Nathalie Hartog-Gautier’s work acquired.

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Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Looking for Paradise, 2021, 12 books, unique state.

The twelve books comprising Nathalie’s work Looking for Paradise have been purchased by the State Library of NSW and should be available for viewing next year.

Congratulations, Nathalie.


This work looks at past and present policies that different governments instigated to help or deny entry to people in need of a ‘Safe Haven’.
This project is a reminder of Australia’s responsibility as a first signatory of the United Nation Human Rights Charter.
Over 12 books, Nathalie brings the stories of these refugees, often relegated to the margins of society, to the centre of the page.
The books are presented in a barbed wire cage alluding to the restrictive movements imposed on refugees.
In parallel to the fate of many refugees, drawings of the Australian bush and botanical specimens are referencing the First Nation people often equally displaced from their lands.

Ipswich Art Awards 2023

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Entries for the 2023 Ipswich Art Awards are now open!

The foremost visual arts awards for the Ipswich region, the Ipswich Art Awards celebrates and acknowledges emerging and established artists. Held annually since 2000 and attracting over 1,500  visitors each year, entries are open now to be a part of the exhibition.

To enter your art piece for consideration in the awards:

  1. Read the Terms and Conditions and check out the FAQ’s below if you have questions
  2. Complete the entry form and pay the submission fee ($35 per submission) via the link below
  3. Arrange to deliver/courier your artwork to us in May as per the T&Cs

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Entries close Tuesday 7 March 2023.

Call for Entries: Dunedoo Art Unlimited

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The 2023 Art Unlimited exhibition will be held in Dunedoo on 20/21 May and 27/28 May 2023.

The exhibition will be open 9:30am – 4pm (3pm Sunday 28th )

​Art Unlimited have introduced a new prize for printmaking for the 2023 exhibition.

Closing date for entry forms is Thursday 20 April 2023

Key Dates

Date for postal delivery of artworks: Prior to Thursday 11 May 2023

Date for personal delivery of artwork: Saturday 13 May & Sunday 14 May 2023 (9am-3pm)

Judging: Friday 19 May 2023

Official opening & prize announcement: 7pm, Friday 19 May 2023

Date for removal of artworks: Sunday 28 May 2023 (3pm-7pm)

​Enter Here

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Call for Entries: Muswellbrook Art Prize

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Muswellbrook Art Prize

Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists for the Muswellbrook Art Prize vie for a total of $70,000 prize money across three prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive).

Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century, with the winning acquisitive works forming the nucleus of what is now known as the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection. Previous winners of the Muswellbrook Art Prize include such key figures as David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Richard Larter and Fred Williams. The Upper Hunter Region is also well represented with a number of local artists being successful in winning the Prize including Peter Atkins, Dale Frank, Lyn Nash and Hanna Kay.

Along with Muswellbrook Shire Council, who since 1958 has acted as sponsor and administrator of the Muswellbrook Art Prize, Bengalla Mining Company has generously sponsored the Prize for close to three decades, their commitment ensuring the development of the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

Key Dates 2023

  • Entries Open – November 2022
  • Entries Close – 13 January 2023
  • Finalists Announced – 27 January 2023
  • Exhibition Launch Event and Announcement of Winners – 25 February 2023
  • Exhibition Dates – 27 February to 29 April 2023

Terms and Conditions

Enter Here: https://www.artgalleria.com/portal/muswellbrookartprize

Image on Splash Page: Detail, Margaret Loy Pula, Anatye – Bush Potato 2012, acrylic on Belgian linen, 149 x 152cm, Winner Muswellbrook Art Prize 2013, Painting, Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

Call for Entries: Burwood Art Prize

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Visibility, Ritual and Legacy

The Burwood Art Prize invites artists across Sydney to engage, consider and reflect upon one or more of the following themes; Visibility, Ritual and Legacy. Each of these words can be examined and negotiated in a literal, abstract, formal and informal sense.

We encourage you to see these words as lenses through which your art can be perceived by different people in different ways; a portal and invitation to our audiences to explore broader ideas around identity, community, culture and personal experience. Artists are also invited to consider how each of these themes may connect or disconnect with their practice, experience, surroundings or environment.

For 2023, the Art Prize has been opened up to a series of new categories, and will accept works in the following mediums:

•Digital artworks (moving or still)
•Photography
•Painting
•Printmaking
•Drawing

We are also thrilled to announce that for the first time the Prize will be open to all Sydney-based artists who are Australian citizens or permanent residents. We are asking artists to engage with one or more of the following themes guiding the prize: Visibility, Ritual and Legacy.

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‘Fair Play’, an exhibition curated by Ben Rak at Manly Art Gallery and Museum.

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There is a myth that sport and art are natural enemies, as exemplified by the ongoing debate about the allocation of public funding by governments at all levels in Australia. Fair Play seeks to bridge the gap between these two forms of cultural production and to demonstrate that they both empower us to express ourselves physically, emotionally and intellectually, enabling us to connect and communicate with each other around the world — across borders, cultures, languages, and generations. 

Rew Hanks and Ben Rak have work in the show.

Friday, 9 December 2022 – 10:00am to Sunday, 26 February 2023 – 5:00pm at Manly Art Gallery and Museum.

All are invited to the Exhibition Opening Fri 9 Dec, 6 – 8pm.

RSVP via MAG&M Eventbrite(Opens in a new window)

Artists in Conversation Sat 10 Dec, 3 – 4pm. Free event. RSVP via MAG&M Eventbrite(Opens in a new window)

One on One: Amber Boardman Sun 15 Jan, 2 – 4pm. Free event. Book via email

Clay Character: Billy Bain Wed 18 Jan, 10am – 12pm. Book via MAG&M Eventbrite(Opens in a new window)

The Playful Eye: Michael Garbutt Mon 6 Feb, 10am – 1pm. Free event, bookings required via MAG&M Eventbrite(Opens in a new window)

Experimental Animation Workshop: Kellie O’Dempsey Thu 23 Feb, 6 – 9pm. Book via MAG&M Eventbrite

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger has had some successes.

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Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, Mangrove Series V – Beyond the Light, Drawing, 2022

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger has won the Greenway Art Prize with her work Mangrove Series V – Beyond the Light.

The GreenWay Art Prize celebrates the environment, creativity & community spirit of the Inner West and profiles the work of outstanding new and emerging artists as well as established

She is also a finalist in the Heysen Landscape Prize in SA with another drawing of mangroves, Mangrove Series IV – Into the Light.

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, Mangrove Series IV – Into the Light.

Cantabria Mini Print Collection in Lublin, Poland

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Curated by Andrea Juan & Gabriel Penedo Diego, the Cantabria Mini Print Collection in Lublin Exhibition includes two artists from Sydney Printmakers, Laura Stark and Neilton Clarke. Running October 20th to November 20th at the UMCS University Gallery, Lublin, Poland, the exhibition is drawn from the collection held by the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain.