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2 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesThe 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize has announced its 99 finalists across the Professional, Emerging and Indigenous Emerging categories, selected from a record 1,934 entries spanning every state and territory in Australia. Now in its ninth year, the Prize remains the country’s most valuable art award for women, with a total prize pool of $58,000.
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2 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesSydney Contemporary has announced the largest edition in its history, with a new focus on contemporary photography. It includes an expanded lineup of 114 exhibitors and over 500 contemporary artists for its 2025 event at Carriageworks, from 11–14 September. The Fair showcases galleries from across Australia and New Zealand, as well as international exhibitors from Hong Kong, the US, UK, Korea and Indonesia.
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2 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesOne of Australia’s most significant and longest-running Aboriginal art events, Desert Mob, returns to Mparntwe / Alice Springs from 11 September to 26 October 2025 for its 34th annual celebration of desert art, culture and community.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesThe Art Gallery of South Australia has announced Jack Ball as the winner of the prestigious Ramsay Art Prize 2025, awarding the Sydney-based artist $100,000 for their large-scale photographic and sculptural installation Heavy Grit. Ball – who was featured in Art Collector’s recent 50 Things Collectors Should Know issue – now joins a notable list of Ramsay recipients including Vincent Namatjira and Kate Bohunnis.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesJennings Kerr has announced its representation of Danish-born, Southern Highlands-based artist Birte Larsen, known for her richly textured works that draw inspiration from everyday materials, personal history and her Danish heritage. Larsen, who was born in 1966 in Fynen, Denmark, works across drawing, sculpture and installation, often incorporating natural and discarded materials that carry traces of a previous life.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Rose of Sharon LeakeThe Biennale of Sydney has announced the theme, venues and first cohort of 37 artists and collectives for its 25th edition, opening 14 March 2026. Titled Rememory, the free, city-wide festival is helmed by internationally renowned curator Hoor Al Qasimi. Borrowing its title from American author Toni Morrison, Rememory invites reflection on the interplay between memory and history. “Rememory connects the delicate space between remembering and forgetting,” said Al Qasimi.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesIn a decision that reflects the strength and breadth of this year’s entries, judges of the 2025 Bayside Painting Prize have awarded the $25,000 Major Prize jointly to Steven Rendall for Myriad reflector IV (2025) and Ella Dunn for Small town gossip (2024). Established in 2015, the prize remains a key opportunity to recognise exceptional talent and support artists at all stages of their careers. Rendall and Dunn were chosen from a pool of 47 finalists.
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1 month ago | 
sussexexpress.co.uk | Emily Riches
Laura Whitmore will make her debut as Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train when the production opens in Brighton. The Girl on the Train will open at Theatre Royal Brighton on Wednesday 4 June, where Irish presenter, writer, and broadcaster Laura Whitmore will make her debut in the production. Brighton audiences will be the first to see her in the role. Based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins, this gripping stage adaptation comes to Brighton as part of a major UK tour.
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1 month ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesThe National Gallery of Australia has announced internationally acclaimed artists Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Gibson as the first participants in its new AFNGA: Visiting Creatives Program.
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1 month ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesA major new exhibition, Ten-Fold: A Decade of Emerging Art Incubator Artists, is now open at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, celebrating ten years of Art Incubator’s dedication to nurturing the next wave of Australian contemporary artists. Running until 1 June 2025, the show brings together work from all 23 artists who have received support from the program since its inception in 2014.
