Art Galleries Association of Australia - AGAA

AGAA Member's Flinders Lane Gallery have compiled a list of '17 Reasons to Buy Art'. The gallery staff spoke to Friends and Supporters of the Gallery to compile a diverse and interesting list of reasons to invest in art, placing a love of art, and the sheer pleasure of collecting as a core reason. Head over to Flinders Lane Gallery's Website to read the article in full.

17 Reasons to Buy Art | flg Why do you buy art? We asked our supporters and friends and gathered these varied and interesting responses. From 'Setting the Mood', to 'Gifts of Love', to collecting for the sheer pleasure of it. The reasons are diverse, but at the core is a love of art. What reasons do you have for buying art? Ar...

In 1833 when William Wilberforce was finally able to convince the House of Commons to outlaw slavery across the British Empire, 800,000 slaves were released.

Now in 2017 there are an estimated 45,000,000 enslaved from within 167 countries including Australia. (Data quoted from: www.globalslaveryindex.org)

Almost every country has laws against modern slavery. Government intervention can have an immediate impact in every country.

Paint4Freedom are in the preliminary stages of organising a National Art Competition open to Emerging and Established artists.

The overall objectives of the art prize are as follows:

1) To help raise awareness within Australian about modern-day slavery; forced labour; child

soldiers & forced prostitution both Nationally and Internationally.

2) Raise funds to financially assist existing anti-slavery organisations.

3) Help and encourage countries to fight slavery, at a government, national and local level.

The preliminary details of the Paint4Freedom National Art Competition will be announced shortly.

To follow the Paint4Freedom journey subscribe to their website here; http://www.paint4freedom.org/ and follow the Paint4Freedom page here; https://www.facebook.com/Paint4Freedom/

A $400,000 colonial-era painting is believed to have been stolen from a home in Windsor, Melbourne.

The oil painting, titled Passage of the Blacks, was discovered missing in late July, police believe it had been stored at the Windsor house for the previous six months. The privately owned painting was awaiting maintenance work at this location.

The oil painting, titled ‘Passage of the Blacks’, depicts a group of Indigenous Australian people in a landscape by a river, in colonial in style. The unsigned painting is on a wooden
board sized 54.6 x 69.8 cm. The words ‘Passage of the Blacks’ are inscribed on
the verso in yellow paint along with an indistinct pencil inscription. It is possible
that the number 215263 may be evident on a label on the verso.

Police are appealing for anyone with information or who may have seen the
painting to contact Prahran Police Station on 9520 5200 or Crime Stoppers on
1800 333 000, or submit a confidential report at www.crimestoppesvic.com.au

34th NATSIAA: Results announced for Prestigious Indigenous Art Award

Congratulations to South Australian artists Anwar Young, Frank Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick, as the recipients of the overall Telstra National Aboriginal and & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), for there collaborative work; Kulata Tjuta — Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many spears — Young fella story).

Telstra NATSIAA finalists’ works will be exhibited at MAGNT from Saturday 12 August until Sunday 26 November, 2017. Visit www.magnt.net.au/natsiaa for details.

Image: Kulata Tjuta – Wati Kulunya tjukurpa (Many Spears - Young fella Story), by Anwar Young, Unrupa Rhonda Dick and Frank Young. Photograph courtesy of Merinda Campbell/Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Artbank have announced a three-year, $210,000 commission program for works that bring together art and cinema.

Applications are now open and close at 5pm Friday 15 September 2017. To apply, visit acmi.net.au/commissions

Further information about this exciting opportunitycan be found at acmi.net.au/museum/commissions/art-film-commission

AGAA is very excited to see the return of the Melbourne Art Fair in August 2018, with a renewed focus and venue. The Fair will be housed in a temporary structure within the Southbank Arts Precinct and alongside the iconic Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

The revitalised fair is driven by the newly appointed Melbourne Art Foundation Director and CEO Maree Di Pasquale, who brings international art fair expertise having worked in key global markets across Asia and the Middle East.

At AGAA, we are very excited that 3 of our members will hold a seat on the new Melbourne Art Foundation Board. We are also very excited by the opportunity that the Melbourne Art Fair will present to our member galleries, by providing commercial opportunities for the industry, and building national and international audiences for the Australian art market.

Congratulations to Mitch Cairns who has been announced as the winner of the Archibald Prize 2017 for his portrait of partner and fellow artist Agatha Gothe-Snape. Both Cairns and Gothe-Snape are represented by the AGAA's newest member gallery The Commercial.

The Archibald Exhibition feautures a range of spectacuilar portrait's by some of Australias most prominent artists, many of whom are represented by AGAA Member Galleries.

The exhibition opens to the public at the Art Gallery of New South Wales tomorrow and continues until 22/10/17.

Image: Mitch Cairns, Agatha Gothe-Snape, 2017, oil on linen, framed, 140 x 125 x 5 cm (Photo: Sophia Freeman/The Commercial)

Discover the Art of Wellness

http://artgalleriesassociationaustralia.com.au/news-events/2017/6/28/discover-the-art-of-wellness-at-utas

Discover the Art of Wellness at UTAS The University of Tasmania has recently introduced a new engagement subject called Foundations of Arts and Health. This unit has been made available to increase community awareness in the benefits of arts-based approaches to health and well-being. Foundations of Arts and Health explores way

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http://artgalleriesassociationaustralia.com.au/exhibitions/2017/5/10/bernard-ollis

Bernard Ollis Opening Friday May 12th, ‘Observations’ is Bernard Ollis’ third solo
exhibition at Mitchell Fine Art.

‘Observations’ follows Ollis’ artistic travels and is not only reminiscent
of all the exotic places he has visited, but draws upon the feelings and
emotions evoked in response to these des...

http://artgalleriesassociationaustralia.com.au/exhibitions/2017/5/2/angela-brennan

Angela Brennan Niagara Galleries is pleased to present The love that moves the sun and the
other stars, an exhibition of recent works by Angela Brennan. The artist's
varied approach to subject matter, informed by classical and contemporary
sources is evident in these recent paintings and ceramics, which
in...

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