David Noonan repurposes found photographic images from his extensive personal image archive to create images which are ambiguous, often with a focus on a solitary haunting figure. ...
David Noonan: Stagecraft
Tag Archives: Art Gallery of Ballarat
Troy Emery: After the gold rush
Troy Emery strikes gold as lustrous yellow-hued creatures take centre-stage on an altar surrounded by golden walls....
Tai Snaith: A World of One’s Own
Based on a series of podcast conversations between artist Tai Snaith and mid-career and emerging artists whom she admires....
The Guirguis New Art Prize winner is Laresa Kosloff!
Melbourne-based artist Laresa Kosloff wins the $20,000 Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP) for 2019 with her work titled La Perrouque (2018)....
The 2019 Guirguis New Art Prize finalists announced
GNAP19 promises to inspire and surprise audiences with a bold mix and unique snapshot of Australian art....
Biennale of Australian Art | BOAA
The ‘Biennale of Australian Art’ (BOAA) showcases over 150 contemporary artists from around the country across three designated art villages in the Victorian town of Ballarat....
Into Light: French masterworks from the Musée de la Chartreuse
‘Into Light’ showcases works from the Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai, France. Classical and Post-Impressionist paintings from the museum’s collection reveal changes in French art during the 19th century....
Beckler’s Botanical Bounty: The Flora of Menindee
'Beckler’s Botanical Bounty' sees 20 Melbourne-based botanical illustrators took part in an eight-year project inspired by Dr Herman Beckler’s (1828-1914) collection of 120 valuable plant specimens from Menindee in NSW....
Lauren Black: Memento Mori + A Complex Beauty
Lauren Black continues her work with diseased human remains, but shifts our engagement as she explores the territory of anatomical theatre, dissection, the complexities of disease and the unknown body....
Guirguis New Art Prize | GNAP17 $20,000 winner
At the official opening of the prestigious Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP) at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on Friday 24 March, Judge Simon Maidment awarded the $20,000 to Melbourne-based artist Yhonnie Scarce. Her work, The More Bones the Better (2016), is an installation comprising six...
2016 Rick Amor Drawing Prize
The ‘Rick Amor Drawing Prize’ exhibition presents the finalists in the award for small works on paper. The prize is open to all Australian artists, with the winning entry acquired for the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s permanent collection. ...
Kevin Lincoln: The Eye’s Mind
An artist who has had little formal training, an array of influences inspire Lincoln’s highly individual practice. The artist’s studio is his own cabinet of curiosities – a collection of animal skulls, cabinets full of exquisite Japanese Saki cups and tea bowls and African masks –...