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QUEENSCLIFF GALLERY & WORKSHOP (QG&W)

Streeton Prints Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop seeking sponsors

In March/April 2017, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop (QG&W) will have the honor of hosting an exhibition of previously unpublished prints by Sir Arthur Streeton.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 05 December 2016. Published by Soula Mantalvanos.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

2016 Australia Council Fellowships announced

Seven accomplished Australian artists are recipients of the 2016 Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship grants.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 29 November 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Vale Nyilpirr Ngalyaku Spider Snell

The Australia Council for the Arts acknowledges the passing of First Nations dancer, visual artist and respected elder for the Kurtal ceremony, Nyilpirr Ngalyaku Spider Snell.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 22 November 2016. Published by anonymous.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

New Deputy Director and Director of Collections

Maud Page joins as Deputy Director and Director of Collections.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 11 November 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

ANNE & GORDON SAMSTAG MUSEUM OF ART

Celebrating 25 Years

In 2016 the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art will celebrate both the University of South Australia's 25th birthday, and the 25th anniversary of the Samstag Scholarships.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 08 November 2016. Published by anonymous.

ACMI - AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE

Screen It 2016 Winners Announced

Today ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) announced the winners of the annual Screen It competition, Australia’s largest moving image competition for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 03 November 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

2017 Peggy Glanville-Hicks residency announced

Jon Rose, accomplished composer, violinist, improviser, inventor, multimedia artist and author for more than 40 years has been chosen as the 2017 Peggy Glanville-Hicks resident.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 01 November 2016. Published by anonymous.

Congratulations to STEPHEN BIRD on being awarded the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Special Commendation.

My ceramic works locate themselves in an invented world where dissonant cultural idioms come together to form a language or style I have coined Industrial Sabotage.

Stephen Bird

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 28 October 2016. Published by Gould Galleries.

ACMI - AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE

Screen It Screen It 2016 Finalists Announced!

This year we had a record number of over 587 entries created by more than 2,521 filmmakers, animators and game designers across Australia! Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to our finalists.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 24 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council for the Arts 2015–2016 Annual Report

The 2015-16 Australia Council for the Arts Annual Report was tabled in the Federal Parliament today. It delivers the first full year of activity under its Strategic Plan, A Culturally Ambitious Nation and provides details of a significant and challenging year for the Council.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 18 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

ANNE & GORDON SAMSTAG MUSEUM OF ART

Samstag 2017 Scholarships announced

The University of South Australia is pleased to announce the 25th Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships, awarded for study overseas in the visual arts from 2017.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 14 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council Board Appointments

Australia Council Chair, Rupert Myer AO, today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for the Arts, Senator The Hon. Mitch Fifield, on the appointments of Sam Walsh AO, Kate Fielding, Zoe McKenzie and Leigh Carmichael to the Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 11 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

Pattern Remains An exhibition of recent artwork

Pattern Remains: an exhibition of recent work by Claire Mooney 19th October - 5th November Opening Wednesday 19th October 6 - 9pm Rubicon ARI Level 1/309 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 5pm www.rubicionari.com.au

Claire Mooney

Art news from Australia, published on Wednesday 19 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART (MONA)

New Mona exhibition explores the biology behind why we make art

The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Australia, presents On the Origin of Art: a new major exhibition that has invited four world-renowned scientists and evolutionary theorists to explore the universal human drivers behind why we make art.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 06 October 2016. Published by Museum of Old and New Art.

CHUKCHA IN EXILE

Seeking artists for exhibition opportunities! 'In Exile Projects' - pilot program

Chukcha In Exile invites artists, designers and makers to submit for participation as part of "In Exile Projects."

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 03 October 2016. Published by anonymous.

Pictured: Todd Fuller, Exhibition Install of 'Inside the Line' 2016, Glasshouse Regional Gallery image

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Storylines: Drawings from Near and Far Grafton Regional Gallery - Until 23 October 2016

Solo exhibition by Todd Fuller at Grafton Regional Gallery during his artist in residence with the gallery, in conjunction with 2016 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) of which he is also a finalist.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Pictured: Exhibition install of Paul Guest Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery. image

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Paul Guest Prize Bendigo Art Gallery Until 16 October 2016

Catherine O'Donnell and Todd Fuller are finalists in the Paul Guest Prize for contemporary drawing. Catherine's drawing 'Urban dwellings series 1' and Todd's hand-drawn animation 'how to raise a siren' will be on view until 16 October.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

(Pictured) Todd Fuller and Catherine O'Donnell, Exhibition Install of Just Draw 2016, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery image

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'Just Draw' Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Curators Todd Fuller and Lisa Woolfe have brought together artworks in a variety of mediums that reveal the multifaceted nature of contemporary drawing practices for Just Draw.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Dai Li, 'Under Current' 2016, stoneware, 27 x 13 x 11cm; 'Await' 2016, stoneware, 31 x 12 x 11cm; 'The Listener' 2016, stoneware, 32 x 12 x 12cm; 'Fixed' 2016, stoneware, 32 x 13 x 13cm image

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New in the Stockroom: Dai Li ceramics

New to the Gallery stockroom are six new ceramic sculptures by Brisbane artist Dai Li. Of the work she writes, "my artworks are about the relationships between people, animals and objects in everyday life."

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Top: Catherine O'Donnell, 'Urban dwellings series 11' 2016, pencil on paper, 25 x 56cm image

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Melinda Le Guay and Catherine O'Donnell in Drawing Conversations at National Art School 28 to 30 September 2016

Melinda Le Guay and Catherine O'Donnell are in the exhibition presented alongside the National Art School's symposium, Drawing Conversations. The show features artwork by artists who lecture at NAS alongside pieces they select by artists from outside the school.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Todd Fuller, 'Pink Eclipse - if you fall I will catch you' 2016 image

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Todd Fuller acquired by Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Drawings

Todd Fuller's drawing, 'Pink Eclipse - if you fall I will catch you', has been acquired by the Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Drawings. The work is on view at Orange Regional Gallery until 16 October as part of the 2016 Kedumba Drawing Award.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

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Catherine O'Donnell in Artist Profile and recipient of the Terrence and Lynette Fern Paris Residency - Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowship

An article by Lucy Stranger interviewing Catherine O'Donnell is featured in the current issue of Artist Profile. Works discussed in the article will be exhibited in Catherine's upcoming exhibition, Drawn in Fairfield, on view from 1 to 27 October.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

James Guppy in his studio with the suite of works In Flagrante Delicto, 2015 image

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James Guppy at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre 'In Flagrante Delicto'

James Guppy's solo exhibition, 'In Flagrante Delicto', will be on view at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre starting 30 September. This body of work was exhibited at Brenda May Gallery and Sydney Contemporary in 2015.

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Peter Tilley + Andy Devine, 'Response #20' 2014 image

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Peter Tilley acquired by Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Collaborative work by Peter Tilley + Andy Devine has been acquired by two Regional Gallery collections. The work formed part of the touring exhibition Black Harvest and traveled to five locations over a two year period. 'Response #10' was purchased by Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and 'Response #20' was purchased by Manly Art Gallery & Museum. Congratulations Peter and Andy!

Art news from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

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Quarterly 2.4 - available to view now! The eighth edition of our Quarterly publication

We are pleased to present the eighth edition of our Quarterly publication which contains the exhibition information for October - December 2016.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 10 September 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Lucy O’Doherty awarded 2016 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is pleased to announce that Sydney artist Lucy O’Doherty has won the 2016 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, a national painting prize awarded annually to a young Australian artist and valued at $30,000.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 22 September 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Art Gallery of NSW announces 2016 Young Archie winners

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is proud to announce the winners of the fourth annual Young Archie competition, which fosters and celebrates creativity among budding young artists around Australia.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Saturday 17 September 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Looking at paintings brings pleasure for people living with dementia. image

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Looking at paintings brings pleasure for people living with dementia. An independent study looks at art access programs at AGNSW

A newly published study of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s art access program for people living with dementia highlights the pleasurable experience that looking at art brings for people with dementia as well as their carers, family members and health care professionals.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 15 September 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Suhanya Raffel appointed Executive Director, M+ image

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Suhanya Raffel appointed Executive Director, M+ Deputy Director announces move to Hong Kong museum

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) today announced the appointment of Ms Suhanya Raffel to the position of Executive Director, M+, the new museum for visual culture as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 20 July 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Investment of $7.6 million in Australian arts and artists

The Australia Council for the Arts today announced $5.7 million investment in 177 projects to be delivered by Australia’s individual artists, groups and small to medium arts organisations through its June grants round; along with $640,000 through the annual Australia Council Fellowships program; $343,772 through Visual Arts and Craft Strategy (VACS) individual grants; and $929,928 through Playing

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 09 September 2016. Published by anonymous.

HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Director and CEO of Heide announces resignation

After two years in the role of Director and CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art, Kirsty Grant will step down from the position in December 2016 in order to focus on freelance art and curatorial projects.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 12 September 2016. Published by anonymous.

GEELONG GALLERY

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize winner

A narrative-rich, skilfully executed painting by Melbourne artist Kate Beynon is the winner of the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize, Geelong Gallery’s acquisitive award for contemporary painting.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 09 September 2016. Published by Geelong Gallery.

MONASH GALLERY OF ART

Congratulations Valerie Sparks!

Melbourne artist VALERIE SPARKS has won the 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize with her work Prospero's Island – North East featuring one of Australia’s most iconic landscapes.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 09 September 2016. Published by Monash Gallery of Art.

GOOGLE

What’s Next for Entertainment: Three Predictions From Google Australia’s Head of Marketing

When Aisling Finch, Google Australia and New Zealand’s head of marketing, thinks about the future of entertainment, she sees consumers, video, and reality itself coming together in exciting ways. Here are her three predictions on where it’s all headed (and yes, thoughts on VR and AR included).

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 08 September 2016. Published by anonymous.

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - MOMA

Ron Magliozzi Promoted to Curator in MoMA’s Department of Film

Ron Magliozzi, who has organized over 50 film series and gallery exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art since 1993, has been promoted to Curator in the Department of Film.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 24 August 2016. Published by MOMA.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Showcasing Creativity: closing the gap between interest and experience

Launched today at the APACA Performing Arts Conference in Melbourne, Showcasing Creativity – programming and presenting First Nations performing arts is the latest study in a series commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 01 September 2016. Published by anonymous.

Scene from the ELISION production of The Navigator, an opera composed by Liza Lim, to a libretto by Patricia Sykes, directed by Barrie Kosky. image

RMIT GALLERY

ELISION Ensemble: 30 years An exhibition on contemporary classical music

A rare presentation of 30 years of sonic practice by the ELISION Ensemble, who have led the international dissemination of Australian work and ideas within contemporary classical music.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 07 September 2016. Published by RMIT Gallery.

RMIT GALLERY

Radical Actions An exhibition by contemporary Irish artists

Radical Actions features new and existing work by high-profile Irish artists Kennedy Browne (Gareth Kennedy & Sarah Browne), Duncan Campbell, Jesse Jones and Seamus Nolan that explores the after effects of Irish independence and self-governance. PLUS: RMIT Gallery & The Communication, Politics and Culture Research Centre present Images of Revolution

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 09 September 2016. Published by RMIT Gallery.

RMIT GALLERY

Bijoy Jain Studio Mumbai: Making MPavilion 2016 An exhibition on the making of MPavilion 2016

This exhibition provides an insight into the creation of MPavilion 2016, by celebrated Indian architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai, the designer of the 2016 MPavilion.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 09 September 2016. Published by RMIT Gallery.

Congratulations to STEPHEN BIRD Winner of the 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award

My ceramic works locate themselves in an invented world where dissonant cultural idioms come together to form a language or style I have coined Industrial Sabotage.

Stephen Bird

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 01 September 2016. Published by Gould Galleries.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Exhibitions draw record crowds to the Art Gallery of New South Wales

The current exhibitions Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection and Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2016 have drawn record crowds to the Art Gallery of New South Wales which has recorded its highest July attendance in history, with 205,000 visitors.

Art news from Australia, published on Thursday 04 August 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Sydney, Australia: Carriageworks will present the first major exhibition in Australia of work by acclaimed Italian contemporary artist Francesco Clemente, as second in the annual Schwartz Carriageworks series of major international visual arts projects.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 26 April 2016. Published by Carriageworks.

2016 Fleurieu Art Prize People’s Choice awarded to Kylie Stillman! image

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Catherine O’Donnell, ‘Urban dwellings series 1’ (detail) 2016 image

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Catherine O'Donnell and Todd Fuller Finalists Paul Guest Prize, 2016

Congratulations to both Catherine O'Donnell and Todd Fuller, two of only forty-seven finalists selected for the Paul Guest Prize for contemporary drawing. The exhibition accompanying this prize will be on view from 27 August to 16 October 2016 at Bendigo Art Gallery.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

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Todd Fuller, 'adrift' (still), 2012, hand drawn film - 5:45 mins, edition of 8 - SOLD OUT. image

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Todd Fuller at Glasshouse Regional Gallery 'Inside the Line', 15 July to 28 August, 2016

A trio of Todd Fuller's hand-drawn animations will be on view later this month in a solo exhibition at Glasshouse Regional Gallery. The selection includes Fuller's sold out film 'adrift', his collaboration with musician Abby Smith 'One and Only' and the Gallery favourite 'Summer's End'. These animations, among others, can also be viewed on our website.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Peter Tilley and Andy Devine, 'Response #10' 2013 image

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Peter Tilley + Andy Devine at Manly Art Gallery and Museum 'Black Harvest', 1 July to 4 September,

Peter Tilley’s touring collaborative exhibition with Andy Devine is currently on view at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Black Harvest includes both individual and joint artworks by Devine and Tilley, with reference to their common location of Newcastle.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Nicole Welch at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery image

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Nicole Welch at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 'Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury'

1 July to 14 August, 2016 Beginning in her home of Bathurst and finishing in Albury, NSW, Nicole Welch draws on historic archives and journals to create a series of hauntingly beautiful photographs and video works tracing colonial pathways into the eastern interior of New South Wales.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Catherine O'Donnell at the Art Gallery of NSW image

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Catherine O'Donnell at the Art Gallery of NSW 'Close to home', Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2016

We are delighted to announce that from the end of July 2016, a monumental site-specific drawing installation by Catherine O’Donnell will be on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. O'Donnell is one of the six artists selected for the second edition of the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial.

Art news from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Todd Fuller, 'he just leapt, closed his eyes and hoped for the best II' 2016 image

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New in the Stockroom Mylyn Nguyen and Todd Fuller

Three new framed works by Mylyn Nguyen and one new sculpture by Todd Fuller are now available in the Gallery's stockroom.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 08 June 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

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Todd Fuller, 'Untitled Bunnies' 2011 image

As a part of the MONA's Dark MOFO, Constance ARI presents Neither Here Nor There. Taking place within the tunnels beneath Railway Roundabout (aka. Fountain Roundabout), this free display of creativity will utilise the depth and darkness of this space.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 08 June 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

MasterChef masterstroke: First-time Archibald Prize entrant wins Packing Room Prize Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2016 announcements

Adelaide-born Melbourne artist Betina Fauvel-Ogden has won the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s 2016 Packing Room Prize with her portrait of renowned chef, restaurateur and MasterChef Australia judge, George Calombaris.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 07 July 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Modernist building Heide II awarded 2016 Victorian Enduring Architecture Prize

Heide II, the iconic modernist building and former home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed, has been awarded the 2016 Victorian Enduring Architecture Prize by the Australian Institute of Architects.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 27 June 2016. Published by anonymous.

Art News in Australia