Editorials

Q: As graduating artists, how has your time studying at TAFE shaped the work you chose to exhibit at Tree-O Gallery Holly: Our time at TAFE has given us space to test ideas, challenge ourselves, and uncover artistic practices that feel authentic to us as individuals. The works we have chosen for this exhibition reflect the technical development, and the personal and conceptual journeys that emerged for each of us throughout the course.   Q: The five of you are…

The $50,000 Wynne Prize is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figurative sculpture. It is Australia’s oldest art prize. Following exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Wynne Prize 2025 finalist works are touring to venues in regional New South Wales, with Grafton Regional Gallery being the final stop. The Wynne Prize 2025 exhibition has close to 50 works,…

Reopened earlier this year following a major transformation, the Gallery is now the largest public art institution in New South Wales outside Sydney. That’s not just a title worth claiming, it’s a reason to make the drive south. With 1,600 square metres of new exhibition space added to a building that has anchored Newcastle’s cultural life for nearly seven decades, the scale of what’s now possible here is genuinely something to experience in person. And right now, the program is…

REIMAGINED: from now until 18 June | Nexus Art Gallery hosts Reimagined by Cynthia Miller, alongside John’s Folly by John Biggart. Miller’s exhibition is a celebration of colour and exuberance, reflecting her abiding interest in larger-than-life images with a slightly naïve twist. Her works emerge entirely from her imagination, giving her excellent scope for a semi-abstract style and a freedom of expression that offers constant surprises and enduring pleasure. Biggart’s John’s Folly is a culmination of ideas drawn from many…

Artists are invited to submit images of completed or proposed original freestanding or wall-mounted sculptures measuring no more than 50 cm in height, width, or depth. Established in 2018, the Urunga Small Sculpture Prize is the only annual competition hosted by the volunteer-run Art Space gallery in the seaside town of Urunga, NSW. It is rapidly gaining traction as one of the premier regional prizes for smaller-scale sculpture. In 2025, more than 170 entries were received from across Australia, with…