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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.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

PPCA and the Australia Council announce recording grants

The PPCA and the Australia Council today announced the recipients of six grants totaling $75,000 offered under a joint initiative between the two organisations.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 10 June 2016. Published by anonymous.

QUEENSCLIFF GALLERY & WORKSHOP (QG&W)

Artist's Submissions Exhibition opportunities at QG&W

Opportunities to exhibit with QG&W NOVEMBER: Chroma Print Exchange (email by Monday 20 June) SEPTEMBER: Primavera (Email by July 15)

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 17 June 2016. Published by Soula Mantalvanos.

Kinetic Sculpture by Alex Sanson - Launch and Viewing June 25th, Lot19, Castlemaine, 5.30pm

Spherophyte large kinetic sculpture by Alex Sanson. A hypnotic celebratory flowering of constant motion, meditative and euphoric. Please join the artist for a rare private viewing at Lot19 Artspace.

Alex Sanson

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 16 June 2016. Published by Alex Sanson.

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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA (MCA)

MCA celebrates 8 million free visitors since 2000 thanks to Telstra

A few months away from its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) has welcomed over eight million visitors to its free exhibitions and programs in the last sixteen years, thanks to Telstra.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 09 June 2016. Published by M.C.A..

Yvonne Koolmatrie Echidna 2010 Sedge grass, river rushes, echidna quills 50 x 22 x 11cm Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales image

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

2016 National Indigenous Arts Awards winners announced

The annual awards celebrate the unique artistry and contributions of exceptional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and will be presented on Friday, 27 May at a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House. These prestigious national awards consist of the Red Ochre, a Fellowship and the Dreaming Award.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 27 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA (MCA)

MCA Director Wins 2016 NSW Creative Achievement Award

The Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, is the joint winner of the 2016 NSW Creative Achievement Award alongside Sydney’s Carriageworks directed by Lisa Havilah. The NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, announced the laureates last night at an official ceremony held at the MCA.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 07 June 2016. Published by M.C.A..

CARRIAGEWORKS

Carriageworks is awarded Creative Laureate as part of 2016 NSW Creative Achievement Awards

Carriageworks has been chosen as one of only two Creative Laureates as part of this year’s NSW Creative Achievement Awards. Carriageworks, led by Director Lisa Havilah, was selected for the award for its skilful leadership in balancing commercial, entrepreneurial and artistic imperatives to create a vibrant, dynamic and unique Sydney urban experience, for both locals and visitors.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 07 June 2016. Published by Carriageworks.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Elena Papanikolakis awarded 2016 Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is pleased to announce young Australian female artist Elena Papanikolakis is the recipient of the 2016 Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 02 June 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Cultivating Creative Thinking

Behind the elegant 19th-century façade of the Art Gallery of New South Wales is a 21st-century art museum attracting young people and their teachers to the state’s most important visual arts resource, with an array of opportunities for students to explore, experience and engage with art and ideas – and think about their world in new ways.

Art news from Australia, published on Wednesday 01 June 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Bjork's new album embraces Virtual Reality as the next-generation of Music Video, and the results are astounding image

Bjork's new album embraces Virtual Reality as the next-generation of Music Video, and the results are astounding World Premier art exhibition launches at Vivid Festival

Great artists embrace the medium as the message, and Bjork's recent foray beyond music videos, in to the world of Virtual Reality and immersive installations, is a brilliant exploration of the alternative realities now granted to us through technological innovation. Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia, hosts the world premier of Bjork Digital for two weeks only during Vivid Festival.

Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon

Art blog story from Australia, published on Saturday 04 June 2016. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA (MCA)

MCA presents 'Telling Tales: Excursions in Narrative Form'

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) presents 'Telling Tales: Excursions in Narrative Form' (2 June – 9 October 2016), a major exhibition exploring the varied, inventive approaches taken by 14 leading Australian and international artists and groups to narrative form.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 02 June 2016. Published by M.C.A..

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BOAA- BIENNALE OF AUSTRALIAN ART

BOAA- Biennale of Australian Art BOAA is COMING

And so it begins......BOAA has been officially launched. Work has commenced to present BOAA in Ballarat Victoria Sep 21 - 6 Nov 2018. BOAA will showcase over 150 contemporary artists from all over Australia. BOAA will tell Australian stories; stories of our past, present and future. It will reflect what it means to be Australian today.

Art news from Australia, published on Tuesday 31 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council pays tribute to Gillian Mears

The Australia Council for the Arts wishes to acknowledge the passing of writer Gillian Mears and express its deepest sympathy to her family and friends.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 20 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

NGV INTERNATIONAL

2016 NGV Annual Appeal: Fall in love with Vénus

The NGV has a rare opportunity to acquire an outstanding eighteenth-century marble sculpture. Today we seek your support to make this possible.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 23 May 2016. Published by National Gallery of Victoria - International.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council announces $112M investment over four years in small to medium arts organisations

The Australia Council for the Arts has today announced that 128 arts organisations will receive a total of $28 million a year from 2017 through the Council’s new Four Year Funding program, in the final implementation of the new grants model.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Tuesday 17 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

Fetish Sculpture and Collage by Max Dingle

The Shoalhaven City Arts Centre with its exhibition Fetish opening on Saturday 4 June 2016 is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Dada art movement created in Zurich in 1916 as well as the influences it has had on all art forms in fact everything which defines what is loosely called the "avant-garde."

Max Dingle

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 13 May 2016. Published by Avatar69.

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OBJECT GALLERY (CLOSED - SEE AUSTRALIAN DESIGN CENTRE)

Funding decision cuts deep into design

The Australian Design Centre (ADC) has been notified that we were unsuccessful in the Australia Council for the Arts' four year grant round for small to medium arts organisations.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 13 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

NEXT WAVE

Australia Council discontinue Next Wave’s Organisational Funding

With a long history of nurturing and supporting the next generation of artists across Australia, the Board of Next Wave are shocked and disappointed by the decision of the Australia Council to discontinue Next Wave’s organisational funding.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 13 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

GEELONG GALLERY

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize judges announced

Geelong Gallery is delighted to announce, Victoria Lynn, Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, will join Director of Geelong Gallery, Jason Smith, and Curator at Geelong Gallery, Lisa Sullivan, as a guest judge for the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 11 May 2016. Published by Geelong Gallery.

Melinda Le Guay, 'Covert' 2011/2016 image

MAY SPACE

New in the Stockroom Melinda Le Guay and Peter Tilley

A framed work from Melinda Le Guay's Conflict series and a Peter Tilley sculpture are now available at the Gallery.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 April 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

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Nicole Welch, 'Apparitions #4' 2014 image

MAY SPACE

Nicole Welch and Ashleigh Garwood Finalists MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize 2016

Founded in 1983, the MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize is a biennial acquisitive award and exhibition showcasing the best in contemporary Australian photography.

Art news from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 April 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

James Guppy 'Negotiated Settlement' 2015 image

MAY SPACE

James Guppy Finalist in Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize

The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is an annual award held by The Gallery at Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre in Victoria. James Guppy's major painting 'Negotiated Settlement', depicting billowing clouds and brawling businessmen from his 2015 exhibition 'In Flagrante Delicto', has been selected as a finalist.

Art news from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 April 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

Catherine O'Donnell, 'Urban dwellings series no 11' 2016 image

MAY SPACE

Catherine O'Donnell at Fairfield City Museum and Gallery 'Drawn in Fairfield' - 21 May - 13 August 2016

21 May - 13 August 2016

Art news from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 April 2016. Published by MAY SPACE.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

$11.2m Invested In Australian Artists And Arts Projects

The Australia Council for the Arts has today announced $11.2 million of investment in Australian arts through its February grants round.

Art news from Australia, published on Tuesday 10 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Vale David Page

The Australia Council for the Arts is deeply saddened by the passing of acclaimed interdisciplinary artist David Page. Australia Council Executive Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Lydia Miller said David’s immense talent and esteemed career was integral to bringing Indigenous arts to a national and international audience.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Wednesday 11 May 2016. Published by anonymous.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA (MCA)

MCA 2016 ANNUAL APPEAL

Help us to connect students and classrooms across australia to outstanding creative learning experiences.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 09 May 2016. Published by M.C.A..

GEELONG GALLERY

Farewell and thank you to Geoffrey Edwards

Geelong Gallery members tonight farewell long-term Director of the Geelong Gallery, Geoffrey Edwards. The Geelong Gallery Board, staff, members and volunteers thank Geoffrey for his incredible service to the Geelong Gallery and arts precinct of Geelong.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 28 April 2016. Published by Geelong Gallery.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Jude Rae recipient of 2016 BVLGARI ART AWARD

Art Gallery of New South Wales deputy director and director of collections Suhanya Raffel today announced that highly regarded artist Jude Rae is the recipient of the $80,000 BVLGARI ART AWARD for her painting SL 359 2016.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 28 April 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council Salutes John ‘‘sandy’’ Atkinson

The Australia Council for the Arts today celebrates the life and mourns the passing of revered Bangerang Aboriginal elder, Uncle John ‘‘Sandy’’ Atkinson of Tatura aged 84. A proud Bangerang man, Uncle Sandy was an influential person in Aboriginal affairs at a local, state and national level, working tirelessly to keep culture strong.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Friday 22 April 2016. Published by anonymous.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney's premier cultural institutions go national

Three of Sydney’s premier cultural institutions – the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) – are establishing a major new exhibition partnership surveying the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art: The National: New Australian Art.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 25 April 2016. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The Song of The Revolt and The Seven Sisters image

Anthony White Solo Exhibition at Metro Gallery, Melbourne As The Sleeper Wakes at Metro Gallery Opening 5th May

Metro Gallery presents the second solo show of Paris based artist Anthony White. White’s thirteen new paintings explore themes of gender, violence and identity within modernist Japanese, European and Australian cultures.

Anthony White

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 April 2016. Published by AdminIndustries.

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AIRSPACE PROJECTS

Exhibition and Event Callout 2017 Contact Us Now!

Artists and Curators Everywhere! AirSpace Projects is seeking exhibition, event and non-live-in residency proposals for 2017. Unleash your wildest ideas! We'd love to hear from both past and new exhibitors who want to activate this space. Submit or contact us by Sunday 22 May 2016. Find out more: http://airspaceprojects.com/callout2017

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 14 April 2016. Published by AirSpace Projects.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council invests in the nation’s arts leaders

The first of a new suite of five leadership development opportunities is now open for applications from arts managers across Australia.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Thursday 31 March 2016. Published by anonymous.

Under Construction at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Hosting six leading contemporary artists

For the first time, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre will host six leading contemporary artists, who will make new work in their galleries in an intensive residency from Wednesday 6 until Thursday 14 April 2016. The exhibition of this work, Under Construction will open Friday 15 April until Sunday 12 June 2016.

Art announcement from Australia, published on Monday 04 April 2016. Published by anonymous.