Thursday, November 25, 2010

DALLAS BRAY WINS THE KILGOUR ART PRIZE

Congratulations to Dallas Bray for winning the 2010 Kilgour Art Prize for the 2nd time in as many years.

The biennale acquisitive painting prize is financed by the JN Kilgour bequest. The Prize encourages innovative figurative painting by Australian artists and awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art, as jud
ged by a selection panel.

The judges this year were Ron Ramsay, director of the Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Ann Lewis AO, art patron and Daniel McOwen, director of the Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria.

The painting will be on display at the Newcastle Region Art Gallery until 16 January, 2011.
















Dallas Bray, Going to Town, 2010