Hadley's Art Prize Winners
Artwork credit – Robert Fielding -Landscape
Hadley’s Orient Hotel in Hobart, has a long history with art – from art collector landlords in the late 1800s to major exhibitions in the 1920s and ‘30s. Early landlord Howard Hadley won a landscape art prize in 1895, and embarked on painting lessons in Victoria before returning to Hobart to run the hotel after his father. The Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart an acquisitive Australian landscape prize, celebrates excellence in contemporary landscape art, promotes cultural tourism in Tasmania, contributes to the art community and restores art to the historic walls of Hadley’s Orient Hotel. Judged by a panel of art specialists, the prize is open to Australian artists over the age of eighteen working in wall-mountable media. Artists at all career stages are invited to enter, with the winning artist walking away with a prize of $100,000. Robert Fielding with his Landscape was the 2026 winner. The judges said “An impressive and unexpected landscape which show us the landscape as the artist experiences it. Using the dot tradition from men’s body painting for inma, Fielding depicts wrecked cars which entail long journeys through Country. They encapsulate memory and loss, revealing a landscape which is lived and still sacred.”
The exhibition of this year’s finalists: 1 August – 23 August at the Hadley’s Orient Hotel
Sydney Exhibition
Art Work Credit- Anna Glynn – Marriage Grove
Unbridled – The Year of the Horse by Anna Glynn. Since 2006 Glynn has immersed herself in Chinese culture, travelling extensively in China for residencies, exhibitions, and collaborations with Chinese artists. Her practice reflects a deeply held philosophy of living close to nature, aligned with the Chinese concept of harmony between heaven and humanity. Nature lies at the heart of her Unbridled – The Year of the Horse series, where brush and Xuan paper become both medium and homage, bridging Chinese and Western artistic traditions
“Anna Glynn’s paintings are tranquil, aesthetic, and poetic, brilliantly integrating Chinese and Western art. Through water and ink, she sees the world.”
Unbridled – The Year of the Horse | 5-16 August | Sydney
The Garden Gallery | Mrs Macquaries Road | Royal Botanic Garden
Opening by David van Nunen – President of The Australian Watercolour Institute – Saturday 8th August, 1 – 3 pm
Curator and Artist in Conversation Saturday 15th August, 2 – 3 pm
Melbourne's Affordable Art Fair
Affordable Art Fair is excited to return to Australia’s cultural capital, Melbourne in 2026 for its sixth edition. Showcasing 70+ galleries from across Australia, the fair will feature a mixture of emerging to established artists. Whether you’re a lover of landscapes, smitten with sculpture or an adorer of abstracts, you are bound to find something to suit your taste.
Thursday 27 August – First Look: 12pm – 5pm
Opening Night: 5pm – 9pm
Friday 28 August to Sunday 30 August: 10am – 5pm
Straddie Art Trail
The Straddie Arts Trail provides locals and visitors to the beautiful island of North Stradbroke Island, just off Brisbane, with the unique chance to visit artists in their private studios, at pop up galleries, stalls, workshops and events.
Held from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2026 across the island,this is a free event held annually. It’s an opportunity to be inspired by the islands diversely talented artists and makers, all whilst enjoying the natural wonders of Straddie.Their brand is one of RESPECT, JOY, MOTIVATION & GRATITUDE
“It turns out that creativity isn’t some rare gift to be enjoyed by the lucky few—it’s a natural part of human thinking and behavior. In too many of us it gets blocked. But it can be unblocked. And unblocking that creative spark can have far-reaching implications for yourself, your organization, and your community.”
– TOM KELLEY
Art In Adelaide
Artwork credit – Jemima Wyman, Haze 27
Samstag Museum of Art is South Australia’s largest contemporary gallery and one of Australia’s leading university art museums. Presenting exhibitions, public programs, publications and podcasts designed to enrich cultural discourse locally and globally. Samstag is committed to the development of artistic practice – currently exhibiting are two internationally based Australian artists highlighting human behaviour at a macro and micro scale. Exploring social movements and relational dynamics, these exhibitions draw attention to inherent patterns that foster and thwart connection
In Deep Surface – Jemima Wyman’s practice is a visually and politically charged exploration of camouflage, collective organising, democracy and dissent. Known for her vivid, kaleidoscopic hand-cut collages, Wyman’s maximalist environments channel the upheaval, uncertainty, and distress of protest into a hypnotic and rhythmic harmony of patterned surfaces.
In Patience and Penitentia Ida Sophia explores the painful and damaging experience of relational withdrawal—the silent treatment—in a work that enacts the power dynamics, strategies of control and form of punishment at its core
Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface and Ida Sophia: Patience and Penitentia
Fri 26 June – Fri 18 September | Open Tues to Sat 10am – 5pm
Free entry. All welcome!
2D Or Not 2D
Artwork credit – Robert Watson, Road Gardens #2 (detail) Australian rubber, fabric, nails and wood.
Mildura Arts Centre near the Murray River in northwest Victoria, has five gallery spaces showcasing a dynamic and engaging mix of temporary exhibitions. These include works from the Mildura Arts Centre Collection, as well as works by local artists, visiting artists and touring exhibitions.
Curated by Marg and Stephen Naylor, 2D or not 2D celebrates seventy years of Mildura Arts Centre, marking its 70th anniversary in 2026. Bringing together art from the region and beyond, the exhibition explores how local artists and visiting voices have shaped one another over time. The exhibition invites visitors to explore Mildura’s rich, evolving artistic story over the last seven decades.