Thirty-two finalists have been announced for the twentieth annual Gallipoli Art Prize, a $20,000 acquisitive prize sponsored by the Gallipoli Memorial Club in Sydney....
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....
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."...
'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......
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....
"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...
“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....
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)....
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....