Claire Lambe wins Darebin Art Prize 2017
Claire Lambe has won the Darebin Art Prize 2017 for her photographic work, She never speaks about herself, she could be anything.
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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.
Sound, public spaces, collaboration and inclusivity are common hallmarks of the separate artworks created by Julian Day and Sasha Grbich, the two recipients of the 2018 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship from the University of South Australia.
Congratulations to Evan Pank for winning first prize in the 2017 Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) Print Award. The Sydney-based artist took out the $16,000 acquisitive award with his screen-printed and spray-painted work, Keeping the Bastards Honest, 2016.
In Woiwurrung language, Yalingwa refers to day, and light. It’s an apt word to title a new initiative between Creative Victoria, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
