Artists’ studios: open doors
Europe may well have the immersive chaos of Francis Bacon’s studio in Dublin, the catalogued remains of the Giacometti...
Read MoreStriking Contrasts unpacked
Rapture (silent anthem), by Angelica Mesiti, gained significant media attention as an entry for the Blake Prize for religious art in...
Read MoreFive reasons to visit Regional Public Galleries
You might already be aware that the regional galleries of NSW bolster and enrich local communities. They support artists and...
Read MoreMaking the invisible visible
“Objects & Energies is an exhibition about the impulse to make the invisible visible” so reads the opening sentence of...
Read MoreSustainability comes to NERAM
Some might say it’s been a long time coming. But looking around New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) tells you...
Read MoreBlacktown City Art Prize winners announced
The winners of the 2013 Blacktown City Art Prize were announced on Thursday 5 December at a glittering reception at...
Read MoreContemporary art virgin? Walk Sydney’s galleries
On a wet Friday day I set out in search of some of Sydney’s galleries in Surry Hills and Chippendale....
Read MoreChain Reaction
Chain Reaction: Kate Downhill Exhibition is a survey exhibition commemorating the 1950s atomic bomb era and recounting the impact on...
Read MoreLloyd Rees: Works from the South Coast
Using a variety of techniques and skills, members of the St Georges Basin Creative Craft Group and Nowra Quilters, applied...
Read MoreAnnouncing details of 19th Biennale of Sydney
Juliana Engberg, Artistic Director of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, has revealed details for the Asia Pacific’s largest contemporary visual arts...
Read MoreThe Yenda Rain Project
The Yenda community will finally have their voice heard with a community art project telling a visual story of the...
Read MoreSydney moderns in a collection near you
The recent major exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Moderns: Art for a new world...
Read MoreThe Art of Installation
The installation and presentation of art exhibitions is an area that can be easily overlooked by visitors as they make...
Read MoreWendy Sharpe wins Manning Art Prize-Naked and Nude 2013
Esteemed judge John McDonald has awarded the $10,000 first prize in the inaugural Manning Art Prize – Naked and Nude...
Read MoreSydney Contemporary
For three and a half days in September, Carriageworks was overtaken by the inaugural Sydney Contemporary; coined as Australia’s...
Read MoreIn-Habit: A collaboration of kids, community and cardboard
Recently M&G went to Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery to interview a bunch of enthusiastic kids working with In-Habit artists...
Read MoreThe essential line
When looking at the face of someone we know well it’s possible to recognise the essential likeness of a...
Read MoreWho’s judging?
For the past 20 years the Dobell Prize for Drawing has been an annual event at the Art Gallery of NSW,...
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