Arts News For the first time in history, an Indigenous artist has won the Archibald prize by Claudia Schmidt Vincent Namatjira has made history by becoming the first Indigenous Australian to win the country’s prestigious portraiture prize, the Archibald Prize. Vincent Namatjira has become the first Indigenous Australian to…
Arts News Sydney artist Tony Costa has won the 2019 Archibald Prize by Astari Mudana Sydney artist Tony Costa has won the 2019 Archibald Prize for his portrait of contemporary artist Lindy Lee. Costa has been a finalist in previous years but this is his…
News Subject of Archibald Prize winning portrait, Agatha Gothe-Snape is making waves with street art by Freya McGahey As the subject of the Archibald winning portrait by her partner, Mitch Cairns, Agatha Gothe-Snape is so much more than a famous painting. She is one of Sydney’s more exciting…
Arts How does the loss of a parent change your life? Mariana Mezic used art to bring colour into her monotone world by Katherine Giddins Mariana Mezic is an artist from Adelaide, but in 2010 she escaped to the hills and now lives on a 25 acre farm in Kanmantoo with her husband Matt and…
Arts Bigotry, cynicism and political vitriol: how Abdul Abdullah uses art to spit fire at the powers that be by Daniel Alex When Abdul Abdullah began to encounter racial bigotry regarding his art, he simply took it as artistic fuel and fired it straight back at ‘em. Nowadays, Abdullah’s work is more…
