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Install image of the 2025 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, September 2025, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood Campus. Featuring artists left to right: Paul Yore, Ann Ferguson, Miranda Burgess, Euan Heng, Brigit Heller, Brenda Page (foreground), Michael Doolan, Mariana Del Castillo, Sam Varian and Jamieson Miller. Image © and courtesy of the artists. Image: Fiona Hamilton.
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Artists wanted: Deakin’s Contemporary Small Sculpture Award is calling for entries

From emerging to established artists, this national art competition with a $26,000 prize pool is free to enter.

Artists are encouraged to submit their work to the 2026 Lester Prize. Image: The Lester Prize.
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The Lester Prize is open for 2026 season entries

Entries are now open for the Lester Prize Main Awards, Australia's richest prize for portraiture – and everyone's invited.

The artHITects with their winning artwork Wambuul (Proclamation Park Bathurst), winner of the 2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize – Art category. Photo: Shane Rozario/Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
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It’s time: why you should enter the 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize

Winning the prestigious Environmental Art & Design Prize marked a pivotal moment for radical artist/architect duo, the artHITects.

A photograph of bustling audiences outside the new, expanded newcastle Art Gallery. Newcastle Art Gallery relaunch
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Inside Newcastle Art Gallery’s major transformation: from regional gem to cultural destination

A $145 million collection finally steps into the spotlight as a new tourism destination emerges – but locals and artists…

Cindy Rostron, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Fashion Showcase at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (Hawai'i 2024). Image: Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss.
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First Nations residency and funding opportunities a 'game changer' for artists

With a dedicated music residency and funding of up to $50,000, Creative Australia's programs for First Nations artists and young…

Group of people in an exhibition with textiles listening to a talk. Analog Art Club
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Phones off and hands on: Analog programming results in a spike in new audiences

Early data proves that targeted analog programming across Victorian galleries is a big win driving new audiences.

Two black and white abstracted images, one a portrait one a night sky. Wyndham Art Prize
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With higher odds, you have a better chance of being an art prize finalist

Wyndham Art Prize is a curated art prize that keeps the finalists’ pool expansive so as to better support artists…

Image of woman wearing an apron and holding a paintbrush against blue background. Art prize
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New $30,000 art prize values respect, and the worth of female artists

The Pymble Ladies' College Values Art Prize is tipped to inspire a next generation of women artists.

Kait James, 'Kait James: Red Flags' 2024. Installation view, Warrnambool Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc. Image: Christian Capurro.
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Raising red flags for change: Kait James exhibition

Fearless exhibition opens by Wadawurrung artist Kait James.

Man in wetsuit with surfboard on beach with sculpture. SWELL Sculpture Festival
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SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025: the Queensland favourite will shine even brighter this spring

Built on a grassroots ethos to connect through stories, SWELL Sculpture Festival will unveil over 80 artworks that tap zeitgeist…

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