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Primavera 2014: Young Australian artists
Primavera 2014 is set to colour the Museum of Contemporary Art with questions and ideas from Australia’s next wave of visual arts talent.
Arthur Boyd: Agony and Ecstasy
At the National Gallery of Australia Canberra is a major showcase of Arthur Boyd’s art, an intense poetic visionary who was capable of plumbing the depths and vicissitudes of human emotions.
Kaldor: Your Very Good Idea
Sydney-based Aboriginal artist Jonathon Jones is the winner of YOUR VERY GOOD IDEA, as apart of Kaldor Public Art Projects 45th Anniversary.
Watters 50th Anniversary
This year Watters Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary and cements itself as the nation’s oldest commercial gallery operating today.
Chapter 2 – Istanbullus
After three days straddling the Golden Horn, there is a sense of itchy feet; artists eager to get into the field, but at the same time an ongoing thirst to imbibe the full richness of Istanbul.
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Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Lucy Culliton
Welcoming in spring at Mosman Gallery is Lucy Culliton’s first survey exhibition, Eye of the Beholder.
Frank Nowlan – Locale
Frank Nowlan is the archetypal outsider artist, who has developed his own style that stays true to his perspective.
BEAMS Arts Festival 2014
This month look forward to the return of BEAMS Arts Festival Saturday 20 September.
James Drinkwater wins 2014 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
30 year old Newcastle-based artist, James Drinkwater has won the 2014 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship for his body of work, highlighted by his painting Port de bra. As the winner, Drinkwater receives $25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, which is administered by the Art Gallery of NSW. Seven finalists were selected from 99 […]
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2014 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
The Moran Arts Foundation has announced 150 semi-finalists for the annual Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Peter Cooley
Widely known since the 1980s as a painter, Peter Cooley has now spent a little over a decade committed to his ceramic practice.
William Breen
He describes his paintings as being moments of “clarity, suspended in time and space, projected upon an emotive, urban landscape.” These urban scapes have a beautiful diffused light, where everything is in sun drenched soft focus. William carefully selected unusual locations in Perth and Fremantle to paint. These are shop facades and walls that we […]
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George Baldessin
George Baldessin was integral to the dynamic revival of printmaking in Melbourne during the late 1960s and into the ‘70s.
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Sydney Ball adds a splash of colour to the Art Gallery of NSW
The Art Gallery of New South Wales announces their acquisition of the major work by Sydney Ball, Great Falls 1975-76.
Stevie Fieldsend – Umbra Exhibition at Artereal Gallery
Stevie Fieldsend’s visceral sculptures are steeped and congealed in the juice and sap of the life force.
Joshua Yeldham: surrender
A survey exhibition exploring the distinctive figurative and landscape work of Joshua Yeldham, will be presented by Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Five Centuries of Melancholia
Five Centuries of Melancholia comprises 46 works by 33 artists drawn from national and state institutions, and regional, university and private collections.
Exhibition: Bodies in Space
Tino i le Vā: Bodies In Space is a group exhibition that presents contemporary perspectives of Pacific Art and the role individual artists’ bodies play in their creative output.
Hobie Porter
Hobie Porter discusses his sensitive engagement with nature, broaching issues of sustainability and the environment with his paintbrush.
Trevor Weekes: To Hang Up Your Brushes
There is a perception that an artist will go on forever.
TarraWarra Biennial
THE TARRAWARRA BIENNIAL 2014 marks the fourth iteration of a signature event on the national exhibition calendar for the private museum in rural Victoria.
Artists involved in Your Friend the Enemy
Deirdre Bean • Elisabeth Cummings • Steve Lopes • Guy Maestri • Euan Macleod • Idris Murphy • Michael Nock • Peter O’Doherty • Susan O’Doherty • Stanley Palmer • Amanda Penrose Hart • Leo Robba • Luke Sciberras • Michael Shepherd • Jonathan Throsby • John Walsh
Jasper Knight – Survey Show 2003-2012
Jasper Knight brings together a vibrant exhibition of his works from the last decade his career.
The French Connection | Ron McBurnie + Euan Macleod
This exhibition arises from a friendship between these two artists and their travels together to create remarkable en plein air works in the beautiful mid-Pyrenees town of Alayrac, France. The exquisite works on display at Janet Clayton Gallery conjure the allure of the French countryside and village environment, contrasting with the landscapes they have painted […]
