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.
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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.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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