is current at […]

  • 17 December 2024

    Victoria Reichelt wins Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award

    Congratulations to Victoria Reichelt who has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award in Queensland Regional Art Awards for her work ‘Focus 4’. This award commends landscape-based artwork (of any medium) and commemorates the founder of Flying Arts, Mervyn ‘Merv’ Moriarty OAM, who was a keen plein-air painter. For more […]

  • 10 December 2024

    Natasha Bieniek’s portrait of Wendy Whiteley acquired by AGNSW

    Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek whose 2016 portrait of Wendy Whiteley, has been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The portrait, depicting Whiteley sitting in her garden in Lavender Bay, was awarded highly commended in the 2016 Archibald Prize. To read more about this artwork, please click here. Image credit: Natasha Bieniek, Wendy […]