Congratulations to Graham Marchant – finalist in the 2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize with his watercolour The Garden Gate, Leura.
Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved, and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists for the Muswellbrook Art Prize vie for a total of $70,000 prize money across three prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive).
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre is delighted to announce Finalists of the 2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize along with this year’s adjudicator Suzanne Cotter, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century, with the winning acquisitive works forming the nucleus of what is now known as the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.
The Muswellbrook Art Prize 2023 finalist exhibition captures the current themes and practices of contemporary Australian artists. The exhibition draws from three categories: ceramics, paintings, and works on paper, offering a diverse range of artwork selected the 2023 Selection Panel, artist and gallerist, Ahn Wells along with the Arts Centre’s Elissa Emerson and Aleisha Knight.
Exhibition Launch Event and Announcement of Winners – 25 February 2023.
Exhibition Dates – 27 February to 29 April 2023.
1-3 Bridge Street Muswellbrook NSW 2333.