Maria Stoljar talks with Kathrin Longhurst about how growing up on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall would inform her life and career as a painter many years later.

MEHWISH IQBAL
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US
31 Oct - 16 Nov 2019
Opening Thursday 31 October, 6-8pm
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Congratulations to Paul Ryan for his selection as a finalist in the 2019 Moran National Portrait Prize.
He was one of 30 finalists, selected from a pool of 139 semi-finalists. 

Artist Laura Matthews wins the Manning Regional Art Gallery's "Naked & Nude Art Prize" 2019

Nanda\Hobbs presents a solo exhibition of new works by James Drinkwater at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks from 12–15 September, 2019.

ArtAsiaPacific's contributing editor, Michael Young, interviewed Adam Chang this month about his lifelong passion for painting and the remarkable career forged across two countries over four decades. Chang talks about his Nanda\Hobbs solo exhibition on show from 29 August to 7 September.

Some exceptional works that have recently come to the gallery have been selected for special viewing by our Art Director.  Artist include: Ben Quilty, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett), Jun Chen, Nicholas Blowers and Chen Ping.

Gria Shead is about to embark on a residency programme in The Rodd estate on the English/Welsh border with the Sidney Nolan Trust where Nolan lived for the last ten years of his life. Gria was selected for the residency for her extensive work about Kate Kelly, sister of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly—one of the greatest inspirations throughout Nolan's career. Photo of The Rodd estate courtesy Alex Ramsay.

James Drinkwater is the most recent Newcastle-based artist to be given an extensive survey exhibition by the Newcastle Art Gallery. This is a remarkable privilege for an artist still in his mid-30s, since such surveys normally document an evolving career over maybe 50 years of making and exhibiting art.