Tag Archives: contemporary art

Liveworks 2023 | One festival, 18 events, 142 artists

18 October 2023 | Art Almanac

Liveworks 2023 explores the future of performance art with newly commissioned works as well as large-scale installations that highlight material drawn from Performance Space's archive....

The National 4: Australian Art Now | Artists announced

18 November 2022 | Art Almanac

New works and commissions by 53 artists and collectives with shared themes from intergenerational learning and interconnectedness to a focus on language and narrative and the role of the artist today....

Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne | Lorraine Connelly-Northey

26 October 2021 | Jeremy Eccles

Rosalie Gascoigne and Lorraine Connelly-Northey are known for their transformative use of found and discarded objects to create works of art that challenge our understanding of the landscape, and Country....

Chippendale Contemporary | A 4-day arts precinct festival

9 September 2020 | Art Almanac

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....

Shapes of Knowledge

29 January 2019 | Art Almanac

In ‘Shapes of Knowledge’, 8 projects as well as public programming and publishing from Australian and international artists and thinkers reflect on the relationship between pedagogy and contemporary art....

Gold Coast Art Prize finalists announced…

11 November 2015 | Art Almanac

Selected from almost 400 entries, this year’s 47 finalists will compete for a total prize pool of $30,000 in acquisitions and have the opportunity to exhibit at the Gold Coast City Gallery from 5 December, 2015. Their works represent many of the key trends in contemporary art such as urban life, landscape...

Sydney Contemporary 2013

20 September 2013 | Art Almanac

Sydney Contemporary kicked off with a bang on Thursday night with Carriageworks packed full of VIPs, artists, and art lovers to see what the inaugural art fair had to offer. ...

Sydney Contemporary: first gallery announcement

6 June 2013 | Art Almanac

Announced this morning, the new contemporary art fair which will be hitting Carriageworks in September this year will include an outstanding list of more than 70 galleries from Australia and overseas....

Special Moves at MOP Projects

16 April 2013 | Art Almanac

'Special Moves', curated by Johnathan McBurnie and presenting the work of six artists, closely investigates the practice of drawing in contemporary art....

The Rum Diaries

26 February 2013 | Art Almanac

The guys at Factotum are at it again! The Rum Diaries is a fun and engaging collection of mixed media pieces with the central collection of work based on the consistent element of a rum bottle....

2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced

8 November 2012 | Art Almanac

The 61st Blake Art Prize was announced this morning, with two winning works: 'The Threshold' by Fabian Astore and 'Writing on Air – Mantra' by Eveline Kotai....

Belem Lett and Paul Williams at MOP Projects

7 September 2012 | Art Almanac

Two dynamic painting shows are in their final week at MOP Projects, Chippendale: everywhere for going by Belem Lett and UNTITLED FUN by Paul Williams....