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1 week ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesIn a breakthrough for Australian art history, D’Lan Contemporary has confirmed that a painting by Papunya Tula pioneer Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri is one of twenty works commissioned for Art of Aboriginal Australia – one of the first international exhibitions of contemporary Aboriginal art, held in 1974.
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1 week ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesBorn in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the accomplished Sydney-based painter Catherine Clayton-Smith has recently joined Olsen Gallery. Primarily working in acrylics on canvas, her delicate and deeply personal and psychological paintings offer an expanded engagement with landscape. With finely layered colour and sensuous gestures, her distinct approach to abstraction explores both memory and embodiment.
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1 week ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesMichael Reid Sydney + Berlin is now representating Sid Pattni, a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist whose work unpacks diasporic identity, memory and post-colonial aesthetics with profound visual impact. “I’m interested in how aesthetics shaped under empire can be reclaimed and reconfigured to tell new stories – stories about migration, memory and identity,” says Pattni.
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2 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesThe Art Gallery of New South Wales has announced Abdul Abdullah as the winner of the 2025 Packing Room Prize for his portrait No Mountain High Enough, depicting fellow artist and best friend Jason Phu. Now in its 34th year, the $3000 prize is awarded by the Gallery’s installation staff, who receive, unpack and hang all Archibald entries. “We were instantly drawn to Abdul Abdullah’s portrait of Jason Phu,” said Alexis Wildman, senior installation officer.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesHugo Michell Gallery has announced Fiona Roberts as the latest addition to its roster of represented artists. Known for her psychologically charged installations and ceramic works, Roberts explores the transience of the human experience, mortality and the rituals we create to protect ourselves.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesMosman Art Gallery has announced the appointment of Steven Alderton as its new Director and Mosman Council’s Manager of Cultural Services. A highly respected curator and cultural leader, Alderton brings over 30 years of experience in major institutions across Australia and abroad. Previously the Director and CEO of the National Art School, Alderton has also held senior roles at the Australian Museum, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Lismore Regional Gallery.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Women artists remain dramatically underrepresented in Australia and New Zealand’s art institutions. The recent 2022 Countess Report revealed women account for just 33.6 percent of artists exhibited in state galleries across Australia, while making up nearly two-thirds of visual arts graduates. In major museums, the figure drops to a mere 30.5 percent.
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3 weeks ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesSydney artist Andrew Tomkins has won the 2025 Gallipoli Art Prize for the second time, taking home the $20,000 acquisitive award for his striking mixed media work HMAS Karangi. Awarded annually by the Gallipoli Memorial Club, the prize invites artists to reflect on the enduring values of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship as embodied in the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign.
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1 month ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesWestern Australian artist Lori Pensini has taken out the $50,000 acquisitive Collie Art Prize for her work Bare Earth. Her piece was selected from a field of 45 finalists, drawn from 444 entries nationwide, in what has become one of Australia’s richest regional art prizes. Held at the Collie Art Gallery, two hours south of Perth, the 2025 edition of the prize reflects a dynamic and multilayered engagement with the theme of Identity.
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1 month ago | 
artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches
Words: Emily RichesThe National Gallery has announced the artists selected for the highly anticipated 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, After the Rain, opening in Kamberri/Canberra in December 2025. Under the artistic direction of acclaimed artist and curator Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples), the exhibition will feature 10 large-scale, immersive projects by First Nations artists from across the country.
