Art News
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Elyas Alavi wins inaugural Artbank Prize
Afghanistan-born, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Elyas Alavi is the winner of the inaugural acquisitive Artbank Prize.
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Georgia Spain wins 2026 Mosman Art Prize
Georgia Spain has won the $70,000 acquisitive 2026 Mosman Art Prize for The different ways to ward off words (After NS), 2026.
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Anthony Cahill wins 2026 Calleen Art Award
Sydney-based Anthony Cahill has won the $30,000 acquisitive 2026 Calleen Art Award for A Question of Timing, 2025.
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Kat Parker wins 2026 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
Victoria-based Kat Parker has won the $15,000 acquisitive 2026 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award for Discarded, 2025.
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Renée Estée wins 2026 MA Art Prize
Melbourne- and New York-based painter Renée Estée won the $25,000 acquisitive MA Art Prize for Empty Nest (we all wait for someone), 2026.
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Ryan Presley wins Telstra Art Award in 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Ryan Presley has won the $100,000 non-acquisitive Telstra Art Award in the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
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Robert Fielding wins 2026 Hadley’s Art Prize
Robert Fielding has won the $100,000 acquisitive Hadley’s Art Prize for a work where stacked abandoned car wrecks become embodiments of Country.
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Glenn Loughrey wins 2026 Mandorla Art Award
What is Truth? “I was afraid, because I was naked: and I hid myself” – Genesis 3:10 was the 2026 theme of this biennial Christian art prize.
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Jacqueline Hennessy wins Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award in the 28th Salon des Refusés
Eliza, an oil on linen portrait of artist Eliza Gosse, has won the Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award in the 28th Salon des Refusés.
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Olivia O’Connor wins 2026 Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize
Olivia O’Connor has won the Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize in the Association of Sculptors of Victoria 2026 Annual and Awards Exhibition.
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Gillian Govan wins 2026 Art Almanac Award
Melbourne-based Gillian Govan has won the Art Almanac Award in the Association of Sculptors of Victoria 2026 Annual and Awards Exhibition.
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Sydney Contemporary announces Talks 2026 program
Sydney Contemporary’s Talks 2026 program features over thirty artists, curators, designers, collectors, and cultural leaders.
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