Eighteen months after the celebrated artist’s death,one of his most iconic works now has a permanent home.
The Archibald Prize-winning painter on Australia’s richest person,his idols and his most valued possession.
Seven-time Archibald finalist Angus McDonald has won the People’s Choice award for the second time.
This year’s winners,including Anh Do’s 14-year-old son Leon,painted siblings,parents and best friends.
A handful of works stand out from a selection that seems to have been made for variety rather than quality.
The best interpretation one may put upon this phenomenon is that it’s a bit of fun,but it is a worrisome trend because the prize becomes the public standard by which art is judged.
Whose idea was it for the Australian actor to be shirtless – and what’s with the Camus?
Dutton seems interested only in creating conflict,even if it distances himself from the Coalition’s traditional friends in the business community who just want policy certainty to help their forward planning after a decade of climate obfuscation under the previous Coalition government.
The billionaire miner is the gift that keeps on giving for Australia’s art galleries.
We are now a country where the wealthy,tax-free oldies are the leaners not the lifters.
Making it into the Salon des Refuses is no mean feat for Archibald and Wynne prize entrants.