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Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 28 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 28 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Ron Mueck at NGV

The National Gallery of Victoria is going from strength to strength at the moment, with new record-breaking numbers at their key exhibitions, and the current Ron Mueck, on show at the St Kilda Road location, will be no exception.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 27 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Guggenheim & Google sketchup Design It Shelter competition

On the occasion of the exhibitions Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward and Learning By Doing, the Guggenheim and Google SketchUp invite amateur and professional designers from around the world to enter Design It: Shelter Competition. From now until August 23, you can submit a 3-D shelter for any location in the world using Google SketchUp and Google Earth.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 16 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Visualising public domain data about societies

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 31 January 2013. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan McCulloch receives Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the Arts

January 26, 2011 - Australia

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 30 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan Collis

Certainly in love with Susan Collis' work. Before you paint over this screw, check what it's made from; 18-carat white gold, diamond, silver, black onyx and coral.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 21 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan Collis

Certainly in love with Susan Collis' work. Before you paint over this screw, check what it's made from; 18-carat white gold, diamond, silver, black onyx and coral.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 21 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Top Shop infringing copyright of independent designers

Top Shop have been busted making money off copyright designs by independent artists, and so far they're doing nothing to pay royalties which should legally go to the copyright owners.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 28 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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New Curator Awards

To celebrate the first birthday of his blog, Pete of NewCurator.com has launched the first NewCurator awards.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 08 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Ben Frost's Plague Landscapes

Ben Frost is an Australian artist who currently has a solo show of his trademark pop-collage paintings on at Brooklynite Gallery in New York. He is an extremely prolific, talented producer with excellent technical, conceptual and aesthetic skills. Frost one of my favourite contemporary artists, so it's great to see his work starting to get the international recognition it deserves.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 27 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Debbie Symons uses video art to highlight endangered animal species

Debbie Symons is an Australian video artist who uses graphical information aesthetics to represent pertinent environmental and social problems within a lexicon which those who control the world's economies can understand.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 31 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Visualizing Cultural Heritage and Resources

Two projects which were recently created at the third annual Medialab Prado (Madrid, Spain) Visualizer workshop have generated new methods by which to visualize cultural information.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 11 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Jasmine Targett, glass artist.

Jasmine Targett is an Australian glass sculptor who has been exhibiting for around 5 years. She currently has a show on at C3 gallery in Melbourne, Australia. I shot her a few questions to learn more about her practise.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 29 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Campbelltown Arts Centre's new mural saw young Indigenous Australians collaborating with leading international artists

Contemporary artists Richard Bell and Emory Douglas created a large-scale mural directly onto the gallery walls at Campbelltown Arts Centre in Western Sydney over two weeks as part of the Edge of Elsewhere exhibition.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 31 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Robert Ashton Floating world 2006 ink-jet print courtesy of the artist image

Sustainability: Focus on the arts, suburbia and the environment

Victoria, Australia

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 12 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Community art therapy after Black Saturday

Victoria, Australia: Two recent projects responding to the devastating Black Saturday bushfires offer inspiring examples of communities embracing art as a form of therapy.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Making Art from Science

Over the coming weeks Artabase will be publishing a series of articles created for and featured in ANAT's Filter. The first of these articles is by bio-tech artist JUSTINE COOPER and originally featured in Filter 68: Art + Science 4eva.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Citilab: granting everyday citizens access to innovative technology

Imagine a local, community library focussed on digital technology. You join for free, and your membership card allows you to use well-equipped computers with unlimited internet access, take part in technology courses, and collaborate on community-based projects that use technology.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Keep an eye out for the Kate Rohde Art Card

Australia & New York: Artabase's second, collectable art card is available at selected, Australian art galleries this week. Featuring Kate Rohde, the card is a sweet way to collect one of Kate's pieces for yourself. Our first card featured Kate Just.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 07 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Curators and Taxidermists to preserve human flesh as art

Australia: Anatomy is a documentary series comprised of three unusual and compelling stories - Skin, Heart and Muscle - which explore how sexuality and the body work together as driving forces in the creative process.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 14 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Pre-allocated arts funding slashed due to downturn

Victoria, Australia: The City of Yarra recently cut $80,000 worth of arts funding which had already been allocated in this year's budget, arguing that they can't afford to fund the arts in a time of economic downturn.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 15 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Spend an evening with leading Australian curator Charlotte Day

Melbourne, Australia: Artabase has a double pass to giveaway for An Evening with Charlotte Day at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art on Wednesday April 29th.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 16 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Rebirth Doesn't Have To Be So Hard

Newcastle, Australia: In this article, originally published by New Matilda on the 20th of April 2009, Marcus Westbury discusses some of the challenges he faces whilst executing a program whereby artists revive a destitute Australian town.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Indexhibit

Artabase offers managed Indexhibit website hosting.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Cloud-sourcing arts patronage. Trust Art: a stock market for public art projects

New York, United States: A new company has set out to show the economic value of culture by allowing financial and in-kind investors to purchase stocks in artworks. Whilst we sit back and eagerly await convincing evidence that art can make a short-term financial gain, author Miyuki Jokiranta (of Seven Thousand Oaks) interviewed Trust Art's founders Jose and Seth to see what the odds are. -Ed

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 23 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Two thirds of marketers adopt Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 21 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Brunswick st Gallery Bushfire Appeal Charity Auction

Come and bring your friends to the BSG Bushfire Appeal Charity Art Auction this Tuesday March 3 at 6pm. 100 works from some of Australia's best artists including work from the 2007 Sulman Prize winner David Disher and 2008 Dobell Prize winner Virginia Grayson. No reserves. All proceeds go to the Australian Red Cross

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 03 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

New book showcasing Australasian Creative Commons case studies

The good folk at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have been busy over the past couple of years researching ways in which Creative Commons (CC) is being used to distribute media by organisations in Australia and Asia.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 05 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Neuroscience of Music: why we like surprising melodies

Ben Eltham points us towards some fascinating research into the Neuroscience of music.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

An organisation dedicated to the sustainable art movement

Seven Thousand Oaks is a new organisation dedicated to building the sustainable art movement, primarily by helping artists to educate themselves about sustainable art techniques and materials.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 10 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Learn how to make mosaics in a workshop this weekend

Mosaic artist Pamela Irving, who recently returned from St Peterburg, Russia where she delivered an artist commission for a major international mosaic exhibition, will be hosting a workshop this weekend in which creative types can learn how to make mosaics.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 12 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Sponsor Artabase with a promotional banner

If you'd like to promote your service or event to our readership of art professionals and collectors, then our new footer banner is a great way to do so.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 18 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Our top ten #art Twitter feeds

We're reasonably new to Twitter, however we're really enjoying a few Fine Art twits which we'd like to share with you (insert shameless self-promotion here:)

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 23 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Australian Art Market Blog goes live

Nicholas Forrest, author of the very informative Art Market Blog, is kicking off a new online publication focussed specifically on the Australian art market. We shot Nicholas a few questions so he could show off the style of insight that will be available on his aptly titled AustralianArtMarket.com

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 23 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Bill Viola's million dollar video artwork 'Ocean without a shore'

"Ocean without a shore" is a video installation by the internationally renowned video artist Bill Viola. Featured at the 2007 Venice Biennale, it was purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria in 2008 as the first acquisition of the hefty Loti and Victor Smorgon Fund.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 06 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

runway magazine

Anyone who knows a thing or two about independent magazine publishing in Australia has got to be impressed by the fact that ‘Make-Believe’ marks issue number twelve for runway.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence.

“Dr. Bruce Mowson's Exegesis 'Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence'.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence. Part 2

Part two of Dr. Bruce Mowson's Exegesis.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Australian art auction to benefit bushfire victims

On February 25th Chapman and Bailey Gallery will host an art auction to assist a family who lost everything in the recent Victorian bushfires. Maree, mother of Jacqui, Mark, Rebecca and Luke Stockdale and her partner George were forced to flee their beautiful house with nothing, not even a hand bag when the raging inferno hit the Bendigo area.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 18 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Most expensive artwork, ever. 1 Billion dollars as 1 Billion dollars

Well, Damien Hirst just got trumped as the most valuable living artist. Michael Marcovici has created an artwork worth a billion dollars, out of a billion dollars.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 14 January 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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‘MIR Space Station in Cherry Blossoms' and other paintings by two-year-old artist Aelita Andre

There is a moment in the film Six Degrees of Separation when Flan Kitteredge, a wealthy, Central Park-dwelling art collector played by Donald Sutherland reflects on a visit to his child's second grade class room.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 20 January 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Feeding on 'clean' art will be boring... and stupid.

Artabase is opposed to the mandatory, "clean feed", internet-censorship system proposed for Australia.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 05 December 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Little Trace of Natasha Frisch Yellowtrace

Sydney-based artist Natasha Frisch creates elegant and meticulous paper sculptures that challenge our perception of the built environment. Many of her works posses a chameleon-like quality, effortlessly camouflaging themselves into their immediate environment.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 23 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

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Jazmina Cininas

In this interview - the first in an occasional series Artabase will run looking at the processes and inspiration behind the work of artists from different mediums – Rebecca Cannon speaks to "Jazmina Cininas":http://lists.artabase.net/artist/633-jazmina-cininas about her work with reduction linocuts.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 31 December 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Yelling at Stars

Willoh S. Wieland is Brilliant. Not only in the masterminding of spectacular ideas, but in their execution - in real time and space in a way that speaks to and deeply moves a congregation of art goers.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 14 November 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Not Quite An Artist? Marcus Westbury Interview

Skynoise blogger Jean Poole recently interviewed Marcus Westbury - the Robert Hughes of Gen X, and host of Not Quite Art, a TV series on the Australian Broadcast Corporation channel that investigates the relationship between contemporary culture and artistic production.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 31 October 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Kate Just

Kate Just’s recent work walks the fine line of a woman exploring her own burgeoning sense of identity and that of an artist playing to the stereotypes of feminine transformation.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 14 August 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Aphids Reel Music Festival

Spectators attending the Aphids Reel Music Festival at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) were offered a rich and multi-layered sensory experience. The artistic director of Aphids, David Young lets his fascination with the interplay between live music and film be the inspiration and central focus for the festival.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 20 July 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Casula Powerhouse Art Gallery bans Pole Dancer from Women in Sport Exhibition

Photographer Belinda Mason’s portrait of Australian award-winning pole dancer and political candidate Zahra Stardust has been refused for a portrait series of Women in Sport.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 17 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

OBJECT GALLERY (CLOSED - SEE AUSTRALIAN DESIGN CENTRE)

Object's Pixel Award Nomination

The nominations for the Pixel Awards were announced at the end of last year, and Object picked up a nod in the Magazines category for Object magazine issue 63!

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 20 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

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OBJECT GALLERY (CLOSED - SEE AUSTRALIAN DESIGN CENTRE)

Designer In Residence: Bianca Spiegel Object Ground Floor

FROM WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY, 2013 Through our collaboration with Workshopped, the Object Ground Floor has been transformed into a designer in residence studio.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 20 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

Angelica Mesiti wins $100,000 inaugural Ian Potter Moving Image Commission

The inaugural Ian Potter Moving Image Commission, valued at $100,000, has been awarded to Australian video artist Angelica Mesiti. Angelica’s project is the first to be selected for this prestigious visual art commissioning series an initiative of the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 10 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

Shop online for Australian Indigenous gifts, art + books and McCullochs

You can now buy an extensive range of imaginative smaller items as well as books, diaries and calendars from McCulloch's new online shop. We especially love the gorgeous new teapots of Warlukurlangu Artists, the hand printed silk scarves by Baluk Artists of the Mornington Peninsula and the sophisticated Mondo Rondo jewellery.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 09 January 2013. Published by McCulloch & McCulloch.

Artist Emma Hack Creates a Car Out of 17 Men and Women

Emma Hack's recent commission for the Motor Accident Commission of South Australia, has captured the attention of national and world press, having been viewed in excess of 220,000 times on YouTube. A simulated car crash was comprised of models painted by Emma and her team. The shoot took a total of 18 hours, using 17 men and women - each with up to five layers of paint applied to their bodies.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 01 November 2012. Published by anonymous.

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Marian Hosking announced as recipient of 2012 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award

The National Gallery of Victoria announced that the recipient of the 2012 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award is Marian Hosking. The prize of $30,000 was awarded to Ms Hosking for her work Clearing.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 03 January 2013. Published by National Gallery of Victoria - International.

IF THE AIR WE BREATHE IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC, WHY NOT THAT WHICH PASSES THROUGH IT?

In this talk Julian Oliver discusses the Commons in the context of a City's unseen telecommunications infrastructure. Julian introduces interventions by artists and critical engineers to explore the techno-political complexities of wireless communication, revealing a need to rethink our traditional delimitations of Public and Private.

Art press release from Germany, published on Thursday 27 December 2012. Published by anonymous.

Rent Artworks from Art Remba

Art Remba is an exclusive New York based collectors club offering its Members the unique opportunity to subscribe to acclaimed artworks at accessible monthly rates. We ensure you get it all: the ease of web-based access and the pleasures of in-person experience. With 50% of subscription fees going towards purchase, you are always investing-to-own.

Art press release from United States, published on Thursday 27 December 2012. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

The Netherlands Media Art Institute closes

The activities of the Netherlands Media Art Institute will cease as of 31 December, 2012. The closure of the NIMk became unavoidable after the announcement by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science that it would no longer support the Institute after 2012, because subsidies for socalled Supporting Institutions in the National Basic Cultural Infrastructure are being halted.

Art press release from Netherlands, published on Thursday 27 December 2012. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Marcus Jansen Wins Dave Bown Projects Award

2012 Marcus Jansen, wins Dave Bown Projects $10,000 Award. Founded in 2005, the Dave Bown Projects focuses on advancing the field of visual arts by conducting research, buying works of art for the Collection of Dave Bown Projects, and providing unrestricted monetary awards to visual artists. Past competitions have featured Andy Warhol and Frank Stella.

Art press release from United States, published on Tuesday 18 December 2012. Published by anonymous.

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