News

In November 2015 HSG invites you to come and view exquisite glass works by Melbourne based Nick Wirdnam, in our First Floor Gallery. 

Click to read the recent interview in The Age newspaper by Nick.

Artist Statement
"Often drawing on cultural beliefs, personal circumstance or experience we develop systems which offer comfort and security. We invest value in symbols and objects which protect us from misfortune and provide hope and promise. This work employs familiar objects with an historical association of good fortune, hope and consolation."

View works and biography.

HSG Represented artist Matthew Quick has been selected as a finalist in two prestigious national art prizes, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery VIC  for his work "Domestic Goddess" (shown) and the Mosman Art Prize, NSW, for his work "Status Update".

Matthew was selected as one of 105 finalists in the Mosman Art Prize from a total of 850 entries. The major award of $30,000, sponsored by Mosman Council, is acquisitive, with the winning work joining the Mosman Art Collection. Celebrating 68 years in 2015, Mosman Art Prize is the longest running, continuous municipal art prize in Australia.

The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize is designed to attract some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists and high calibre works, the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize and exhibition was first held in 2003 at Bendigo Art Gallery. Every two years the Gallery invites artists to submit entries for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. The most outstanding work as judged by the selection panel is awarded an acquisitive cash prize of $50,000.

In other news, Matthew Quick is currently artist in residence at Sydney Grammar; following in the footsteps of Del Katheryn Barton and Alex Seaton.

Matthew Quick will present an exhibition with HSG in 2016. Contact the gallery for details.
http://www.hillsmithgallery.com.au/artists/matthew-quick

Hill Smith Gallery has recently registered as an Arts Partner with Beyond Bank Australia which we hope will assist you to buy art that you love, and also enjoy the pleasure of taking the piece home immediately, whilst continuing to pay for the work to Beyond Bank over 12 months - interest free. 

The Beyond Bank Arts Card saves you money by also offering a great ongoing purchase rate of 12.49%. 

For more information on getting an Arts Card to purchase some art from HSG, simply visit the Beyond Bank website: www.beyondbank.com.au/artscard 

HSG has partnered with international art sales platform itondo. itondo lets you visualise HSG’s art to scale on your walls that you are considering purchasing. Two visualisation modes make it convenient to try art wherever you are: Live mode for real-time on site viewing; and Background mode for viewing anywhere, anytime with your saved wall images.
 
Download the itondo App.

Congratulations to Matthew Quick who has been selected as a finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize for his work 'Real Australians Say Welcome'.  The Portrait is of fellow artist Abdul Abdullah.  Contact gallery for further details of works by Matthew.

Near Earth Asteroid with Highway (Ida) has been selected for the prestigious Hadley's Art Prize.

15 July 2017 – 25 August 2017 
 Hadley’s Orient Hotel
 
 The new Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart is Australia’s richest landscape art award. To be held annually, it celebrates painting, printmaking and drawing to reconnect with the history of art exhibitions at Hadley’s Orient Hotel and promote the work of contemporary Australian landscape artists.