MTalks
Behind the Scenes of the Archibald Prize: From Painting to Judging

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What is it like to paint a famous face? What relationship is formed between artist and sitter? And how does a painting go from blank canvas to winning the coveted Archibald Prize?

Listen back to Archibald Prize 2019 winner Tony Costa and his subject, the renowned painter and sculptor Lindy Lee, for a deep dive into the artist studio.

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Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.