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The nation’s best-loved portrait prize - the Archibald - has been described as Australia’s artistic equivalent to Melbourne Cup. Why is it so perennially popular?
More than 6000 portraits have been hung in the Archibald prize since it began 100 years ago. Tracking them all down to choose 100 works for a special exhibition was curator Natalie Wilson’s first challenge.
'The artists may not all like each other but they all liked Lucioâs' Normal text size Very large text size Lucioâs art collection begins before you set foot in the restaurant. A tangle of pipes by Dave Teer sits high on a wall. Francesco Petroloâs metal eggs nest in a paperbark tree. Salvatore Zofreaâs once-controversial ceramic naked woman gazes from a window. By the front door, Garry Sheadâs mosaic has the writer D.H. Lawrence, his wife and kangaroo picnicking in Italy. Inside you can easily miss Sidney Nolanâs gold-framed sketch, which started the whole thing....