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‘Everyone has a story about Hotel Hollywood’: art show invites Sydney upstairs at iconic pub

The beloved art deco pub in Surry Hills has opened the untouched apartment above to showcase work from more than 100 artists – and offer a rare glimpse into old Sydney

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous author Debra Dank sweeps NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with memoir We Come With This Place

Indigenous author Debra Dank has won a record four out of 14 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and $85,000 for her memoir of family and place, and says she hopes its success draws attention to the "soul-destroying" destruction of her Country.

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War hero honoured with artwork from Archibald Prize winner

Bill Newton was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for valour and devotion to duty.

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Taken too young: Dungog memorial honours legacy of world-class boxer Dave Sands 70 years on

Sands held the Australia middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight as well as Australasian and British Empire titles.

Newcastle Herald

First Nations Artist Blak Douglas Won The Archibald For Portrait Of Another First Nations Artist

His painting "Moby Dickens" focuses on the Lismore floods.

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'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…

The Conversation

Archibald Prize won by Blak Douglas for portrait of artist Karla Dickens, the second time an Indigenous artist has won

It's fifth time lucky for Sydney-based Dhungatti artist Blak Douglas (aka Adam Hill), who has become the second Indigenous Australian to win the Archibald Prize.

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Archibald win 'symbolic of cultural shift'

Indigenous painter Blak Douglas has won the prestigious Archibald Prize for his portrait of fellow artist Karla Dickens during the recent floods in NSW.

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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

Arts organisations in the Northern Rivers are taking on a pivotal role in rebuilding a community devastated by floods

Artists and arts organisations like NORPA, Lismore Regional Gallery and Arts Northern Rivers are leading conversations about how to rebuild the arts – and Lismore – after the floods.

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