Polly Borland wins Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2017

Polly Borland wins Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2017

By Tracey Clement | Published 13 September 2017

Esther Anatolitis is NAVA’s new Executive Director

Esther Anatolitis is NAVA’s new Executive Director.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 5 September 2017

Isaebella Doherty wins the Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women

Melbourne-based photographer and videographer Isaebella Doherty has won the $5000 non-acquisitive Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women for a black and white portrait of her sister titled Pearl.

Elli Bardas wins the inaugural Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

Victorian photography student Elli Bardas has won the inaugural Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize for a black and white photograph of her aunt Vicki Vodor.

David Ray wins Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award

Congratulations to Yarra Valley-based artist David Ray who has won the $10,000 biennial Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award.

Kuba Dorabialski wins John Fries Award 2017

Sydney-based artist Kuba Dorabialski has won the annual John Fries Award for early-career artists from Australia and New Zealand with his video work, Invocation Trilogy #1: Floor Dance of Lenin’s Resurrection 2017.

By Tracey Clement | Published 14 August 2017

2017 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA)

The 2017 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award goes to a South Australian family of artists, Anwar Young, Frank Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick, for a collaborative multimedia work Kulata Tjuta – Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many spears – Young fella story).

By Louise Martin-Chew | Published 11 August 2017

NGV petitioned over contract with Wilson Security

Next week a group of artists will present a petition to the National Gallery of Victoria demanding that the gallery sever its ties with Wilson Security, a firm it accuses of “violently enforcing” the incarceration of refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru.

By Steve Dow | Published 4 August 2017

Castlemaine Art Museum to remain open

Two private donors have stepped forward to pledge money to ensure Castlemaine Art Museum will remain open to the public.

By Kim Butterworth | Published 3 August 2017

Winners of the 2017 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes

Congratulations to Mitch Cairns who has taken out the 2017 Archibald Prize for portraiture with his painting of partner, and fellow artist, Agatha Gothe-Snape.

By Tracey Clement | Published 28 July 2017

Pat Brassington wins inaugural $50,000 Don Macfarlane Prize

Congratulations to Australia photomedia artist Pat Brassington who has won the inaugural Don Macfarlane Prize.

Biennale of Sydney announces more artists and theme for 2018

The theme for the next Biennale of Sydney (BoS), due to be held 16 March – 11 June 2018, has been announced.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 21 July 2017