Nathan Beard wins Darebin Art Prize 2024

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre has announced Nathan Beard as the winner of the Darebin Art Prize 2024 for his sculpture Tropical Flesh (ii), 2023. Beard will receive a cash prize of $10,000, and his artwork will be acquired into the Darebin Art Collection. [caption id="attachment_94881" align="aligncenter" width="376"] Nathan Beard, Tropical Flesh (ii), 2023, painted silicone, steel.[/caption] Dr Shelley McSpedden (Senior Curator at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art), Dr Moorina Bonini (artist and proud Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri and Wiradjuri woman) and Sarah Werkmeister (Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre) formed this year's judging panel. The judges said of the sculpture Tropical Flesh…