Gallery chief to take top Melbourne arts job
National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan will leave the gallery in September to take up a new position as CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne, NPG chair Penny Fowler announced today (August 3).
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A crowd of well-wishers braved Thursday's rain, along with a crowd of Canberra Grammar School’s Edwards House members and staff, for the unveiling of a spectacular new sculpture.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews a new exhibition of First nations art that opening today at the National Museum.
There are 10 local artists in the final of this year's National Capital Arts Prize finals.
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Must-see Sidney Nolan work as never before
"Like few other artists, Sidney Nolan leaves a viewer with a disturbing and uneasy feeling. His works look supernatural and real at the same time," writes art reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
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Art win helps teachers transform classrooms
A good news arts story is in from the south-east region of an ongoing project that’s transforming rooms at Bega High School into a winter wonderland of visuals.
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Showcasing the artistic talent of the military
ROB KENNEDY reviews the “Napier Waller Art Prize” exhibition showing at Parliament House.
ROB KENNEDY reviews the “Darling Portrait Prize”, at the National Portrait Gallery, until October 9.
The unanimous choice of judges for the 2022 Darling Portrait Prize is a self-portrait that reflects the covid experience of Melbourne artist Jaq Grantford.
Retired major Anneke Jamieson has won the 2022 Napier Waller Art Prize with her portrait, “The Promotion“.
Canberra artist Mary Wheeler has died.
The results are in for the Art Handler’s Awards at the National Portrait Gallery for both the upcoming Darling Portrait Prize and the National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibitions, reports HELEN MUSA.
“Rauschenberg & Johns: Significant Others”, a new exhibition depicting one of North America’s most important artistic dialogues, has opened at the National Gallery.
"The way these artworks are brought alive, as though they have jumped off their static mediums, has re-voiced the artworks as it opens up Aboriginal art in new ways to new audiences," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
In an spectacular multi-sensory experience, which is likely to push the National Museum of Australia on the global map, "Connection: Song Lines From Australia's First Peoples" was unveiled to press this morning (June 7).
IN a move likely to cause disappointment in the general public, the National Gallery of Australia has relocated the Aboriginal Memorial poles from the entrance area to Gallery 9 on Level 1.
Canberra artist Yanni Pounartzis is busy bringing life to the Queanbeyan CBD’s No Name Lane.
In “Recent Works” by Ben Taylor, fantasy and reality come together through mystical landscapes and formal studies, writes art reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Australian artist and veteran, retired major Mike Armstrong, is giving voice to veteran health through “Voices of Veterans”, report HELEN MUSA.
