Congratulations Travis MacDonald on being shortlisted, alongside Ebony Truscott, Euan Heng & Steven Rendall for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. The official recipient announcement will be made on Friday 9 August. and an exhibition of the finalists’ works will open at Geelong Gallery on Saturday, 10 August.
2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
10 August – 3 November 2024
An in-depth article about Ebony Truscott features in the current issue of Artist Profile. Roslyn Orlando met with Truscott earlier in the year and writes that “Ironically, the process of rendering emotive qualities in her work involves a measured, careful objectivity”. Pick up a copy here.
In addition, Ebony Truscott has been shortlisted for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. The official recipient announcement will be made on Friday 9 August. and an exhibition of the finalists’ works will open at Geelong Gallery on Saturday, 10 August.
2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
10 August – 3 November 2024
Noel McKenna is the winner of The Darling Portrait Prize and a finalist in the Sir John Sulman Prize and The Wynne Prize. His painting William Nuttall with horses in field is now showing in The Darling Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra and his paintings Nun at piano, Brisbane 1966 and Cape Pillar, Tasman Sea, are showing in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2024 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2024
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
until 8 September 2024
The Darling Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
until 22 September 2024
Curated by Melissa Keys, Hair Pieces at Heide Musem of Modern Art explores the complex significance of hair in contemporary culture through work by international and Australian Artists. Helen Wright‘s work features alongside Polly Borland (US), Jim Dine (US), Lou Hubbard (AUS), Patricia Piccinini (AUS), Christian Thompson (AUS), Ai Yamaguchi (JPN) and Louise Weaver (AUS) and more.
Read more about the exhibition in The Guardian, Memo Review, Broadsheet and Time Out Melbourne.
Hair Pieces
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
until 6 October 2024
Euan Heng has been shortlisted for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. The official recipient announcement will be made on Friday 9 August. and an exhibition of the finalists’ works will open at Geelong Gallery on Saturday, 10 August.
In addition, Euan Heng’s work is currently showing in the group exhibition The End of History at Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia. The End of History explores artists’ relationship to history, as it’s made. At its centre is a group of works from the University of Western Australia Art Collection made between 1985 and 1995, united by mood and motif.
2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
10 August – 3 November 2024
The End of History
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
until 17 August 2024
Steven Rendall has been shortlisted for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. The official recipient announcement will be made on Friday 9 August. and an exhibition of the finalists’ works will open at Geelong Gallery on Saturday, 10 August.
In addition, Steven Rendall‘s work features alongside Dale Hickey‘s in the current exhibition Working Title: Studio Practice in the RMIT Art Collection at RMIT Gallery. Curated by Lisa Linton, the exhibition draws from the RMIT Art Collection to reveal notable academics, alumni, methods and collaborations and the rich history of studio practice at RMIT.
2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic
10 August – 3 November 2024
Working Title: Studio Practice in the RMIT Art Collection
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
until 27 July 2024
Brenda L. Croft features in the exhibition Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum in California, USA. The exhibition presents highlights from the Gorman Museum of Native American Art collection by more than two dozen Indigenous artists from North America, Aotearoa, and Australia. The exhibition highlights self-representation and the works are accompanied by text by the artists featured. Read more about the exhibition in The Reporter here.
In addition, Brenda L. Croft featured in an Art Guide article exploring ancestral legacies and her continued engagement with family and culture in her practice. Read more here.
Brenda L. Croft is a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Entering its 17th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize is one of the Gallery’s most popular annual events. The prize provides a powerful visual record of the year that was – a celebration of identity, both collective and individual.
Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum
Gorman Museum of Native American Art, Davis, CA, USA
until 1 September 2024
National Photographic Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 June – 22 September 2024
In addition to being a finalist in both the Adelaide Perry Prize and the Darling Portrait Prize, Noel McKenna‘s work is currently showing in the exhibition Art Collection up close at Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD. The exhibition is drawn from the City of Moreton Bay’s Art Collection. Noel McKenna also features in the latest issue of MCA magazine. Purchase your copy here.
The Adelaide Perry Prize is an annual acquisitive award hosted by PLC, Sydney and was judged by Sasha Grishin this year.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). This year the prize will be judged by Bree Pickering, Director, National Portrait Gallery; Erin Vink, Curator First Nations Art (local and global), Art Gallery of New South Wales and Tara Heffernan, Art Historian and Critic. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra from 22 June to 22 September 2024.
Art Collection up close
Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD
until 15 June 2024
The Darling Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 June – 22 September 2024
Congratulations to Noel McKenna, finalist in both the Adelaide Perry Prize and the Darling Portrait Prize.
The Adelaide Perry Prize is an annual acquisitive award hosted by PLC, Sydney and was judged by Sasha Grishin this year.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). This year the prize will be judged by Bree Pickering, Director, National Portrait Gallery; Erin Vink, Curator First Nations Art (local and global), Art Gallery of New South Wales and Tara Heffernan, Art Historian and Critic. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra from 22 June to 22 September 2024.
Noel McKenna also features in the latest issue of MCA magazine. Purchase your copy here.
The Darling Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 June – 22 September 2024
Congratulations David Keeling, finalist in the John Glover Acquisitive Prize 2024. His painting Freycinet track-a thousand shadows deep featured in an exhibition of the finalists’ work earlier this month. View the virtual tour of the exhibition here. Read more about David Keeling’s painting here.
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