Mike’s art give veterans a voice
Australian artist and veteran, retired major Mike Armstrong, is giving voice to veteran health through “Voices of Veterans”, report HELEN MUSA.
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Braidwood photographer Frank Lindner has won the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council’s $5000 Acquisitive Art Award for a portrait artwork, “Virus Prepper”.
The winner of the $100,000 Archibald Prize for his portrait of a friend, the Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens, is Sydney artist Blak Douglas.
Petr Herel, a champion of printmaking and the artist book who inspired a generation of Canberra artists, has died in Melbourne. He was 78.
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National Gallery treats itself to a birthday painting
The National Gallery of Australia has acquired Jeffrey Smart’s 1973 painting, “Near Knossos” in celebration of the gallery’s upcoming 40th anniversary.
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New annual oration in memory of Betty Churcher
The National Gallery of Australia has today (April 12) announced a new annual oration in memory of the late NGA director, Betty Churcher.
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Yellow House festival to help conserve Connee’s sculptures
TO honour the memory of one of the town’s most famous identities, the late artist-activist Connee-Colleen Cameron, Queanbeyan Hive – The Yellow House – is turning on a mini fundraising festival this weekend.
A large mural featuring Australia’s yellow-tailed cockatoo was quietly unveiled yesterday at Endeavour House building in Manuka.
Canberra's leading natural science art and illustration organisation, NatureArt Lab, is exhibiting works from its teaching team in Pialligo’s Old Barn Gallery, but be quick to catch it, with the show only up until tomorrow, April 3.
There is a staggering number of arts event being staged in an around Canberra this weekend, as HELEN MUSA's "Artsday" column reveals.
ROB KENNEDY reviews "Ceremony" the new, First nations exhibition at the National Gallery.
The National Gallery’s 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: “Ceremony” opens to the public tomorrow (March 26).
Passers-by outside King O’Malley’s pub in Civic this weekend will have noticed a painter hard at work, painting live in front of the bar area.
THE National Gallery of Australia’s fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial is almost on us, and this time there’s a difference, with a focus on the art of south-eastern Australia.
Reviewer ROB KENNEDY says the “Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London” exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to see these iconic paintings.
In a partnership with the creators of “Van Gogh Alive”, the National Museum is bringing a similar digital experience in “Connection: Songlines from Australia”, reports HELEN MUSA.
In a significant coup for our own National Portrait Gallery, more than 80 treasures from London’s National Portrait Gallery are about to go on show in Canberra, reports HELEN MUSA.
After a comprehensive search, Canberra Contemporary Art Space has announced that Janice Falsone will succeed David Broker as director of this important visual arts space.
THE National Museum of Australia in Canberra has just acquired a $1.2-million artwork by the celebrated late Kimberley artist, Rover Thomas.
