Selected from fifty-six finalists, Sydney-based Anthony Cahill has won the $30,000 acquisitive 2026 Calleen Art Award for A Question of Timing, 2025 – a work interested in the absurdity and ambiguity of the world around us.
Anthony Cahill, A Question of Timing, 2025, oil paint on linen, 183 × 137cm / Winner of the 2026 Calleen Art Award / Courtesy the artist and Calleen Art Award
“Often, the starting point for a singular image or a suite of works can be sparked by a seemingly random thought, an image found by accident, or not,” Cahill said. “Then I allow a process of automatism to begin to flesh out the work . . . introducing an element of risk as well as chance.”
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Until 18 October 2026
New South Wales
