The Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) is delighted to announce today the appointment of Suzanne Cotter as the Museum’s new Director. An internationally respected museum director, Cotter will commence her new role in early January 2022. …
An Australian Research Council grant has been awarded to a consortium of Art Galleries and Museum to research ways for museums to preserve performance art
Exploring the challenges around presenting and preserving choreographic performance works in visual arts institutions, Precarious …
The Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Brett Whiteley Studio are delighted to announce that applications for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship are open until 9 August, 2021 for artists aged between 20 and 30. The Scholarship …
A large, heavy coffee table book, this is a feast for the eye, imagination and intellect.
Kerry Gardner is chair of Australia at the Venice Biennale and a documentary filmmaker with a passion for art history and museum practice. …
This year there were more than 2100 paintings submitted in the Young Archie competition. From these entries this year’s judge, artist Ramesh Nithiyendran, selected 40 paintings and another 20 were given honourable mentions.
The ten finalists from each age category …
The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize that were not selected for display in the official exhibition. The Salon – which …
This is a bold, stunning exhibition showcasing 260 rare South East Asian works from the private collection of Dr John Yu AC with items from the 10th century to the present.
Over the past fifty years with his late partner …
Shirley Peters’ latest exhibition at Gallery One88 in Katoomba is titled “ABUNDANT WATERS” and features lush, wet landscapes. The creative exploration of the effects of rain on her dry bushland at Mulgoa, and in the Blue Mountains, have resulted in
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is currently exhibiting the first survey in Australia by visionary Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), whose remarkable mystical paintings bring new perspectives to the narratives of modern art and have become an …
Featured photo- Rachel Griffiths with, in the background, the portrait of her sleeping by Natasha Bieniek, amongst this year’s Archibald Prize finalists. All photos by Ben Apfelbaum.…