Dowse Art Museum director Karl Chitham is the judge of this year's National Contemporary Art Award. The $20,000 National Contemporary Art Award regularly attracts art that challenges the viewer and compels them to consider social and environmental issues, as well as the very nature of what constitutes art. competition on show at Waikato Museum* Good Kisser earns National Contemporary Art Award* National Contemporary Art Awards winner out of this worldThe finalists’ works will be exhibited at Waikato Museum from August 28 until November 28. Launched in 2000 by the Waikato Society of Arts and managed since 2006 by Waikato Museum, the competition each year brings works regarded as the country’s best examples of contemporary art to Hamilton. The award has a rich history of intriguing and quirky artworks being selected for inclusion - or even winning the competition.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2021 03:33 UTC