Archibald prize 2022: Blak Douglas wins $100,000 for portrait of Lismore artist Karla Dickens
by Kelly Burke and Steph Harmon from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z67X)
The unanimous decision was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited from 14 May
Acclaimed Dhungatti artist Blak Douglas - born Adam Douglas Hill - has won the 2022 Archibald prize, for his portrait of Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens, titled Moby Dickens.
Douglas collected the $100,000 prize on Friday, at the Art Gallery of NSW. It's the second time an Indigenous Australian has won the prize in 101 years, after Vincent Namatjira in 2020.
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