The prize now recognizes 30 contemporary visual artists with prize money rising to $465,000 OTTAWA, ON, April 30, 2024 /CNW/ – The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) today announced the 30 artists longlisted for the 2024 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent contemporary visuals arts award. This year, Circumpolar was

The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Brussels held a ceremony to launch the book “Iraqi Artists in Belgium” with the attendance of a number of visual artists and members of the Iraqi community. The embassy, in cooperation with Iraqi visual artists in the Kingdom of Belgium, took the initiative to prepare and publish

Women artists continue to be significantly under-represented in taxpayer-funded galleries in Australia, a new national report has found. In short: The report shows women make up 33.6 per cent of artists featured in state gallery programs in Australia. That’s despite women representing the majority of visual arts graduates — almost two-thirds of graduates identify as

The National Gallery of Australia’s Know My Name program has widely promoted women artists. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) By Liz Hobday The representation of women artists in Australia’s visual arts sector has stagnated or even gone backwards, according to a national study. The third Countess Report, a snapshot of 21,000 artists and 450 institutions during 2022,

Susan Isaacs sees a 50-year retrospective of works by Joyce J. Scott at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott is a Macarthur Award-winning artist, whose works deal with political themes of social justice for Blacks and women, using ornate and beautiful materials like glass beads, embroidery, ribbons and other handmade materials. Susan says the exhibit

The Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale, one of the largest juried fine art shows to exclusively feature Colorado artists, has revealed the 61 Colorado artists selected to participate in the 33rd annual exhibit, plus the 2024 Legacy Artist. From May 11 through June 9, the show and sale will feature an in-person exhibit at

San Jose artist Eileen Wong Cervera is among more than 375 visual artists from the Bay Area who will be participating in the 2024 Silicon Valley Open Studios, the highest number of artists in the event’s 38-year history. Open Studios runs over the first three weekends in May; Cervera and other South Bay artists will

BANKOLE TAIWO writes about a nine-year-old boy’s passion for visual art and how he is harnessing his talent for the benefit of society Joshua Morenikeji is just nine but his dream to be the most sought-after visual artist across the globe is as strong and unmistakable. The Primary Four pupil of the Federal College of

RAPID CITY, SD – The Rapid City Arts Council is thrilled to announce the upcoming Emerging Visual Artist exhibition, “WICOWOYAKE ITOWAPI UN OYAKAPI Photographic Storytelling,” featuring artwork from the Boys and Girls Club of Rosebud and Five Corners Collective. The exhibition will debut with an opening reception on May 3 at the Bruce H. Lien

Illustrator and visual artist Bhavya Desai discusses his vision behind his artwork for the MyCityMyArt campaign Since 2013, illustrator and visual artist Bhavya Desai has dedicated himself to “capturing the essence of everyday life of Chennai through art, emphasising the unnoticed beauty in routine activities”.‘Chennai has so much to offer’Bhavya says, “Chennai hasn’t moulded me