Blak Douglas is the first First Nations artist to win the Archibald Prize for a portrait of another First Nations artist, Karla Dickens.
It’s a major historic win,” Douglas told the Art Gallery of NSW. If there’s ever a painting to capture the environmental devastation of 2022, it’s this one. Dhungutti artist Blak Douglas (Adam Douglas Hill) made history with his Archibald Prize winning portrait of fellow artist and Wiradjuri woman Karla Dickens. It’s the first time in the 101 year history of the Archibald Prize where a First Nations artist has won for a portrait of a fellow First Nations artist.
FINALIST: Jude Rae's work, The big switch - portrait of Dr Saul Griffith. This year, two Archibald Prize finalists relate to the biggest election issue.
The clear eyes of children in School Strike 4 Climate who are not beholden or meshed financially are another of the voices appealing for us to wake up to what may have captured our minds and hearts up until now. Others include Will Stefan, other members of the Climate Council (some of our leading climate scientists, health, and renewable energy and policy experts) and Mike Cannon-Brookes. As the International Panel on Climate Change says: "We have sufficient global capital and liquidity to act to make the changes needed." Like Saul, they want to plug Australia into an abundant future," she said. Another entrant in the Archibald Prize included real solar panels alongside the portrait of Dr Saul Griffith, who is an accomplished engineer and inventor. Their accumulated knowledge, sensitivity and ability to read the ever-changing signs in everything around them enabled them to regulate their lives and communities to keep within its capacities. One entry is of an Aboriginal woman standing in floodwaters and looking squarely at the viewer.