Vale Edmund Capon AM OBE
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has noted with immense sadness, the death of Edmund Capon AM OBE, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales for 33 years from 1978 to 2011. Edmund’s dedicated service to the Galler...
Category: Visual Arts
NAVA welcomes digital labelling pilot for authentic Aboriginal and Tor...
NAVA welcomes the announcement by Minister for Communications and the Arts Mitch Fifield that the Australian Government will support a digital labelling pilot to support clear identification of authentic Aboriginal and T...
Lisa Reihana’s Emissaries is a vital retelling of colonial histo...
When Captain Cook embarked on his voyages across the world in the 18th century he encountered Indigenous peoples throughout the Pacific, including those who lived in the lands that would become the nations of Australia a...
One of Australia’s largest public art installations nears completion...
One of Australia’s largest public art installations is nearing completion. Titled Sun Veil, the $4.35m kinetic screen by internationally acclaimed environmental artist Ned Kahn was commissioned by private Brisbane develo...
Mitch Cairns wins 2017 Archibald Prize
Sydney artist Mitch Cairns, a four-time Archibald Prize finalist, has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Archibald Prize with a stylised portrait of his artist-partner, Agatha Gothe-Snape. Gothe-Snape is a signific...
Nite Art returns to uncover art after dark in Melbourne
From 6.00pm on Thursday 27 July, art lovers and night seekers are invited to explore our unique city through an interconnected network of galleries, museums, artist-run initiatives and undiscovered spaces at Nite Art 201...
Melbourne Art Trams return for 2017
Melbourne Festival, Creative Victoria, Public Transport Victoria and Yarra Trams have announced the fifth year of the Melbourne Art Trams project – a public art project that transforms Melbourne’s iconic trams into...
Artbank Melbourne on the move to bigger premises
After more than a decade operating out of a showroom and office in Armadale, Artbank will this year take up residence in a large-scale new, purpose-designed warehouse space in Down Street, Collingwood. A key driver in th...