Tag: Contemporary Art
Melbourne woman takes top Deloraine craft prize
Melbourne designer Kim Simon has won the $10,000 Premier's Award for Excellence at the Tasmanian Craft Fair in Deloraine. [MORE]
Warhol's Skulls fetches $10.8m at auction
An Andy Warhol painting sold for more than $US7.5 million ($10.8 million) at auction, auctioneer Sotheby's said.[MORE]
Graffiti artists leave their mark on Athens
Greek tragedy or contemporary art form? Taggers make their mark on Athens monuments.[MORE]
New visual arts curator
The Adelaide Festival has appointed an internationally-recognised art curator for its visual arts program.[MORE]
TMAG overhaul means demolition of 60's gallery
A Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery trustee doesn't believe there will be significant opposition to the removal of a 1960's building as part of a major overhaul.[MORE]
Garrett announces $37.5m in Indigenous arts funding
Federal Government pledges $37.5 million in funding for Indigenous arts and culture.[MORE]
New centre pledged for Aboriginal art
A new arts centre for remote Aboriginal communities has been promised in South Australia's far north-west.[MORE]
Public art for London's Trafalgar Square
Public art will soon take on a literal meaning after London Mayor Boris Johnson announced an unusual new commission for the city's Trafalgar Square.[MORE]
Contemporary exhibition will surprise, says art curator
An exhibition showcasing the diversity of Indigenous Australian art is about to open at the Art Gallery of South Australia.[MORE]
Toilet mannequin bids for Turner Prize
Cartoon characters and mannequins squatting on the toilet make this year's short-list.[MORE]
'Biggest' Banksy exhibition in London tunnel
A new Banksy exhibition opens in a railway tunnel near Waterloo train station in central London. [MORE]
Are lice art? Israelis scratch their heads
From pickled cows to elephant dung, the art world is no stranger to offbeat ideas. But a group of lice-infested Germans?[MORE]
Record $35m gift for Gallery of NSW
John W Kaldor has donated his private art collection to the Art Gallery of NSW.[MORE]
Sheffield mural festival opens
More than 50 painters and art lovers from around the world are gathering in the north-west Tasmanian town of Sheffield today.[MORE]
Gascoigne gift to National Gallery
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Rosalie Gascoigne's family has donated her last major work of art to the National Gallery.[MORE]
Qld Govt to award thousand-dollar art prizes
The Queensland Government says two new prizes will make the state a leader in contemporary art.[MORE]
Warhol fakes raise questions in art world, but no answers
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Brillo boxes long believed to be Andy Warhol originals are probably fakes.[MORE]
Hannaford celebrates art and life
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Despite never winning the Archibald Award for portraiture, Robert Hannaford is just happy to be alive to continue his work.[MORE]
Wrapping artists return to Sydney
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Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who wrapped the coastline near Sydney in 1968, are back in Australia this week.[MORE]
Top literary prizes awarded
A Canberra-based translator has taken out the ACT's Book of the Year award.[MORE]
Gunpowder art goes out with a bang at auction
A set of abstract gunpowder-on-paper drawings have become the most expensive Asian contemporary art sold at auction.[MORE]
Tiananmen Square painting smashes Chinese art record sale
The record price for a Chinese contemporary artwork was smashed in London, Sotheby's auction house said, for a painting based on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.[MORE]
Guggenheim delivers new demographic to NGV
More than 176,000 people have flocked to the three-month Guggenheim exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), which closes today.[MORE]
Archbishop's art criticism angers Germans
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne has angered Germans by branding some modern art 'degenerate'.[MORE]
Damien Hirst skull sells for $US100m
Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull has sold for a record $US100m.[MORE]
