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Politically charged artwork wins this year’s Telstra Award

The winners have been announced for Australia’s most prestigious award for Indigenous art, and the top work goes to an installation about youth incarceration.

12 Aug 2017

Gina Fairley

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South Australian artists Anwar Young, Frank Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick have won the major prize at the 2017 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) tonight, Australia’s most prestigious Indigenous art prize presented by Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina