Martin King  ledger of the lost years ‘24 and ‘25′  N.D  graphite, watercolour and gouache on drafting film and paper  100 x 150 cm Congratulations to Martin King – Finalist in the The 2024 Alice Prize with his beautiful work, ledger of the lost years ‘24 and ‘25′. The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary prize that celebrates artists working in any medium or theme from across the nation. Significant among regional art prizes, the prize contributes to one of the largest regional collections of Australian art, with works by leading artists from across its ove ..read more

Image above: Dianne Fogwell  Prescience  2023  linocut and woodcut  4,500 x 145 cm  – installation at Geelong Gallery Congratulations to Dianne Fogwell on her forthcoming exhibition, Prescience at Geelong Gallery. Opening March 23. Australian Galleries Sydney is thrilled to be presenting a solo exhibition by Dianne Fogwell in our Roylston Street Gallery, which will run concurrently with the Geelong presentation. Opening 23 April. Dianne Fogwell Prescience Geelong GallerySaturday 23 March – Sunday 28 July 2024 Floor Talk Saturday 23 March 11am – 11.40amFree Entry – Book ..read more

Image above: Raymond Arnold Congratulations to Raymond Arnold, who has been Highly Commended in the 2024 Glover Prize, and to Rodney Pople who is also in the exhibition of finalists. Image above: Rodney Pople The John Glover Acquisitive Prize – (Glover Prize) has become one of Australia’s most significant awards for landscape painting and is open to artists from anywhere in the world. The Glover Prize selected 42 finalists for 2024; which represent the Judges’ selection of the best artworks of the Tasmanian landscape. These 42 artworks are now on display at the highly anticipated Glover Pri ..read more

Image above: Greg Johns  The Kiss (Buried Alive)  2022-23  Corten steel  140 x 486 x 18cm “Congratulations to Greg Johns on what he has created at Palmer. This is a nationally important project with Australian sculpture in the Australian landscape. It is also a huge undertaking that brings joy to many and a wonderful opportunity for the artists.” – David Handley AM, Founding CEO and Artistic Director, Sculpture by the Sea The Palmer Sculpture Biennial takes place in a hilly 400 acre property near the township of Palmer on the way to Mannum. Strolling over a rise in a land ..read more

The three adjoining properties which comprise the Australian Galleries Sculpture Park in Porcupine Ridge are now on the market. The photograph above shows just part of the extensive surrounding landscape, where over the years we have installed more than 120 spectacular, large scale sculptures. Click here to read article “Prominent art figure selling estate that’s home to multi-million dollar sculpture collection” by realestate.com Please contact Ashlee at Belle Property in Daylesford with all enquiries: 0448 169 383   As we farewell the AG Sculpture Park, we are very ..read more

Image above: Marina Strocchi  Dusk in the Hills  2023  acrylic on linen  60 x 93 cm Marina Strocchi’s insightful writing and a selection of her paintings are featured in her article ‘Art & Trauma’ in The Art of Healing magazine. This piece details Strocchi’s inspiring experience working ‘out bush” with the Indigenous communities in Central Australia. ‘First Nations art in Australia is a unique phenomenon in the indigenous communities of the world. I believe that this uptake of painting in Australian indigenous communities has come about for a number of reasons. Life i ..read more

Image above: Simon Normand  Map – Australia  2023  acrylic on canvas and mixed media  145 x 170 cm  Simon Normand’s thought-provoking exhibition,  Teaspoon Colony has been reviewed by Stephen Brook for The Age, and Paul de Vries for Nikkei Asia The artist was also interviewed on ABC Radio by presenter Alice Zaslavsky. To listen to Simon’s fascinating interview, visit ABC listen: Sculptor Simon Normand on his new exhibition Teaspoon Colony – ABC listen Simon Normand,  Australian Galleries Melbourne. Photography: Simon Schulter for The Age “Teaspoon Colony ..read more

Image above: Greg Johns  Sit Down Fella (Contemplative)  2023  Corten steel and bronze  260 cm high To view a selection of Greg Johns’ works in our online Stock Rooms, click here. Congratulations to Greg Johns and Jimmy Rix whose works are currently showing in the Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2024 exhibition. 71 artists from 14 countries are participating in the 20th Sculpture by the Sea, held on Perth’s iconic Cottesloe Beach.  The exhibition is featured from the sea wall, all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on the surrounding grassed areas cre ..read more

‘David Frazer is primarily a graphic artist, a printmaker, who in his work creates a little microcosm, or a convincing parallel universe, where all of the dreams, aspirations and futile endeavours of humankind are brought together.’ – Professor Sasha Grishin David Frazer spent his childhood growing up amidst the flat wheat fields of the Wimmera region in Victoria’s west. He felt himself an outsider, torn between a love for the region and a desperation to escape it. ‘I really wanted to write songs – really beautiful, sad songs. I tried, but I just couldn’t do it.’ Instead, over the past s ..read more

Image above: Michael Buzzacott  Olympia  2024  steel  199 x 130 x 69 cm   SLOT is an independent window gallery dedicated to bringing art to the street. On the busy street between Redfern, Waterloo and Alexandria, the window has captured attention of the passersby and Sydney commuters for more than 12 years. Exhibitions can be viewed 24 hours from the street.  “It has been a good learning experience considering work combinations, set ups and themes; site and scale issues, the divided window, what would read from slow moving traffic and nighttime illumination.&nbs ..read more