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Archibald reject wins Australia’s richest portrait prize

A painting of a fellow artist nabbed Tim Storrier the richest portrait prize this year, but it appears that taste and merit differ between prizes and institutions.

19 Oct 2017

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Detail of Tim Storrier’s winning entry for Doug Moran Portrait Prize of fellow artist McLean Edwards

Artist Tim Storrier has been named the winner of the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – at $150,000, Australia’s richest prize.

The twist is that his winning painting of fellow artist and friend, McLean Edwards, titled, The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards) 2017, was rejected as a Finalist for the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW only months earlier.

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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