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Archibald prize 2022: Jeremy Eden’s portrait of actor Samuel Johnson wins people’s choice award

The Secret Life of Us actor and winning artist bonded over their shared experiences losing loved ones to cancer

The Guardian - AU

How the art of Daniel Boyd turns over the apple cart of accepted white Australian history

Daniel Boyd’s solo exhibition Treasure Island, now on at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is a deeply political and personal interrogation of Australia’s colonial history.

The Conversation

'I can't think of a more timely painting': Blak Douglas’s Moby Dickens is a deserving winner of the 2022 Archibald Prize

In 2020, the year Vincent Namatjira was awarded the Archibald for his double portrait with Adam Goodes, I was also impressed by the painting hanging next to it, Blak Douglas’ (aka Adam Hill) Writing in the Sand. It was both passionately political and visually very clever, incorporating the speech that…

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Archibald prize 2022: Blak Douglas wins $100,000 for portrait of Lismore artist Karla Dickens

The unanimous decision was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited from 14 May

The Guardian - AU

The Archibald 2022 finalists: sitters speaking up to power; artists speaking back to the canon

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

The Conversation

Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to portrait of Taika Waititi by emerging artist Claus Stangl

Claus Stangl's portrait is one of 52 finalists in one of Australia's longest-running and richest awards, with a prize pool of $100,000, unveiled Thursday morning.

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Biennale of Sydney artists navigate troubled waters to produce works of beauty and environmental activism

With an "animal orchestra", talking rivers and living artworks, the Biennale puts the voice of nature centrestage.

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