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Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works

More than 50 years ago, when I was a junior curatorial assistant at the Art Gallery of NSW, I had the daunting experience of hanging the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes.

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‘Love is the answer’: the Kurdish refugees finding art and healing in a country that imprisoned them

After fleeing their homes in Iran, Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years detained by Australia. A new film, Freedom is Beautiful, tracks their journey

The Guardian - AU

Refugee hotel detention lawful but lacks humanity

Australia's use of hotels as makeshift detention centres for asylum seekers and refugees awaiting medical treatment is lawful but lacks humanity, a court finds.

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Home free: I’m waiting for justice after Australia locked me in an invisible coffin for 15 months

My federal court challenge to the legality of hotel detention is an attempt to regain my rights and those of hundreds of others

The Guardian - AU

Asylum seeker Mostafa Azimitabar sues federal government for detaining him in Melbourne hotels

An Iranian asylum seeker locked up in two Melbourne hotels for more than a year has described the experience as "torture" and is challenging the federal government's decision to detain him.

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Refugee claims hotel detention unlawful

A refugee has taken the federal government to court alleging he was unlawfully detained in hotels for 14 months after being transferred for medical treatment.

AAP

‘Dreaming of sunlight’: federal court to hear refugee’s claim of unlawful imprisonment in Melbourne hotel detention

Mostafa Azimitabar was held in immigration detention for 15 months in Melbourne’s Park and Mantra hotels

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The Archibald 2022 finalists: sitters speaking up to power; artists speaking back to the canon

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

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Kurdish refugee nominated for top Australian art prize

Mostafa Azimitabar painted using a toothbrush while he was held for eight years in Australia’s immigration system.

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Painted with coffee and toothbrushes: Kurdish refugees enter the Archibald prize

Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years in detention after fleeing war-torn homelands. Now they are vying for a $100,000 prize

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