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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke and Steph Harmon

Archibald prize 2022: Blak Douglas wins $100,000 for portrait of Lismore artist Karla Dickens

Blak Douglas’ 2022 Archibald prize-winning portrait of Karla Dickens.
Moby Dickens: Blak Douglas’ 2022 Archibald prize-winning portrait of Karla Dickens. Photograph: Mim Stirling/AGNSW, Jenni Carter

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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