Visual Arts

$10,000 sculpture prize up for grabs
The 2020 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition is calling for entries. $15,000 in prizes are available, including a $10,000 Best Sculpture…

Boost your design practice with the Clarence Prize
The biennial Clarence Prize is back with more than $20,000 in prize money for outstanding furniture design.

Innovative responses to Gallipoli are key in winning this $20,000 art prize
Entering the iconic Gallipoli Art Prize for the first time doesn’t mean your artwork has to directly reflect warfare and…

Be part of one of Australia’s richest drawing prizes
The Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize celebrates contemporary drawing across its broad definitions, with $45,000 in total prize money.

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, to protest art in Hong Kong, and survey exhibitions by George Gittoes, Carolyn…

More than an art prize, Ravenswood is an art movement for women
With a $45,000 prize pool, the Ravenswood art prize puts the careers of women artists first, and it’s calling for…

Vale James Mollison
With the loss of James Mollison a giant of Australian visual arts has fallen, leaving a legacy that included controversy,…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Winner of Peter Porter Poetry Prize announced, Dr Gene Sherman receives honorary degree from NSW, Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships…

The Centre, Mona Foma (Launceston, TAS)
A local gym comes alive with video installations exploring the body, discipline, endurance and community.

Celebrating Australia’s intimate images in a major photography competition
Can you capture the essence of our contemporary society in a single image? That’s the challenge posed by the 2020…