Jon Cattapan - Rockhampton Art Gallery Gold Award
Jon Cattapan is the winner of the Rockhampton Art Gallery Gold Prize for 2016. The painting which was awarded as winner is Raft City No. 4 (surveillance version) 2015 | oil on linen 165 x 198 cm.
DANIEL MCKEWEN: CREATIVE ACCOUNTING
'Promises', a new work by Daniel McKewen, features in the touring exhibition 'Creative Accounting'. Curated by Holly Williams in conjunction with Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW, 'Creative Accounting' considers the depiction of money in art and its increasing abstraction in the contemporary era.
LOUISE HEARMAN: CELEBRITY TALK: ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2016, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
As part of a series of uplate events at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, TV and radio personality Amanda Keller will be in conversation with artist Louise Hearman. The discussion will focus on Hearman's portait of Barry Humpheries recently awarded the Archibald Prize 2016.
KHADIM ALI: 'REFUGEES', CASULA POWERHOUSE, CAMPBELLTOWN
Casula Powerhouse's new group exhibition surveys art made by artists who share a refugee background and includes the work of Sydney-based Khadim Ali.
VIVIENNE BINNS & MADONNA STAUNTON: PAINTING. MORE PAINTING, AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, MELBOURNE
Vivienne Binns and Madonna Staunton feature as part of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's upcoming exhibition 'Painting. More Painting'. Providing an overview of contemporary Australian painting, the exhibition considers the medium's resurgence in the last decade and profiles key late, mid and emerging practitioners in an evolving, two part display. The exhibition opens 30 July and runs until 25 September.
BEYOND THE TOWER: UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ART MUSEUM
The University of Queensland Art Museum celebrates its 40th year with the exhibition 'Beyond the tower: 40 years and counting', profiling the museum's significant collection. Curated by Director Campbell Gray and Curator Samantha Littley, the exhibition includes work by Madonna Staunton, Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio, Jon Cattapan, Gordon Hookey, Khadim Ali, Richard Bell, Aleks Danko, Judy Watson, Luke Roberts, and Tim Johnson.
GORDON BENNETT & KHALED SABSABI: YINCHUAN BIENNALE
Work by Gordon Bennett and Khaled Sabsabi features as part of the first Yinchuan Biennale, opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan on 9 September. Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, the Biennale will included 74 artists from 33 countries and is structured by the theme 'For an Image, Faster Than Light'. The Biennale runs until 18 December. Read more.
ELIZABETH GOWER: HUTTON LANE PUBLIC WORK, BRISBANE
Elizabeth Gower presents a series of her works as part of Brisbane City Council's Vibrant Laneways Project. Presented in Hutton Lane in Brisbane's central business district, the works continues Gower's interest in packaging, collage and pattern making.
VERNON AH KEE: COURTYARD COMMISSION, INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART
Vernon Ah Kee will present the inaugural Institute of Modern Art Courtyard Commission from 30 July in the IMA's Berwick Street entry courtyard. Building on Ah Kee's ongoing use of text and language in his art, he will present a monumental text-based work informed by the direct effect of propaganda posters and advertising imagery, whilst creating abstract shapes through a play with kerning and positioning.
RICHARD BELL: EMBASSY, CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR
The Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, KickArts and Cairns Indigenous Art Fair present the latest iteration of Richard Bell's Embassy project. Connecting with the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament House Canberra in 1972, Bell's Embassy is a large military-style tent and a series of painted placards that recall the original tent embassy's form and function as a site for protest and activism.