We are pleased to confirm that all three major political parties in Australia have now reached a consensus position to rule out the Cooper Report proposals to ban artworks from self managed superannuation funds. This is a great win however there is still an issue in regard to new standards for storing artworks to ensure there is no ‘personal benefit’. For further details please see http://savesuperart.org.au/
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Genevieve Kemarr Loy in Metro Art Award
We extend our congratulations to Genevieve Kemarr Loy who has been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Metro Art Award. This is a very important award for young emerging Australian artists.
The exhibition runs from 25 July to 15 August 2010 at Metro Art Gallery, 1214 High Street, Armadale, Victoia 3143, with voting for the acquisitive People’s Choice award open from 25 July to 1 August 2010.
Robert Clinch Finalist in Prize
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art wishes to congradulate Robert Clinch on being a finalist in the Fletcher Jones art Prize for painting. The work will be exhibited at Gellong Gallery from Saturday 24 July till Sunday 12 September.
An upcoming solo exhibition by Robert Clinch can also be viewed at the Manningham Gallery from Wednesday 14 July till Saturday 31 July 2010.
Helmut Lueckenhausen on COLLECTORS ABCTV
A piece by Helmut Lueckenhausen was featured on the successful ABC television program Collectors on 23 April 2010. A three legged box was auctioned and quickly surpassed the panels estimates!
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/segments/s2881177.htm
The work illustrated here is currently available and showing at our gallery. Please contact us for further details.
Lauraine Diggins collection of Indigenous art on show at Geelong Gallery.
An Individual Perspective: From the Indigenous Collection of Lauraine Diggins, an exhibition organised by Deakin University is showing at Geelong Art Gallery from 20 February – 26 April 2010.
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Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray at the Wynne Prize 2010
Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray with her painting at the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2010.
Dianne Coulter wins inaugural award
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art would like to congratulate sculptor Dianne Coulter for winning the 2009 Inaugural Blake Prize for Human Justice. Dianne won with her piece titled ”Cousin of Elizabeth NT”. The life-size sculpture of a pregnant indigenous woman holding a loaf of bread is made of ceramic, polyuruthane, cloth and steel armature. The plastic-wrapped bread in the girl’s hand inspires optimistic hopes for loaves and fishes, but when viewed in context, in light of the complex raft of contemporary indigenous social issues, it becomes a reminder of a gritty reality for many Northern Territory communities.
Vale Petyarr Anangker-areny
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this post includes the name of a person who has died.
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art are sorry to advise that Petyarr Anangker-areny passed away on the evening of the 19th August. The family have given permission for us to convey this sad news. Out of respect for the family, the artist’s name will not be referred to during mourning. She is the sister of Kathleen, Gloria, Myrtle, Violet and Jeannie and mother of Carol, Elizabeth, Lucy, Helen and Trevor, and the mother of Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray and grandmother of Genevieve Kemarr Loy. One of the renowned Petyarr sisters, her work was widely exhibited and collected. She was part of the original art movement at Utopia, participating in the batik project in the late 1970s and the 1980s. She also created painted and carved wooden sculptures in the 1980s. In respect to the artist, we will not offer her work for sale in the immediate future. She was a vibrant and grounded woman with strong connections to her family and country and we thoroughly enjoyed working with her. She will be sadly missed.
Robert Clinch Finalist in Geelong Prize
We are pleased to announce that artist Robert Clinch is a finalist in this year’s Geelong acquisitive print awards. Formerly known as the Geelong print prize, this award is a biennial acquisitive prize conducted by the Geelong Gallery since 1997. For more information visit the Geelong Gallery website here. Artworks by Robert Clinch are currently available at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art and are viewable in our Australian Stockroom.
2009 Blake Prize
We are pleased to announce that artists Angelina Ngal, Cowboy Loy Pwerl and Genevieve Kemarr Loy are finalists in this year’s Blake Prize. First awarded in 1951, the Blake Prize is one of the more prestigious art prizes in Australia. For 55 years it has been awarding a prize for works of art that explore the subject of religious awareness and spirituality. For more information please visit their website here. Artworks by this artist can be seen in our Aboriginal Stockroom.