Luke Cornish's winning work conveys the profound sorrow experienced by mothers who have lost their children to the ravages of war....
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2024 Gallipoli Art Prize finalists announced
Thirty-six finalists respond to the broad themes of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage, comradeship, community, peace and freedom as expressed in the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed....
Andrew Tomkins’ ‘Ray’s Room’ wins the 18th Gallipoli Art Prize
Andrew Tomkins wins the 2023 Gallipoli Art Prize with his work 'Ray's Room', a poignant work depicting his uncle's room in his grandparents' house....
2022 Gallipoli Art Prize winner announced
Deirdre Bean's winning work depicts a sword used by Australian Light Horse battalions in WWI; giving it "a new alternative life. The stories it evokes are retold, conversations are had, and information shared."...
2021 Gallipoli Art Prize finalists announced
'The Gallipoli Art Prize' responds to the broad themes of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship as expressed in the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed. Meet this year's 33 finalists......
Alison Mackay wins 2020 Gallipoli Art Prize with ‘Breathe’
Alison Mackay has won the 2020 Gallipoli Art Prize with her powerful work, Breathe, depicting nine different gas masks, mostly from WWI....
2020 Gallipoli Art Prize finalists announced
Soldiers bathing in Anzac Cove, a 14-year-old private in his ill-fitting uniform and a woman receiving devastating news via telegram – these are some of the images depicted by the 2020 Gallipoli Art Prize finalists....
Amanda Penrose Hart wins the 2017 Gallipoli Art Prize
"To some the land is now a mere tourist site, but to others it is a sacred burial ground. The trees have rejuvenated and the grasses spread like wildfire – they camouflage the thousands of body parts within.” – Amanda Penrose Hart...
2017 Gallipoli Art Prize finalists
“If the Gallipoli Art Prize has a broader purpose it is to make us reflect deeply on our common humanity and hold fast to those beliefs that show national identity in the best possible light,” says judge John McDonald....
Jiawei Shen wins the 2016 Gallipoli Art Prize
Australian mateship triumphs in the 2016 Gallipoli Art Prize with celebrated Chinese-Australian painter Jiawei Shen winning the $20,000 acquisitive award with his painting Yeah, Mate! (2015)....
Sally Robinson wins 2015 Gallipoli Art Prize
Sydney painter Sally Robinson has won this year's $20 000 Gallipoli Art Prize with her painting Boy Soldiers depicting grave stones at Gallipoli stenciled with the names and ages of the youngest soldiers to die in the Gallipoli campaign....
Peter Wegner wins The 2013 Gallipoli Art Prize
Melbourne painter Peter Wegner has won the 2013 Gallipoli Art Prize with his striking oil painting Dog in a Gas Mask, amongst 35 finalists whose works are on display until 5 May at the Gallipoli Memorial Club in Sydney....