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Tai Snaith is exhibited as a finalist in the Maquette: Sculpture Award at McClelland Gallery with her sculpture Black dog slippery dip until 22 February. The inaugural Maquette: Sculpture Award brings together 61 sculptures by contemporary Australian artists. One entry will be awarded $20,000 and will become part of McClelland’s renowned permanent collection, which is focused on modern and contemporary Australian sculpture. The title of this new sculpture prize refers to the scale of the entries—no more than 50 centimetres in any dimension. Finalists were selected by artist Lisa Roet and McClelland’s Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Byrne, with the winning work…
Heidi Yardley’s ‘Femme en fourrure’ is exhibited in ‘Synchron City’ at Gippsland Art Gallery from 6 December to 22 February. Curated by special guest Cassie May, Synchron City leads visitors on a strange and immersive journey through contemporary art where artworks disrupt and question everyday life. The concept of ‘synchronicity’, according to Carl Jung (1875–1961), suggested that coincidences could be related to unconscious processes, mirroring internal states and potentially offering guidance or insights. Through our collective unconscious, memories, dreams and reflections bubble beneath the surface. In this world of inner and outer space, our relationship to the environment is…
Objective Wed 12 November 2025 until Sat 24 January 2026 Town Hall Gallery This bold new exhibition challenges traditional concepts of still life, showcasing a diverse range of artists who push the boundaries of the genre. With a focus on contemporary expression, the exhibition offers an exciting departure from the conventional, using painting, video, sculpture and installation to explore everyday objects and scenes in unexpected ways. The featured artists each bring a unique vision to the genre. Familiar objects are transformed through abstraction and everyday forms are elevated into striking visual experiences. Installations examine the relationship between nature and…
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GUY WARREN TWO PART INTERVIEW ON ABC RADIO NATIONAL ‘EARSHOT’
LISTEN TO INTERVIEW VIA LINK BELOW: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/guy-warren-a-portrait-of-a-painter/7518000
NICHOLAS THOMPSON MENTIONED IN ARTICLE ‘A FINE ART’ ON PHILIP BACON IN THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW MAGAZINE
“Like younger artists there are also younger dealers making a name for themselves. Bacon has a particular regard for Jan Murphy and Bruce Heiser in Brisbane, and Sophie Gannon and Nicholas Thompson in Melbourne. In the ebb and flow of the art business, life goes on.” Read more: http://www.afr.com/brand/afr-magazine/why-philip-bacon-is-australias-goto-art-dealer-20160321-gnnecv#ixzz47GpZcQ2l Follow us: @FinancialReview on Twitter | financialreview on Facebook
CELESTE CHANDLER AND KARLA MARCHESI FINALISTS IN THE BAYSIDE ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE
The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (BAAP) is an annual prize and exhibition that aims to increase opportunities for participation in Bayside’s arts and cultural program; foster a sense of identity, pride and place in Bayside through a community event; and enable the acquisition of suitable artworks for the Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection. BAAP will be judged by industry professionals who will award total prize monies and acquisitive funds of $19,000. In 2016 the major prize of $15,000 will be awarded to a painting, in subsequent years the prize may be for works on paper, small sculpture or…
Guy Warren survey ‘Genesis of a painter: Guy Warren at 95’ at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney until 29 May
To celebrate the milestone 95th birthday of artist Guy Warren in 2016, the S.H. Ervin Gallery is presenting an exhibition of works from the 1950s & 1960s, produced during his London years and soon after his return to Sydney, and his latest works which reveal how the artist’s obsession with emergence and submergence of the figure in relation to its background, the poetry of being that has been evident throughout his oeuvre to the present day. Curated by Barry Pearce, Emeritus curator Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW. http://www.shervingallery.com.au/whats-on/current
NICHOLAS THOMPSON QUOTED IN ART COLLECTOR’S ‘ARTISTS UNCOVERED’, ISSUE 76
Having opened his new gallery early last year, Nicholas Thompson has been keeping an eye out for emerging talent. He first came across the dreamy, atmospheric paintings of Nicholas Ives at Melbourne ARI Rubicon. “I find Nick’s use of soft colour atmospheric and really engaging,” says Thompson. “The way his objects float against the more free flowing abstraction of his background landscapes creates an interesting tension. It’s the presentation of these arrangements and senarios.. that I find really captivating”.
SUMMER EXHIBITION REVIEWED BY DAN RULE IN ‘THE AGE’, SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 2016
“There’s plenty to like about this happily crammed group show of (chiefly) paintings at Nicholas Thompson Gallery. One of Melbourne’s new generation of younger gallerists, Thompson isn’t afraid to search beyond the stocks of fashionable local artists in their early-mid career – or indeed his own postcode – to fill his gallery space. And it certainly shows here, with a clutch of quality paintings spanning various styles, modes and iterations. There are his go-to artists, including senior Sydney-based painter Alun Leach-Jones, who offers up a lively conglomeration of flat, colour forms that speak to cubism as much as they do…
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY IN ‘THE FINANCIAL TIMES: HOW TO SPEND IT’ BY DAVID PRIOR
“But it’s the trendy inner-city locales of Fitzroy and Collingwood that are now home to the avant-garde of art in the Antipodes, with galleries such as Gertrude Contemporary – house in a converted textiles factory – and the new eponymous space of pedigreed young curator Nicholas Thompson showcasing the true energy of a new wave of Australian art’. READ FULL STORY HERE: http://howtospendit.ft.com/destinations/99523-melbourne
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY IN ‘INDULGE MAGAZINE’ STORY ‘A WEEKEND IN MELBOURNE’ BY CHRIS HASSALL
“After a bright start at Philip Bacon Galleries in Brisbane, Nicholas Thompson worked at two Melbourne galleries before opening his own space this year. Nick represents a varied spread of emerging, mid-career and established artists, including Brisbane’s Lincoln Austin and Christian Flynn.” http://indulgemagazine.net/a-weekend-in-melbourne/
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY, RHYS LEE IN ‘THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW’ ARTICLE ON SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY
“New at the fair this year are Melbourne’s Nicholas Thompson Gallery, which opened in March and is taking work by painter Rhys Lee” Link to article here: www.afr.com/…/a-lot-riding-on-the-success-of-sydney-contemporary-2015