The
Archibald portraits never disappoint and an invite to the opening night is much sought after. Pictured above
left is the NSW Art's Minister
Troy Grant with the youthful NSW Premier
Mike Baird and the director of the NSW Art Gallery
Michael Brand on the far right. Below is the winning portrait on the
left, a painting of
Penelope Seidler by
Fiona Lowry (it picked up $70,000),
Rodney Pople's
Barry Humphries, Tonya Bright &
Zoe Young and
Kate Benyon with 'Sangeeta and Fuji'.
# The
Shuttle was once invited to a party at
Harry & Penelope Seidler's magnificent harbour side duplex that overlooks
Luna Park in North Sydney. Asking for the gents, Penny responded
"upstairs and down the hallway and through the door with the Picasso on one side and the Van Gogh on the other".
Below-more portraits.
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Two snaps have come to our attention. One is a pic sent to us from our good pal
Joan Rivers currently on a European tour. She's just about to join a queue to get into
The Vatican. The other a sharp eyed reader has sent with a query : there is a remarkable resemblance between the popular (?) Speaker of the House of representatives
Bronwyn Bishop MP and the famous Australian housewife & megastar
Dame Edna Everage. Are they perchance related ?. I think we should be told.
