The Archibald Prize is turning 102 this year. Highlighting portraits of figures from all walks of life as represented through the eyes, skills and paintbrushes of Australian artists, the finalists for this…
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A Queensland Artist Wins Top Prize at Australia’s Longest-Running Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art AwardsArt & Design11 Aug 2023
Keith Wikmunea, a Thu’ Apalech artist from Aurukun in Far North Queensland, has won the most prestigious award in this year’s Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Natsiaa). His…
Hadley’s Art Prize 2023: Vicki Yatjiki Cullinan Wins Australia’s Richest Landscape Prize21 Jul 2023Art & Design The Yankunytjatjara artist won the $100,000 award for a painting that one judge says “gives you a surprise every time” you see it.
Hadley’s Orient Hotel is home to the country’s richest landscape art prize, and every year the historic hotel, in Hobart’s CBD, fills with art-minded patrons eager to find out who will be…
Australia’s Oldest Art Prize Remains a Litmus Test for Our FutureArt & Design21 Jun 2023
The annual media coverage that follows the Archibald Prize – and its portraiture subjects – might make it Australia’s most visible award for painting. But it’s not the oldest. Pre-dating the Archibald…