Slow painting wins in digital age: 2016 Bulgari Art Award

This year’s winner of the $80K Bulgari Art Award, artist Jude Rae champions the importance of slow painting in our digital age.
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Winner of 2016 Bulgari Art Award Jude Rae’ painting SL 359 (detail); courtesy the artist

At $80,000, the Bulgari Art Award is one of Australia’s richest prizes. It is also one of its most prestigious with a major art work entering the Collection of the Art Gallery of NSW and a residency in Italy – not to mention the swanky A-list party hosted by Bulgari.

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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