Artists past and present respond to environmental and socio-cultural crises and call for change, from early modernists and social realists tackling worker’s rights in the 1940s to the poster art of the 1970s....
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Lori Pensini | KILGOUR PRIZE 2021 winner
West Australian artist Lori Pensini, winner of this year's $50,000 KILGOUR PRIZE, with her intimate reflection on inter-racial relationships and her own family lineage....
Kilgour Prize 2021 finalists revealed
Newcastle Art Gallery received 476 works from artists across every state and territory in Australia for the 2021 Kilgour Prize, with the field narrowed to just 30 finalists....
WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait
'WARWAR' showcases the evolution and strength of Torres Strait Islander tradition and society through a diverse range of works by arts practitioners from the 19th century to the present....
We can be heroes: a backstage pass
‘We Can Be Heroes: a backstage pass’ celebrates the connection and relationship between music photographers – Charlie Hardy, Maclay Heriot, Sophie Howarth and Luke Kellett – and their subjects: the musicians; our rock heroes....
What’s On NEAR ME
What's On NEAR ME is a new series by Art Almanac presenting a curated selection of must-see exhibitions across Australia every week. This edition includes Sydney, NSW, Melbourne, Victoria and ACT....
Michael Bell wins Kilgour Prize 2020 with a double self-portrait
Mambo artist and art teacher Michael Bell has won the prestigious Kilgour Prize 2020 with a whimsical double self-portrait titled Starting The after party (Two self-portraits) (2020)....
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Cultural identity, globalisation, settlement and the notion of ‘the journey’ are explored in the exhibition, ‘BETWEEN TWO WORLDS’....
Blak Douglas wins $50,000 Kilgour Portrait Prize
Sydney-based artist Blak Douglas has won the 2019 Kilgour Portrait Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery's annual award for figurative and portrait painting....
James Drinkwater: the sea calls me by name
James Drinkwater's paintings possess an associative aesthetic that invites the audience to join, or complete an emotional journey....
Olsen Ormandy: A Creative Force
In 'Olsen Ormandy: A Creative Force', organic shapes and sensuous, earthy forms that recall Australia's fauna and flora sit alongside large-scale paintings creating a rich visual poetry in a spectrum of lush shades....
‘Pride and Prejudice’ wins the 2018 Kilgour Prize People’s Choice
Lori Pensini wins the Kilgour Prize 2018 People's Choice with Pride and Prejudice, a story of race relations in early Australia, painted following her Western Australian family's 'recent discovery of indigenous lineage'....