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The late incomparable Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda SALLY GABORI has been posthumously recognised at the 2022 Queensland Greats Awards, announced on Monday 6 June (Queensland Day) at Brisbane City Hall in Brisbane, Queensland. 

Sally Gabori was one of seven remarkable individuals to receive the prestigious award, accepted by two of her daughters, Amanda Gabori and Dorothy Gabori at the awards ceremony, who were presented with a replica of the commemorative plaque dedicated to their mother by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczuk to take back to Mornington Island with them. The much larger plaque will be permanently installed at the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane.

The Queensland Greats Awards recognises the efforts and achievements of remarkable individuals and institutions for their invaluable cultural contribution to the state of Queensland. 

Congratulations to Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Chair and senior member of the Hermannsburg Potters and exhibiting artist at Alcaston Gallery, who recently received the prestigious 2022 Australia Council Award for Visual Arts.

The Australia Council Award for Visual Arts acknowledges the achievements of an artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian visual art.

Congratulations to all the finalists announced for this year's Hadley’s Art Prize, an $100,000 acquisitive Australian landscape prize presented by the Hadley’s Orient Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania including Alcaston Gallery represented and exhibiting artists Bugai Whyoulter, Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin and Alec Baker.

The Hadley’s Art Prize winner will be announced 22 July 2022, and the exhibition of all works shortlisted for the prize will be on exhibition at the Hadley’s Orient Hotel in Hobart from 23 July – 21 August 2022.

Alcaston Gallery are delighted to officially announce the landmark international exhibition presenting a major solo survey of paintings by the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori on show at the distinguished Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, France from 3 July - 6 November 2022.

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani is currently featured in a significant profile piece in Art Collector Magazine's 100th Edition. The feature article includes reflections from Pumani on her practice and showcases her recent paintings following The National 2021, including paintings presented in her current exhibition, Kunpu Naranyi (Standing Strong), on exhibition at Alcaston Gallery until 10 June 2022.

Read the full article here.