The win signifies a return to the quaint,old-fashioned notion that a portrait should be a good likeness.
Laura Jones accepts the Archibald Prize for her portrait of Tim Winton.
It’s arguably the biggest day on the arts calendar in Australia and this year’s pool of finalists is suitably impressive.
The winners of the prestigious Archibald,Wynne and Sulman prizes were announced on Friday.
In Peter Hartcher’s incisive article about Donald Trump he explains why Trump is likely to win;“America no longer offers a dream to ordinary working people”. The same can probably be said for Australia. Labor has deserted its traditional base;“ordinary working people” who have borne the brunt of higher interest rates and the general cost of living.
Mostafa Azimitabar was desperate for distraction while on Manus Island and denied art supplies,out of fears he would self-harm. So he used what he had.
Matt Adnate painted the ARIA winner using 90 per cent spray paint. Also,the 57 finalists competing for the main Archibald Prize have been announced.
On Thursday,57 artists will be announced as Archibald finalists,and the winner of the Packing Room prize will be revealed.
In her first show at the Art Gallery of NSW,Sharpe has recreated her inner-city studio and will conduct live paintings.
Women like us are defined more by power than posing. We work hard,we shoulder immense duties,we bellow in the ears of prime ministers.
The vanity in portraiture lies in the conceit of being selected in the first place,swiftly followed by dismay at the outcome.