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Grace Cossington Smith Art Award
Entries are invited to Australian residents for a national acquisitive contemporary art prize.
30 Years of the Sternberg Collection
To mark the 30 year anniversary since the first art works collector and philanthropist Goldie Sternberg donated to the Gallery, a new exhibition, The connoisseur and the philanthropist: 30 years of the Sternberg collection will showcase exquisite ceramics, stone and bronze sculptures, textiles and paintings, acquired through the generosity of benefactors Edward and Goldie Sternberg , their family and friends.
2014 Prudential Eye Awards winners announced
Over 500 nominations for the 2014 Prudential Eye Awards for Contemporary Asian Art came from 30 countries throughout greater Asia. The Awards celebrate and recognise artistic talent from greater Asia across digital/video, installation, painting, photography and sculpture, and offer a platform to showcase contemporary Asian artists.
Muswellbrook Art Prize
Entries open late 2014.
Issue 25
This Issue of Artist Profile features a fascinating interview with one of Australia’s great artists Jan Senbergs. We cover the upcoming Melbourne Now exhibition, John McDonald writes on Chinese painter Li Jin and a wide range of artist and exhibition coverage leading into the summer period.
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Tagged Jan Senbergs, Li Jin, Madeleine Kelly, Michael Borremans, Nadine Christensen, Tony Garifalakis
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Melbourne Now
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is a snapshot of Melbourne’s cultural identity. Artist Profile spoke to NGV Director Tony Ellwood about this ambitious project.
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Tagged Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, NGV, Tony Elwood
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Reinventing the Wheel: the Readymade Century
To mark 100 years since the Bicycle Wheel (1913) – that industrial off-cut that Duchamp dared to call art, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) are celebrating a century of the ‘readymade’ in ‘Reinventing the Wheel’, an exhibition that draws together works that utilise found objects.
Kaldor Projects and Sydney Festival announce Project 28: Roman Ondák
Kaldor Public Art Projects is always worth getting excited about, and this one is no exception!
BEAMS Arts Festival
Shining a light on the Chippendale Creative Precinct Following the resounding success of its first iteration, the BEAMS Arts Festival returns to the lane-ways of Chippendale’s Creative Precinct once more! A kaleidoscope of colour and a dizzying array of artists, performers and musicians will converge to present a cultural programme that’s fast becoming an annual […]
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Judgment Calls
Edited excerpts from proceedings of the Forum, including some unpublished comments, these five videos illuminate the ideas that arose on the day. See the personalities, opinions and interactions that made the Judgment Calls Forum.
Louise Paramor: Emporium
Glen Eira City Council Gallery is housing an expansive retrospective exhibition, Emporium that will survey this diverse creative practice through the thematic concerns that have preoccupied Paramor.
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Tagged Exhibitions, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Louise Paramor
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Insight Radical: where art meets science
Throughout 2012, six artists – Tony Lloyd, Steve Lopes, Anna Madeleine, Natalie O’Connor, Peter Sharp and Ruth Waller – took part in a residency program, Insight Radical, which saw each of them spend time with a group of scientists all working on and developing research around free radicals. The scientists worked with the artists, giving demonstrations of their experiments and discussing the ‘real world’ impact of their research.
Judgement Calls – John McDonald On Art Criticism
Presented by Artist Profile magazine at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Judgment Calls: Contemporary Views on Art is about the convictions of artists and those associated with art today. It is an attempt to look probingly at a situation that is at once bizarre and very serious. Featuring edited excerpts from proceedings of the […]
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Judgment Calls – Glenn Barkley on Curating
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Judgement Calls – Greatness
Edited excerpts from proceedings of the Forum.
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2 Danks Street Award for Art Criticism
What ever happened to art criticism? The 2 Danks Street Gallery precinct have announced an exciting new initiative targeted at budding arts writers to foster the importance of good writing and constructive criticism
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Tagged 2 Danks Street, Art Criticism, ARTIST PROFILE, Award, Owen Craven
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Sydney Contemporary Exhibitors Announced
Sydney Contemporary announces more than 70 galleries from Australia and overseas, with respected names from 12 countries and 4 continents coming together in Sydney for the inaugural fair in September this year.
Issue 24
12 industry leaders share their views on the state of Contemporary Art in an exclusive 32-page feature, Judgment Calls. We partner with the inaugural Sydney Contemporary Art Fair at Carriageworks, where our renowned cover artists Kevin Connor and Cressida Campbell were photographed for this special issue of Artist Profile.
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Issue 23
A sneak peek inside the pages of Issue 23, featuring Jiawei Shen & Simryn Gill. Also, Juan Ford, Giles Alexander, Marlene Dumas, Rew Hanks, Tom Polo, and Agatha Gothe-Snape. Plus: Essays, Opinions, News and Reviews.
Buy this back issue at www.mymagazines.com.au
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Tagged Agatha Gothe-Snape, ARTIST PROFILE, Artist Profile Issue 23, Giles Alexander, Jiawei Shen, Juan Ford, Marlene Dumas, Rew Hanks, Simryn Gill, Tom Polo
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South of no North
South of no North is a modest evocation of everyday life, curated by Glenn Barkley, and featuring artists Noel McKenna, Laurence Aberhart and William Eggleston, drawing on themes of place and purpose.
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Tagged Laurence Aberhart, MCA, Noel McKenna, South of no North, William Eggleston
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