Maquette: Sculpture Award
22 November 2025 – 22 February 2026
The inaugural Maquette: Sculpture Award brings together 62 sculptures by contemporary Australian artists. One entry will be awarded $20,000 and will become part of McClelland’s renowned permanent collection, which is focussed on modern and contemporary Australian sculpture. The title of this new sculpture prize refers to the scale of the entries—no more than 50 centimetres in any dimension. Finalists were selected by artist Lisa Roet and McClelland’s Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Byrne, with the winning work to be chosen by acclaimed sculptor John Meade and announced at the opening event on Saturday 22 November.