Posts by Nicholas Thompson
PETER SHARP FINALIST IN 2023 MOSMAN ART PRIZE
Peter Sharp is exhibited as a finalist in the 2023 Mosman Art Prize The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting since 1947. Exhibition current to the 29th…
Read MoreNICOLE KELLY FINALIST IN HAZELHURST ART ON PAPER AWARD 2023
Nicole Kelly is exhibited as a finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023 The biennial Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award is a significant national exhibition that aims to elevate the status of work on paper while supporting and promoting artists working with this medium. Exhibition current to the 12 of November Image Nicole…
Read MoreSUZANNE ARCHER FINALIST IN HAZELHURST ART ON PAPER AWARD 2023
Suzanne Archer is exhibited as a finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023 The biennial Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award is a significant national exhibition that aims to elevate the status of work on paper while supporting and promoting artists working with this medium. Exhibition current to the 12 of November Image Suzanne…
Read MoreKARLA MARCHESI FEATURED IN ‘ARTIST PROFILE’ ISSUE 64
PROCESS: Karla Marchesi It’s funny that there is a psychological divorce as soon as my paintings leave the studio. My mind is already bubbling with beginnings of what to make next; what will follow from what came before. I’ve long held the view: work begets work – through the practice itself is where meaning resides.…
Read MoreELEANOR LOUISE BUTT ‘ALL THAT WHICH SINGS’ AT BURRINJA CULTURAL CENTRE, UPWEY
All That Which Sings | Eleanor Louise Butt 7 Oct – 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery ‘As the image pulls me deep inside of it, a special kind of silence descends, trapping me in its dark spaces and channels of light; releasing its secrets as it carries me across surfaces and down through layers. And…
Read MoreELEANOR LOUISE BUTT ACQUIRED BY ARTBANK
Eleanor Louise Butt’s painting ‘Unfolding Abstraction, thinking three-dimensionally’ exhibited in Nicholas Thompson Gallery’s Spring1883 presentation has been acquired by Artbank . Artbank is part of the Australian Government Office for the Arts. For 40 years Artbank has supported Australia’s contemporary art sector. Established in 1980 by the Australian Government, Artbank’s two core objectives are to…
Read MoreCELESTE CHANDLER 1977 – 2023
It is with great sadness that Nicholas Thompson Gallery marks the passing of Celeste Chandler. In addition to being an exceptionally talented painter, Celeste was intelligent, humourous, generous and a delight to work with since joining the gallery in its first year. She was passionate about art, devoted to her family and inspiring in her…
Read MoreVIRGINIA CUPPAIDGE IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTLINK EDITOR UNA REY AT SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY PUBLISHED ON ‘ARTLINK’ ONLINE
In Conversation: Virginia Cuppaidge and Una Rey at Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2023. Virginia Cuppaidge (at left) and Una Rey at Nicholas Thompson Gallery’s booth, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 2023. Photo: Lisa Slade Una Rey_After an illustrious career in New York, artist Virginia Cuppaidge chose to make Newcastle, Australia, her home. I was…
Read MoreVIRGINIA CUPPAIDGE RESTORATION PROFILED IN ‘ART GUIDE AUSTRALIA’ BY BRIONY DOWNES
The art of restoration with Virginia Cuppaidge Making art since childhood, as a teenager Virginia Cuppaidge set her sights on travelling to New York City to see the Abstract Expressionist paintings of Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman in person. In 1969 she touched down in New York with a suitcase and a pink mini skirt,…
Read MoreNICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY SPRING1883 EXHIBITION REVIEWED FOR MEMO BY AMELIA WINATA
… the spirit of Spring: the mix of kitsch… and old-world luxury… Downstairs at Nicholas Thompson, for example, the suite was excessively crammed with works—to good effect. Heidi Yardley’s sexy lady paintings (Babylon and Design for Scandal, both 2023) were placed on chairs that had been draped with the room’s silky curtains. Think sleazy boudoir.…
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