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| Katrina Greenwood (aka Mrs Hugo weaving) and daughter Holly |
That time of the year : the annual
Archibald Prize is awarded for the best portrait of a significant figure in Australian cultural life . And this year it was
Del Kathryn Barton's painting of
Matrix. Lord of The Rings &
Hobbit star
Hugo Weaving. The 'Packer's Prize' was the
Mathew Lynn pic of crime writer
Tara Moss.
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| Tara Moss &her portrait |
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| Burlesque star Venus Vamp & her Wendy Sharpe portrait |
It's
the second year that a portrait of Weaving has been entered and last
year's portrait by
Nicholas Harding has
been sold to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, according to
Hugo's wife who was on hand with daughter Holly for the launch party. Hugo was in Melbourne filming so couldn't attend..
The
Wynne Prize for Landscape was won by
Imants Tillers for
Namatjira while the
Sir John Sulman Prize went to
Victoria Reichelt for
After (books). You can see all the paintings at the website for the
Art Gallery of New South Wales while here is a selection taken by the
Shuttle after 3 glasses of champagne,
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| what is it ? |
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| Hugo Weaving at the 2012 Archibald |
