Art Matters #52 - Arts news and reviews
Intro Track: Paprika Pony, Kim Gordon, No Home Record, 2019

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Today's show was a whole lot of things to see, apply for and muse about.
Hopefully entertaining and educating or at least thought provoking!

Here are the links for things to go see:
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) - June 6 to Aug 30 ROLLERCOASTER | winhangadurinya in motion by Brook Andrew
Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre - June 6 to Aug 15 Primary Succession by Wona Baeus and Charlie Lawler
Whitehorse Artspace - To July 18 A Way of Seeing by Askolds Petersons
Bayside Gallery - June 20 to Aug 30 Max Dupain and Ansel Adams: In search of perfection 
Ballarat Art Gallery - Online Gallery and collection - plus programming around Ballarat.

Here is a list of things to apply for:
The Agency Still Life Prize 2026 - Entries close 4pm, Wed July 1
Basil Sellers Art Prize - Entries close midnight, Fri Sept 11
FAC Open Exhibition Prize - Applications close Sun July 5
Hornsby Art Prize 2026 - Entries close Thurs Aug 20
2026 Maldon Landscape Prize - Entries close midnight, Tues June 30
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize - Entries close June 14, 2026
The 2025/26 R & M McGivern Prize - Entries close 11.59pm (AEST), June 25, 2026

Art books -
- Amber Creswell Bell
About Face: Contemporary portrait painting in Australia and New Zealand

- Karina Dias Pires
Artists at Home

Todays Tracks:
Stopless, Screamfeeder
We Float, Georgia Knight (PJ Harvey Cover)
Example #22, Laurie Anderson

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to all the Art Matters Subscribers:
Little Acres - Ange
Kelly K Sullivan – Collage Artist
Sing Song Ceramics - Selby
Elizabeth Gleeson – Muralist and fine artist
Shirley Dougan – Artist
Natasja - Textile artist
Rajko Grbac (sculptor)
The Forge Institute – Community Group
The Hut Gallery FERNTREE GULLY
Cheech the rescue staffy via Tass & Pottsy from Belgrave