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Australian art loses one of its greats | Vale Charles Blackman
Australian figurative painter Charles Blackman OBE (1928-2018) passed away this morning, just one week after his 90th birthday celebrations. Best known for his Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series, Blackman’s artistic practice spanned painting, drawing, sculpture and tapestry, using his multidisciplinary approach to explore the female psyche, poetry, music and...
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Portrait of Guy Pearce wins 2018 Archibald Prize ANZ People’s Choice award
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has announced the winner of the 2018 Archibald Prize ANZ People’s Choice award as first time finalist Anne Middleton for her portrait of Australian actor, Guy Pearce. Middleton’s work Guy is her first foray into large-scale portraiture. She cites an intrigue with the...
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Remote Top End artist wins top honours at Telstra NATSIAA Awards
Gunybi Ganambarr from the community of Gan Gan in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory is the overall winner of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA). Claiming the prestigious Telstra Art Award with his incredibly detailed work ‘Buyku’, Ganambarr explains his work honours his...
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Shannon Lyons Wins A1 Darebin Art Salon
Shannon Lyons has won first prize in the A1 Darebin Art Salon, a community exhibition, where artists who live, work or study in the City of Darebin were invited to submit a wall-based work to be exhibited at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.
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2018 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize finalists
Themes and subject matter in the The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize resonate with issues dominating our society and culture.
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2018 Incinerator Art Award shortlisted artists
The 2018 Incinerator Art Award showcases the works of the 35 shortlisted artists that reflect the theme 'art for social change'.
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Evoca1 to paint final mural in PUBLIC Silo Trail
Dominican-born, Miami-based artist Evoca1 has been chosen to paint the final mural in FORM and CBH Group’s PUBLIC Silo Trail, taking place this August in Pingrup, Western Australia.
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50 National Art School alumni present and donate works for a major exhibition
'National Art: Part One' features over 160 works from 50 Australian National Art School established alumni, created from 1947 to the present.
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Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize announces 2018 finalists
The 2018 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalists are a microcosm exemplifying the diverse sculptural practice active in Australia and internationally today.
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MCA partnership with Create NSW for the ‘NSW Visual Arts Mid-Career/Established Fellowship’
Create NSW has announced a new partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) for its 'NSW Visual Arts Mid-Career/Established Fellowship'.
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Indigenous Ceramic Award | Shortlisted artists
The biennial ‘Indigenous Ceramic Art Award’ (ICA) presented by Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is a highlight on the Victorian arts calendar later this month with an exhibition of the shortlisted artists which opens with the announcement of the winners on 25 August.
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Future/Forward: artistic courage
On 15 and 16 August, over 200 artists, arts leaders, philanthropists, government advisers and political decision makers will converge on the National Gallery of Australia and Parliament House, Canberra to participate in 'Future/Forward'.
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