Saturday 10 April 2021

Article by John McDonald With NAS alumni Guy Warren‘s 100th birthday around the corner, his centenary is being celebrated with a succession of events: King Street Gallery on William has just shown Warren’s new work; the National Art School has an overview of his drawings (until May 22); Gallery Lane Cove will host a survey from April 29 to May 29; with further shows planned at the University of …

Wednesday 31 March 2021

Article by Rose of Sharon Leake Artist and NAS alumni Guy Warren, Archibald Prize winner, educator and respected painter, this year celebrates his 100th birthday. On 16 April 2021, Warren will not only celebrate his milestone birthday but will unveil an exhibition of works at The National Art School, From the Mountain to the Sky: Guy Warren Drawings, which will bring together 100 drawings coveri…

Friday 26 March 2021

Article by Nick Galvin Multi award-winning artist Euan Macleod has won the $30,000 Dobell Drawing Prize with a pastel-on-paper work entitled Borderlands. Each of the 15 postcard-sized images in the work depict scenes from the NSW/Queensland border when it briefly reopened in July at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. Read the full article through the link below. Photo: James Alcock READ …

Friday 26 March 2021

Article by Neha Kale Domesticity has long informed NAS alumni Mitch Cairns’ visual vernacular. He’s an artist for whom motifs from everyday life – an apple core, say, or a bathroom mirror – become the stuff of witty and intelligent paintings whose rewards grow the longer you look. When he was commuting to Sydney’s National Art School, he supported himself by working as a labourer for his father…

Monday 08 March 2021

Choose to Challenge In line with this year’s International Women’s Day theme Choose to Challenge, we speak with two of our powerhouse Dobell Drawing Prize #22 judges Lucy Culliton and Michelle Belgiorno and celebrate their achievements as women artists. Image: Anna Mould, Dust and Metal, 2020, ink and coloured pencil on paper, 120 × 150 cm, courtesy and © the artist One of Australia…