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  • The Archibald Prize 2014 Winner is Fiona Lowry!

    The Archibald Prize 2014 Winner is Fiona Lowry!

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    Congrats to Fiona Lowry who is the winner of the 2014 Archibald Prize with their portrait of architect Penelope Seidler. Is this a worthy winner? See all the entries HERE. Give us your thoughts in the comments section below! The winners of the other prizes on offer at the Art Gallery of NSW were: Wynne…

  • Here are your 2014 Archibald Prize Finalists…

    Here are your 2014 Archibald Prize Finalists…

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    The 2014 Archibald Prize finalists have just been announced by the Art Gallery of NSW and here they are. As per usual, there are some more traditional portraits, so unusual ones, and some even more unusual ones. Which is your favourite? Click on the image for a larger version. Abdul Abdullah I wanted to paint…

  • 40 Candid Mugshots of Dapper Criminals from the 1920s

    40 Candid Mugshots of Dapper Criminals from the 1920s

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    Between 1910 and 1930, a series of 2500 ‘special photographs’ were taken by the New South Wales Police Department. As curator Peter Doyle of the Justice & Police Museum in Sydney explains: These ‘special photographs’ were mostly taken in the cells at the Central Police Station in Sydney and are of men and women recently plucked from…