An unusual charcoal portrait of the artist’s mother and uncle in their youth has won Surya Bajracharya the $10,000 M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, it was announced at the M16 galleries in Griffith on Thursday.
A painting by Peter Paul Rubens that disappeared in the early 1600s has been sold for $A4.1 million at an auction.
The National Gallery of Australia’s 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, After the Rain, is set to open on December 6, reports HELEN MUSA.
Murrumbateman sculptor Stephen Harrison has won the $6000 Highly Commended [second] prize for Outdoor Sculpture from 76 entries at Sculpture in the Valley in Kangaroo Valley.
A new three-panel work commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery showing athlete Cathy Freeman lighting the Olympic cauldron is at the heart of the big summer exhibition titled Super Kaylene Whiskey.
"Cassandra Dove’s latest exhibition, called Behind the View, is inspired by landscape, in particular the landscape around Canberra and the surrounding region," writes reviewer KERRY-ANNE COUSINS.
The auction of a long-hidden Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar has been hailed a success after the artwork sold for 32 million euros ($A57 million).
The Artists Society of Canberra, our city’s oldest art group, has marked another milestone with the opening of its annual Spring Prize Exhibition at the Fitters Workshop in Kingston on Saturday evening.
On Saturday, a small group of artists from Googong and Burra will honour the late Wendy Christian, a much-loved local personality and long-time resident of Burra, with an exhibition of her work at St Paul’s Church, Googong.
Canberra artist Alicia Cox has been awarded the $1000 Mayor’s Choice Award at the 24th Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize for her work, Rack.
A recent springtime jaunt criss-crossing the immediate region in search of galleries has left arts editor HELEN MUSA more convinced than ever that our best art emanates from passionate individuals.
"This is an exciting exhibition – many works which are serious, and also many that are just plain fun." MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews the Strathnairn Arts Small Sculpture Prize 2025.
"Mikaela Stafford's Inferno interprets this particular descent into hell as a spiritual journey that we can emerge from, transformed," writes reviewer SOPHIA HALLOWAY.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews the exhibition Rendezvous: Notes from the Botanic Gardens.
The ANU campus – particularly the HC Coombs building – is alive with the sounds of neighbour-cultures this month in an extraordinary event, Immersia: Engaging with Asia and the Pacific.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Creek Works, an exhibition by Jo Hollier.
The Canberra Art Fair at Exhibition Park this weekend is the brainchild of artist Margaret Hadfield.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Patternmakers, an exhibition at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
SOPHIA HALLOWAY reviews Metal, a solo show by Asian-Australian artist Kien Situ.
