I recently faced a bit of blowback from artists on Insta about an ad for an ap i built.
Not every prize exhibition is equal (Oct 2026)
Here's an examination of the 2026 art prizes we have been following and some analytics on the 2026 art prize finalists (as of 16 September 2026)
Australia’s most frequently shortlisted artists are not necessarily circulating through its most famous prizes. (Aug 28, 2026)
The best pathway is to be a previous finalist. To become a finalist these data proven pathways might assist.
Top Prizes by Repeat Finalists (2023–2025)
Following the announcement of the 2025 finalists, we've checked out who had previously exhibited in past years. (Nov 2025)
Does being a multi-finalist improve the name recognition of the artists?
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This question goes hand in hand with another important question: "Why does Art Prizes aggregate and publish finalists and winners' lists?" (Oct 2025)
How amazing - shared finalists across different prizes. No surprises with the WA prizes or the photographic prizes sharing finalists, but not sure why the Omnia Art Prize shares its finalists with so many other prizes. (Aug 2025)
Without a bloody revolution in Australia our heroic ideal was more the moleskin clad explorer and not the heroic nude of liberty. (June 2025)
Black Art and Anti-Colonial Resistance: Reflections about Paris Noir was given a unique twist by two key works of art by Australian First Nations artists.
For the curators, journalists or researchers who are looking for deeper trends in the visual arts which haven't made the press yet... (Dec 2024)
These are the artists who impressed the judges in 6 or more finalist exhibitions in 2024 (as of 11 December 2024)
Artists who were multi-finalists in portrait prizes in 2024.
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Artists who were multi-finalists in portrait prizes in 2024.
We surveyed artists to see what they want before entering art prizes in 2024.
Let's see how many of the 2024 finalists the Sulman Prize selection panel have tapped once again. (June 20, 2024)
The Archibald Prize has in 2024 (for the first time) started capturing on their labels whether finalists have been selected in prior years. Let's look deeper. (September 20 2024)
Some prizes just keep on giving: from our nerds in the research lab
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Updated on 14 December 2024 I've been observing art prizes closely in the past 4 years and this is a list of the top 15 finalists from 2020 - 2024.
This list will be updated periodically during the year with Australian art prize multi-finalists.
What makes an art prize pop? What is it that brings it into the top 10 for brand recognition? Every prize outside the top 10 wants to do better, but what is ‘better’?
Updated November 2024 There's more to a prize than prize money, but nevertheless it is interesting to see the top prizes by AUD$.
Spotlight - A trip to outback Queensland home of the John Villiers Outback Art Prize
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For the longest time I’ve wanted to visit the home of the John Villiers Outback Art Prize (also known as the JVOAP) in the outback. This is the last remaining art prize to be held in outback Australia.
You might think that finalists in one landscape prize would also be finalists in a high number of other landscape prizes in any given year. However, unlike with portrait prizes, the number for landscape prizes is quite small - i.e. less than 7.
How did finalists in the big portrait prizes of 2022 fare in the other portrait prizes in the same year?
This list consists of over 600 prizes that appear to no longer be calling. Updated December 2024
Update your cv with the correct titles for art prize finalist exhibitions using our CV Assistant.
Images with alt tags are scooped up by AIs and then mixed and spun into unique images seeded by words. It has long term implications for graphic artists and photo libraries.
Updated up to December 1 with multi-finalists of Australian art prizes.
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Each year we scan the finalists for art prizes in Australia. Here's the list of prizes for 2021.
We continue to track finalists and winners of Australian visual arts prizes. The table below shows which artists have been selected as a finalist in multiple prizes this year.
We've updated the listing of Australian art prize finalists (2021) and there are new multi-prize finalists to see.
So far, 69 artists have been selected as finalists across two or more Australian Art Prizes in 2021. Here is a table listing them.
Collectors of digital art (NFTs) are able to collect more NFT artwork than traditional collectors because there are no costs for displaying/storing digital artworks.
You're a visual person so why not show your exhibition history graphically? Let me show you how.
From our dataset of art prize finalists we have 7 artists who were selected as finalists the most in 2020.
Which artists were shown in the most art prize finalist exhibitions for 2020?
We've been experimenting with alternative visualisations for database. Out of this came a visualisation of most prize winners of Australian art prizes.
Some prizes have a high repeat rate of artists selected for the finalists' exhibition. This finding is based on our analysis of all the finalists for a given art prize in a given year.
I think the concept of bias is something that art prizes as an industry should be talking about openly rather than backing away from it.
Online galleries offer artists more opportunities for sales and promotion than ever just as the Federal Government loses interest in the visual arts and the COVID-19 keeps everyone out of physical galleries.
In response to the COVID-19 a growing number of prizes have either been cancelled or postponed. I've also confirmed with a number of prizes that they are still proceeding.
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