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A watercolour portrait of a person holding hands in fingerless gloves close to their face in a boxing position and their nose bruised

Basil Sellers Art Prize 4

When

This exhibition has now ended.

Location

The Potter Museum of Art, Cnr of Swanston St and Masson Rd, Parkville

The Basil Sellers Art Prize encourages artists to take on the theme of sport in any artistic medium and supports artists whose work explores Australia's obsession with sport. The 2014 Basil Sellers Art Prize winning work was Tony Albert's Once upon a Time... 2013-14.

Curated by Vincent Alessi.

Shortlisted artists

Tony Albert, Narelle Autio, Zoe Croggon, Gabrielle de Vietri, Ivan Durrant, Shaun Gladwell, Richard Lewer, William Mackinnon, Rob McHaffie, Noel McKenna, Rob McLeish, Fiona McMonagle, Raquel Ormella, Khaled Sabsabi, Jenny Watson, and Gerry Wedd.

A photograph of four young people gathered around the table considering what look like a game of some kind played out on the table's surface

Gabrielle de Vietri, Three Teams 2013, production still from a high-definition video© Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Kiarash Zangeneh.