Old fridges become art
A new “Fridge O-doption” program rescues fridges that have been kicked to the kerb by giving them a makeover, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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THE Canberra lockdown has delayed prize announcements for the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize, but over at Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek, it sounds as if excitement is still high.
AN immersive, public sculpture described by the artists as “a dance between something that is solid and something that is just drifting off into stardust” has been commissioned for the National Gallery of Australia’s 40th anniversary.
“AQUAWHEN?” is a virtual art exhibition being hosted by the ANU’s Water Justice Hub right now, but viewers will have to be quick as it’s only up until tomorrow (September 17).
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Proud Canberra Glassworks thanks departing CEO
A public note of thanks has been issued to the departing CEO of Canberra Glassworks, Julie Skate, by its chair Gary Rake as she approaches her final day at the organisation today, Friday, September 10.
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Julia looks to the sea for award-winning inspiration
Julia Ciccarone has been awarded the 2021 ANZ People’s Choice award for her self-portrait “The sea within", writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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Fatima becomes first woman to win Muslim art prize
Canberra artist Fatima Killeen has won the $10,000 Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize, the first woman to do so.
“PROJECT 1: Sarah Lucas” is surely the National Gallery of Australia’s most in-your-face exhibition in years, from one of Britain’s most in-your-face artists.
Lucy Chetcuti has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Drawing Prize from a field of 29 finalists at the ANU School of Art & Design.
Reporter KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK discovers that Queanbeyan author, poet and rapper Omar Musa has been using the quiet time of covid to build his talents in gardening and woodcuts.
A whopping 127 finalists have been chosen from a field of more than 1,000 submissions in the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize.
THE winners of the ninth annual Young Archie competition at the Art Gallery of NSW have been announced during a special livestream presentation watched by finalists this morning.
A photo of a lone farmer immersed in a dust storm has won the 'Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021', it was announced today (July 30).
The National Gallery of Australia has today (July 29) announced it will return 14 works of art from its Asian art collection to the Indian government.
This exhibition is a story of journeys and the exchange of knowledge of the processes of enamelling, writes craft reviewer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE of "A Shared Enchantment: Japanese, Australian and New Zealand Contemporary Enamelling”.
The National Gallery of Australia has today (July 26) announced a major exhibition celebrating Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, who was born 100 years ago today.
Many of the artists refer, either directly or not, to the current climate in which we are living, when we are not able to see family and friends and must keep social distance, says reviewer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE.
Beyond the art world's mad excesses, dear Bob Baker's art stands forlornly unloved.
The Canberra visual arts community is mourning the death of one of its greatest painters, Mandy Martin, who died on Saturday (July 10) after a long battle with cancer.
