2021 NIB Literary Awards

The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is presented annually by Waverley Council with support from Principal Sponsors Mark and Evette Moran. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021, the Nib remains Australia's only major literary award of its kind presented by a local council. Judging criteria includes high literary merit, quality of research, readability and value to the community.

Waverley Council is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award ($20,000), Luke Stegemann, and Nib People’s Choice Prize ($2,500), Tim Olsen.

Video tour: Sydney Contemporary 2021

Video tour: Valerie Marshall Strong Olsen

Exhibited at the National Art School November 2021

Video tour: Laura Jones 'Dirty Pretty Things'

Video tour: George Byrne 'Innervisions'

Tour George Byrne's 'Innervisions' exhibition at OLSEN Gallery November 2021

Video tour: Michelle Cawthorn

Video tour of Michelle Cawthorn 'Beautiful Strange' showing at OLSEN Gallery

Artist George Byrne talks with Maria Stoljar

Maria Stoljar sat down with Australian artist George Byrne to talk about his 2021 show at Olsen Gallery in Sydney, 'Innervisions', an outstanding exhibition of photography-based works where landscapes transformed into dreamscapes sit beside more abstract works.

The Roundtable: following in a famous parent's footsteps

JOHN OLSEN: GOYA'S DOG

Walkthrough of the exhibition John Olsen: Goya's Dog, showing until end November 2021.

Interview with the Artist

Interview with John Olsen in his studio prior to the opening of Goya's Dog exhibition at the National Art School.

Video tour: Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton

Video tour of the Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton exhibition at OLSEN Gallery, October 2021

Video Tour: Paul Davies 'Belvedere Loop'

View the extended video including the exhibition essay here

Video tour: Andrew Taylor 'Paintings for her tomorrow'

Video Tour: Luke Storrier 'Ode' exhibition

Video Tour: Jacqui Stockdale My Funny Valentine OLSEN

Click here for the video accompanied by the artist, Jacqui Stockdale, singing 'My Funny Valentine'

Video Tour: Jacqui Stockdale My Funny Valentine OLSEN NY

Click here for the video accompanied by the artist, Jacqui Stockdale, singing 'My Funny Valentine'

Video Tour: Sally Anderson - Sea Screen Belly NYC

Video Tour: Sally Anderson - Sea Screen Belly

Australian filmmaker and visual artist Tim Georgeson has created a new performance film responding to William Barton and Veronique Serret's Kalkani.

Filmed across Lake Bumbunga, a salt lake located in South Australia, Urritjara, starring actor and performer Derik Lynch, is a gripping portrait of the synergy between sound, earth and movement directed by Tim Georgesen. Urritjara is the term for ‘movement’ in Yankunytjatjara language — the language native to Lynch’s father’s family.

Video Tour: Yaritji Young + Mitakiki Women's Collaborative APY Lands