Tag Archive for: Art News

Elyas Alavi wins the inaugural Artbank Award

Over 740 entries. Eight finalists, one from each state and territory. One work acquired into the national collection.

Renée Estée wins the 2026 MA Art Prize

Australian painter Renée Estée has been named the winner of the 2026 MA Art Prize.

Nathan Beard wins final National Photographic Portrait Prize

After almost two decades celebrating the diversity of Australian photographic portraiture, the National Photographic Portrait Prize enters its final chapter.

Word to your Mother

mothermother collective's latest collaboration with Sanderson proposes matriarchal futures as a model for exhibition-making in precarious times.

Record field named for 2026 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award

Campbelltown's long-running prize returns for its 64th year.

Australian Pavilion to anchor Art OMI’s expansion in upstate New York

Collector Francis Greenburger reveals plans for the first national pavilion at Art OMI Pavilions — a permanent Hudson Valley home for contemporary Australian and First Nations art.

Sydney Contemporary names 2026 MA Art Prize finalists

Drawing from a record number of submissions in a year that also sees the fair reach a milestone.

2026 Telstra Art Award as NATSIAA Winners Announced

The $100,000 Telstra Art Award goes to Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley, leading a slate of six category winners at the 2026 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin.

Low Kee Hong Named Artistic Director of the 2028 Biennale of Sydney

Current Creative Director of Manchester's Factory International, will lead the 26th edition of the Biennale, opening in March 2028.