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The Glover Prize has announced its 42 finalists for 2020. These finalists represent the Judges’ selection of the best artworks of the Tasmanian landscape, chosen from the entrants coming from every Australian state and territory. These 42 artworks will be on display at the Glover Prize Exhibition at Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania during March this year.

The judges for the Glover Prize 2020 are Queensland Art Gallery | Museum of Modern Art (QAGOMA) director, Chris Saines; Sydney artist, Fiona Lowry; Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) Senior Curator and Dark Mofo Associate Artistic Director, Jarrod Rawlins. The judges next task is to carefully narrow down the 42 finalists to choose the winner of the $50,000 cash prize. After its display at the exhibition, the John Glover Society Inc. will acquire the winning artwork for its collection.

Belem Lett's work Burn Baby Burn 2020 has been selected as one of the finalists. The exhibition commences on 6 March, running from Saturday the 7th of March, 2020 and continuing until the end of the following weekend on Sunday the 15th of March, 2020, at the historic Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale.

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'Artefacts', Alison Kubler, Vault Magazine, Issue 23, 104-105pp.

Jane Guthleben was the recipient of the international NG Art Creative Residency which is a two week placement at the 15th century Provincial homestead in Eygalières, Provence, Southern France in November 2019.

Directed and founded by Nicky Ginsberg, the NG Art Creative Residency is a prize that aims to provide creatives an opportunity to embark on imaginative endeavours and immerse themselves in an environment of reflection and creative freedom in the studio and en plein air.

Jane's new body of work from Eygalières will be exhibited in her upcoming show, Grandiflora at Edwina Corlette Gallery 17 March - 9 April 2020.

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The Museum of Brisbane has acquired Judith Sinnamon's portrait of Pamela Easton, one half of renowned fashion label duo Easton Pearson. This has been acquired in alignment with the museum's existing collection of garments, accessories, and ephemera from Easton Pearson. The Museum of Brisbane's collection is the largest collection from a single Australian fashion house held by a museum - as such, Judith Sinnamon's work is a wonderful addition to the collection.

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The prize was established in 2013, and is sponsored by the prominent Australian artist, Rick Amor. This year a record number of over 250 works were submitted from across Australia and overseas, and from these entries 35 finalists have been selected.

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Artwork details:
Winter Portrait 2019
oil on linen

Bronte Leighton-Dore has been awarded Highly Commended in the 2019 Paddington Art Prize.

The Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize, awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. Established in 2004 by Arts Patron, Marlene Antico OAM, this National prize takes its place among the country’s most lucrative and highly coveted painting prizes.

The prize encourages the interpretation of the landscape as a significant contemporary genre, its long tradition in Australian painting as a key contributor to our national ethos, and is a positive initiative in private patronage of the arts in Australia.

Image: 'The Shadows Run Both Ways, Berambing NSW, 2019, oil on board, 124.5 x 172.5 cm.

Jane Du Rand has been commissioned by the Travel Corporation to complete a 6.8m x 4m mural in the foyer of the Travel Corporation Headquarters in Sydney.

Bridie Gillman has been been selected as one of six finalists in the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The annual Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is now in its 21st year and is open to Australian painters aged between 20 and 30 years. It was created from an endowment by Mrs Beryl Whiteley in 1999. The inspiration was the profound effect international travel and study had on her son, the artist Brett Whiteley, as a result of winning the Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship in 1959 at the age of 20.

The Gosford Art Prize is the premier art prize of the Central Coast region, with local and national artists engaged in friendly competition for over $25,000 in total prizes.

Carbiene McDonald Tjangala has been named among the finalists for the 2019 Vincent Lingiari Art Award. Presented jointly by Desart and the Central Land Council (CLC), the award opened on 4 September at Tangentyere Artists Gallery.

This year’s theme, “True Story – My Country,” echoes the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its call for national truth-telling. This year’s award builds on the legacy of the inaugural 2016 Vincent Lingiari Art Award, ‘Our Land Our Life Our Future’, which marked two major milestones: the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off led by Vincent Lingiari and the 40th anniversary of the Land Rights (NT) Act.

Carbiene’s work joins 22 other entries exploring personal and political stories of Country, resilience and history. There is a range of mediums represented in the exhibition - from sculpture and ceramics to video and painting, reflecting themes of reconciliation. The entries are judged by Nhanda and Nyoongar curator Glenn Isegar Pilkington.

The exhibition is current at Tangentyere Artists Gallery until 18 October, 2019.

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Carbiene McDonald Tjangala work 'Four Dreamings', a finalist in the Vincent Lingiari Art Award 2019