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Artist Matthew Cook reflected in the work of Sulman prize entry by Vicki Lee.

The one-hour dash to the Archibald deadline gets messy

More than 570 entries flooded into the Art Gallery of NSW on the final day of entries for three contemporary art prizes.

  • Linda Morris

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Richard Cutler with his Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize entries.

A rainbow, Uncle Pete and Australia’s new cardinal: Entries land for art show that ‘stops a nation’

More than 50 artworks were received in the first hour after the dock of the Art Gallery of NSW opened to entries for the Archibald, Sulman and Wynne prizes.

  • Linda Morris
Luke McGregor and Miranda Tapsell host Portrait Artist of the Year on the ABC.

Celebrity sitters and competing artists in TV series that lifts lid on portrait painting

Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor – and a group of celebrity sitters – reveal themselves in new ABC show Portrait Artist of the Year.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Artist Sid Pattni in Geelong.

Archibald finalist’s portrait mirrored in Geelong’s historic seafront carousel

A wander along Geelong’s waterfront this week might have you wondering about the big issues.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Brisbane-born William Robinson on winning the Archibald Prize in 1995.

‘Australia’s greatest artist’: William Robinson dies aged 89

The Brisbane-based painter and double Archibald Prize winner died a month after attending the opening of his latest exhibition.

  • Nick Dent
People’s choice: Loribelle Spirovski with subject William Barton

Finger-painting of Australian virtuoso musician wins Archibald People’s Choice

More than 40,000 visitors to this year’s Art Gallery of NSW Archibald exhibition have had their say.

  • Linda Morris
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Janet Dawson

Janet Dawson was told to ‘stick to one’ thing. Instead, she broke all the rules

Australia’s art maverick, Janet Dawson, finally gets her spotlight.

  • Gabriella Coslovich
Logan Zhang, 6, with his winning portrait, ‘My Dad’.

A father, a grandpa, and a 93-year-old great-grandmother: Family portraits shine at Young Archies

Tasha Rogoff, aged 15, painted her grandfather with “his three necessities”: Nutrigrain, trail mix, and laxative Osmolax.

  • Sarah Mitchell
Loribelle Spirovski paints with her fingers.

‘I threw the brush away’: How Loribelle made a joyous breakthrough

Born in Manila, a school girl in Mount Pritchard, Loribelle Spirovski has overcome the difficulties of the last few years to create magic.

  • Julie Lewis
Fantauzzo in front of one of his abstract works, which he previously hid: “I didn’t know how to talk about art or defend myself.”

Fantauzzo’s new gallery – and the hidden work Asher Keddie calls ‘heartbreaking’

He’s received plaudits – and brickbats – for his photorealistic paintings, but Vincent Fantauzzo has a new mission: “To Jamie Oliver the art world”.

  • Konrad Marshall