Art News
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2020 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship artworks revealed
Following the announcement in July of the eight shortlisted finalists for the 2020 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, details of their new works have been released by Artspace and Create NSW. With over 100 years of history, the Fellowship plays an integral role in profiling the breadth of NSW-based artists...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES // “Looking Ahead”
For your chance to be FEATURED IN PRINT, let us know how this year has fractured or evolved your approach to creative life? What would you like to see change for the better in the arts?
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2020 Wynne and Sulman Prize winners
Find out who won the 2020 Wynne Prize and Sulman Prize; awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery, or figure sculpture, and best subject painting, genre painting or mural project, respectively. The 2020 Wynne and Sulman Prize winners demonstrate the diverse culture
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Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira wins the 2020 Archibald Prize
APY Lands artist and Western Arrernte man Vincent Namatjira has won this year's $100,000 Archibald Prize for his portrait of champion Australian Rules footballer and community leader Adam Goodes.
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Matt Jones takes out the Napier Waller Art Prize for 2020
The Napier Waller Art Prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel.
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Emily Parsons-Lord wins ‘the churchie’ emerging art prize 2020
'Through ethereal encounters, underpinned by rigorous intellectual and environmental enquiry, Emily Parsons-Lord appeals to our most instinctive bodily reactions and fundamental human concerns.'
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Meyne Wyatt awarded 2020 Archibald Packing Room Prize
Wongutha-Yamatji artist Meyne Wyatt has won the 2020 Archibald Packing Room Prize – the first Indigenous artist to win any of the prizes on offer in the Archibald Prize in its 99-year history.
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Vale Kate Daw (1965-2020)
Art Almanac joins the Australian art community in mourning the loss of Kate Daw (1965-2020) who was a seminal figure in the Melbourne art scene as an artist, educator and advocate.
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Chippendale Contemporary | A 4-day arts precinct festival
Presented by Nanda\Hobbs and Galerie pompom, Chippendale Contemporary is a four-day festival that celebrates and promotes the contemporary art scene of this central Sydney precinct.
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Shivanjani Lal | 2020 Georges Mora Fellowship
The Georges Mora Fellowship is awarded each year to a contemporary artist who has demonstrated excellence and a continuous commitment to the field of contemporary art. For 2020, that artist is Shivanjani Lal.
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Don’t let yourself go: A Self-Help Guide to learning from lockdown
For ‘Don’t let yourself go’ 13 Australian artists and art collectives were commissioned to share lessons, ideas and tools to help find solace and inspiration in suspended times.
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PICA presents its newest batch of ‘hatchlings’
Emerging from the shells of art schools across Australia, the latest batch of visual arts graduates take over the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) for the ‘Hatched National Graduate Show 2020’.
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