Claudia Nicholson awarded NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship
Claudia Nicholson has been announced as the 2017 Create NSW and Artspace Fellow for emerging artists.
Claudia Nicholson has been announced as the 2017 Create NSW and Artspace Fellow for emerging artists.
Artist and Activist Zanny Begg is the recipient of the $70,000 Artbank + ACMI Commission for her proposed video installation The Beehive.
Earlier this week the Australia Council for the Arts announced two key changes to how Australian participation in the Venice Biennale is managed.
Claire Lambe has won the Darebin Art Prize 2017 for her photographic work, She never speaks about herself, she could be anything.
Jonathan Jones has been honoured as the second annual Create NSW Visual Arts Fellow.
The Artists’ Committee, a group of artists and arts workers, have intensified their protest action against the National Gallery of Victoria’s contract with Wilson Security.
Congratulations to Amanda Davies who has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2017. The Tasmanian artist received the prize for her portrait of contemporary photographer, and fellow Tasmanian, Pat Brassington.
Congratulations to Polixeni Papapetrou who has won the 2017 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. Papapetrou took out the $30,000 award with a photo of a young woman bedecked with flowers from her Eden series, titled Delphi, 2016.
Melbourne-based artist Sanné Mestrom has been awarded the $20,000 acquisitive main prize for Sleeping Muse, which was praised for its conceptual rigour and technical finesse.
Congratulations to Tim Storrier who has won the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
Congratulations to Sally Anderson who has won the 2017 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. Speaking to the Sydney–based artist just moments after the announcement she said, “I’m a bit shocked. I knew I was in the top few, but I had no idea I was going to win! It’s an incredible opportunity.”
Indigenous artist Yunkurra Billy Atkins has been awarded $30,000 for the Most Outstanding Work in the 2017 Hedland Art Awards for his large scale-work on paper work, Kumpupirntily, which combines political commentary with the Australian landscape.