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Tartget Painting Prize

Tartget Painting Prize

A competition with global impact A window to the world of art. An exciting contest of all painters and all styles TARTGET…

A colourful illustration of everyday objects including a globe, books and lamps.
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Exhibition review: Michael Craig-Martin, Royal Academy of Arts, London

So much to see in this vivid retrospective of a colourful career.

A painting in shades of blue, white and green of olive groves by Vincent Van Gogh.
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Exhibition review: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, National Gallery, London

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the luminous world of Vincent Van Gogh.

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The Artful Prize 2024

Rules: Any two dimensional artwork created in 2024 can be entered, on any theme, excluding the following : AI images, digital…

Live wedding painter Rebekka Lord-John. Black and white photo of a woman with long straight hair, looking down at the canvas she is painting on. The photo is digitally manipulated to be on top of a purple background, with the words 'so you want my arts job?'
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So you want my arts job: Live Wedding Painter

Do you have the skills to spend five to seven hours painting at a wedding? Live wedding painter Rebekka Lord-Johnson…

man and woman in gallery exhibiting Egyptian artefacts. Pharaoh.
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Exhibition review: Pharaoh, British Museum at NGV International

This is an exhibition that demonstrates how we can shift up and still surprise – and how we can show…

Nevada murals. A close-up of a giant hand being painted in a mural by a Caucasian man in a baseball cap.
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The Burner effect, part one – Nevada murals

The Nevada Free Range Art Highway, where civic walls are bright with murals and out-door museums are the norm, is…

holding crate of empty bottles. Sustainable.
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Tip from peers: how to have a more sustainable practice

From easing up on the travel to rethinking how we reuse things, creatives offer tips for a more sustainable way…

Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters (c. 1594). Artist unknown. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. Public domain.
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Breasts in art: a tender celebration

Revered, adored, feared – breasts are rarely just another body part in art. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month we take…

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