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AU Financial Review
21 hours ago
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- AU Financial Review
In Pictures: May 2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Defence Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Trade Minister Don Farrell at Labor's first caucus meeting since being re-elected in Canberra. James Brickwood No.191 on the Rich List, Margaret Dymond with her sons, Penrite chief executive Toby, Jon and Nigel, at a manufacturing and warehouse site in Dandenong, Victoria. Arsineh Houspian Then-opposition leader Peter Dutton, surrounded by his family, concedes defeat against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the election night Liberal function at the W Hotel in Brisbane. James Brickwood Carolina Eyck and her theremin. She has invented new gestures and sounds with her instrument and is on tour with Australian Chamber Orchestra. Oscar Colman The Pillars – a new tech-focussed networking club in Sydney – co-founders Steve Grace, left, and Bradley Delamare, with head of memberships Rosie Cardoe. Louie Douvis Chef Daniel Migliaccio and his mother, Desolina Teresa making pasta together at Studio Amaro on Chapel Street in Melbourne. Arsineh Houspian Founder of House Made Hospitality Justin Newton at the group's Island Radio venue in Redfern, Sydney. Oscar Colman Former minister for foreign affairs and now chancellor of ANU, Julie Bishop at the Ace Hotel in Sydney. Louie Douvis Having made a fortune and now giving it away, Nicolas Berggruen takes a worldly view. And he's finding ever more things to admire about Australia. Alina Gozin'a Annabelle Gfeller at home in Sydney with some of her own artwork. Her dress is by Shona Joy. 'Wearing colour is my thing.' Louie Douvis Then-Greens leader Adam Bandt, with wife Claudia Perkins, concedes defeat after losing his seat in the federal election. Wayne Taylor Lawyer and banker, turned shareholder activist, David Kingston at his home in Vaucluse. Dominic Lorrimer Penhaligon's global general manager Julia Koeppen in the QVB flagship. Louise Kennerley Fashion chief executive Kellie Hush at home, where she spends an hour every weekend sorting her wardrobe. Louie Douvis Pavo and Heidi Walker of Walker Seafoods in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Dean Saffron Ana Forde is a senior gold consultant and team leader at the Collins Street address of Guardian Vaults. Eamon Gallagher 2025 Archibald Prize winner Julie Fragar, right, and her subject, Justene Williams, at the Art Gallery of NSW. Sitthixay Ditthavong Steven Lew is the executive chairman of Global Retail Brands, which owns the homewares chains House and Robin's Kitchen. Louis Trerise Nationals deputy leader Kevin Hogan (left), Nationals leader David Littleproud and Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie in Canberra. Alex Ellinghausen Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley and new deputy leader Ted O'Brien after a Liberal Party meeting. James Brickwood Minister for Communications and Sport Anika Wells (left) during a swearing-in ceremony of the new ministry with Governor-General Sam Mostyn. Alex Ellinghausen Anthony Albanese arrives in Indonesia and is met by Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia's co-ordinating minister for economic affairs. Alex Ellinghausen West Australian Premier Roger Cook in Perth. Trevor Collens Teal MP Monique Ryan with her supporters at Malvern headquarters in Melbourne. Luis Enrique Ascui Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes during a doorstop in Parkville Station, Melbourne. Justin McManus Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock announces a second rate cut this year amid highly uncertain times. Louie Douvis Fortescue executive chairman and founder Andrew Forrest at the Financial Review Mining Summit 2025 in Perth. Ross Swanborough Webjet's new chief executive, Katrina Barry, lives in Sydney but works in Melbourne. Eamon Gallagher Caterina Borsato in her restaurant, Caterina's Cucina e Bar in Melbourne CBD. Louis Trerise
The Advertiser
21 hours ago
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- The Advertiser
Queen Millie steals the show in Young Dobell competition
It's highly likely Sir William Dobell would have been delighted with Hannah Linton's portrait of her pet dog Millie. Hannah's artwork took out the 17 and 18-year-old section of this year's Young Dobell Art Competition. Titled 'Queen Millie', it is one of 320 artworks from Hunter artists aged between 5-18 that are on display at the Museum of Art and Culture in Booragul. Sir William was a three-time Archibald Prize winner who lived in Lake Macquarie and was known for his portraits and landscape artworks. His beloved pet dogs were also a favoured subject. Young Dobell participants were encouraged to create either a portrait of a person or pet who played a significant role in their life, or a landscape artwork of a place that is special to them. Hannah, a Cardiff High School student, originally created her work as a visual arts assessment project. Over the course of 10 hours, she worked up the portrait primarily using a black pen. "I tried to capture every single detail from my reference photo to make the portrait as life-like as possible," she said. "I used white gel pens to work up some areas to add a shine where needed. For her collar, I used markers to lay down a base colour, then worked up intricate detail with Prismacolour pencils, adding a pop of vibrancy to the black and white portrait." Despite her success, Hannah said she was still undecided about pursuing visual arts as a career. "Things are pretty open for me at the moment. I'm not sure if I'm going to go into an artistic career or do something else," she said. The exhibition runs until Sunday, August 3, at the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC), 2A First Street, Booragul. 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years It's highly likely Sir William Dobell would have been delighted with Hannah Linton's portrait of her pet dog Millie. Hannah's artwork took out the 17 and 18-year-old section of this year's Young Dobell Art Competition. Titled 'Queen Millie', it is one of 320 artworks from Hunter artists aged between 5-18 that are on display at the Museum of Art and Culture in Booragul. Sir William was a three-time Archibald Prize winner who lived in Lake Macquarie and was known for his portraits and landscape artworks. His beloved pet dogs were also a favoured subject. Young Dobell participants were encouraged to create either a portrait of a person or pet who played a significant role in their life, or a landscape artwork of a place that is special to them. Hannah, a Cardiff High School student, originally created her work as a visual arts assessment project. Over the course of 10 hours, she worked up the portrait primarily using a black pen. "I tried to capture every single detail from my reference photo to make the portrait as life-like as possible," she said. "I used white gel pens to work up some areas to add a shine where needed. For her collar, I used markers to lay down a base colour, then worked up intricate detail with Prismacolour pencils, adding a pop of vibrancy to the black and white portrait." Despite her success, Hannah said she was still undecided about pursuing visual arts as a career. "Things are pretty open for me at the moment. I'm not sure if I'm going to go into an artistic career or do something else," she said. The exhibition runs until Sunday, August 3, at the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC), 2A First Street, Booragul. 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years It's highly likely Sir William Dobell would have been delighted with Hannah Linton's portrait of her pet dog Millie. Hannah's artwork took out the 17 and 18-year-old section of this year's Young Dobell Art Competition. Titled 'Queen Millie', it is one of 320 artworks from Hunter artists aged between 5-18 that are on display at the Museum of Art and Culture in Booragul. Sir William was a three-time Archibald Prize winner who lived in Lake Macquarie and was known for his portraits and landscape artworks. His beloved pet dogs were also a favoured subject. Young Dobell participants were encouraged to create either a portrait of a person or pet who played a significant role in their life, or a landscape artwork of a place that is special to them. Hannah, a Cardiff High School student, originally created her work as a visual arts assessment project. Over the course of 10 hours, she worked up the portrait primarily using a black pen. "I tried to capture every single detail from my reference photo to make the portrait as life-like as possible," she said. "I used white gel pens to work up some areas to add a shine where needed. For her collar, I used markers to lay down a base colour, then worked up intricate detail with Prismacolour pencils, adding a pop of vibrancy to the black and white portrait." Despite her success, Hannah said she was still undecided about pursuing visual arts as a career. "Things are pretty open for me at the moment. I'm not sure if I'm going to go into an artistic career or do something else," she said. The exhibition runs until Sunday, August 3, at the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC), 2A First Street, Booragul. 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years It's highly likely Sir William Dobell would have been delighted with Hannah Linton's portrait of her pet dog Millie. Hannah's artwork took out the 17 and 18-year-old section of this year's Young Dobell Art Competition. Titled 'Queen Millie', it is one of 320 artworks from Hunter artists aged between 5-18 that are on display at the Museum of Art and Culture in Booragul. Sir William was a three-time Archibald Prize winner who lived in Lake Macquarie and was known for his portraits and landscape artworks. His beloved pet dogs were also a favoured subject. Young Dobell participants were encouraged to create either a portrait of a person or pet who played a significant role in their life, or a landscape artwork of a place that is special to them. Hannah, a Cardiff High School student, originally created her work as a visual arts assessment project. Over the course of 10 hours, she worked up the portrait primarily using a black pen. "I tried to capture every single detail from my reference photo to make the portrait as life-like as possible," she said. "I used white gel pens to work up some areas to add a shine where needed. For her collar, I used markers to lay down a base colour, then worked up intricate detail with Prismacolour pencils, adding a pop of vibrancy to the black and white portrait." Despite her success, Hannah said she was still undecided about pursuing visual arts as a career. "Things are pretty open for me at the moment. I'm not sure if I'm going to go into an artistic career or do something else," she said. The exhibition runs until Sunday, August 3, at the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC), 2A First Street, Booragul. 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years
The Advertiser
3 days ago
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- The Advertiser
Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass
Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. In a prize with no restrictions on materials for entries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. An earlier iteration of the work, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024, even contained chilli powder. There are also suspended elements, with ropes anchored by purple silk sandbags that have been coiled into intestinal shapes. "I just had a lot of fun working with these sculptural materials, and thinking about what sort of spatial relationships I can build," said Ball. The judges spent months selecting finalists and landed on a winner after seeing the works installed in the gallery earlier in the week. In the end, their decision was unanimous and they described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge Julie Fragar was recently in the spotlight as the 2025 Archibald Prize winner, and said with all the excitement of winning a major award, Ball should expect a few sleepless nights. "I've been looking at Jack this week thinking, 'hang on to your hat' and have fun with it," said Fragar. Due to its lack of entry restrictions, the Ramsay Prize has a unique capacity to reflect contemporary art trends, said Fragar, but it's ultimately an art world prize. "It has great potential to transform an artist's career, but the Ramsay's not 'the horse race', as they say of the Archibald." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved back to the NSW capital two years ago. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). Finalists are on display at the gallery from Saturday until August 31. Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. In a prize with no restrictions on materials for entries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. An earlier iteration of the work, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024, even contained chilli powder. There are also suspended elements, with ropes anchored by purple silk sandbags that have been coiled into intestinal shapes. "I just had a lot of fun working with these sculptural materials, and thinking about what sort of spatial relationships I can build," said Ball. The judges spent months selecting finalists and landed on a winner after seeing the works installed in the gallery earlier in the week. In the end, their decision was unanimous and they described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge Julie Fragar was recently in the spotlight as the 2025 Archibald Prize winner, and said with all the excitement of winning a major award, Ball should expect a few sleepless nights. "I've been looking at Jack this week thinking, 'hang on to your hat' and have fun with it," said Fragar. Due to its lack of entry restrictions, the Ramsay Prize has a unique capacity to reflect contemporary art trends, said Fragar, but it's ultimately an art world prize. "It has great potential to transform an artist's career, but the Ramsay's not 'the horse race', as they say of the Archibald." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved back to the NSW capital two years ago. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). Finalists are on display at the gallery from Saturday until August 31. Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. In a prize with no restrictions on materials for entries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. An earlier iteration of the work, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024, even contained chilli powder. There are also suspended elements, with ropes anchored by purple silk sandbags that have been coiled into intestinal shapes. "I just had a lot of fun working with these sculptural materials, and thinking about what sort of spatial relationships I can build," said Ball. The judges spent months selecting finalists and landed on a winner after seeing the works installed in the gallery earlier in the week. In the end, their decision was unanimous and they described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge Julie Fragar was recently in the spotlight as the 2025 Archibald Prize winner, and said with all the excitement of winning a major award, Ball should expect a few sleepless nights. "I've been looking at Jack this week thinking, 'hang on to your hat' and have fun with it," said Fragar. Due to its lack of entry restrictions, the Ramsay Prize has a unique capacity to reflect contemporary art trends, said Fragar, but it's ultimately an art world prize. "It has great potential to transform an artist's career, but the Ramsay's not 'the horse race', as they say of the Archibald." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved back to the NSW capital two years ago. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). Finalists are on display at the gallery from Saturday until August 31. Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. In a prize with no restrictions on materials for entries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. An earlier iteration of the work, exhibited at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024, even contained chilli powder. There are also suspended elements, with ropes anchored by purple silk sandbags that have been coiled into intestinal shapes. "I just had a lot of fun working with these sculptural materials, and thinking about what sort of spatial relationships I can build," said Ball. The judges spent months selecting finalists and landed on a winner after seeing the works installed in the gallery earlier in the week. In the end, their decision was unanimous and they described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge Julie Fragar was recently in the spotlight as the 2025 Archibald Prize winner, and said with all the excitement of winning a major award, Ball should expect a few sleepless nights. "I've been looking at Jack this week thinking, 'hang on to your hat' and have fun with it," said Fragar. Due to its lack of entry restrictions, the Ramsay Prize has a unique capacity to reflect contemporary art trends, said Fragar, but it's ultimately an art world prize. "It has great potential to transform an artist's career, but the Ramsay's not 'the horse race', as they say of the Archibald." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved back to the NSW capital two years ago. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). Finalists are on display at the gallery from Saturday until August 31.
West Australian
3 days ago
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- West Australian
Artist's roll through queer history inspiration for win
Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. Ball would make a "really thorough plan" for the prize money, because "I know just how precious every opportunity is … for example, getting to travel, whether it's in Australia or overseas, meeting new people, new relationships, new communities". In a prize with no material boundaries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. The judges were unanimous in their decision and described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge and 2025 Archibald Prize winner Julie Fragar said the work evoked "a really good feeling of restlessness". She said the prize was unique in its flexibility to reflect contemporary art trends, unlike other prizes with rigid criteria, and its role as a barometer for the art scene was increasingly important as resources dwindled. "Art prizes are a great way, not just to give artists money to survive and boost their careers, but also to raise their profile and to grow in a long term way," she said. "The Ramsay prize will be a huge boost to Jack Ball's career and set Jack up for the future." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved to Sydney two years ago. The winning work featured in a major solo exhibition at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). The prize was established in the name of SA cultural philanthropists James and Diana Ramsay. Works by the winner and other finalists are being exhibited at the gallery from May 31-August 31.
Perth Now
3 days ago
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- Perth Now
Artist's roll through queer history inspiration for win
Jack Ball has won the nation's richest prize for young artists for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives. Ball, 39, was announced as the winner of the Ramsay Art Prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday. The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40. Ball, who worked on Heavy Grit intensively for more than a year, said they had a "huge emotional response" to scrapbooks held by the Australian Queer Archives. "I had so many dilemmas, so many curiosities, so many things to grapple with," they said. "In the 1950s-60s, seeing different references to trans experiences was incredibly meaningful and complex and I had a lot of big feelings to process through the experience of engaging with that content." The work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present. Ball would make a "really thorough plan" for the prize money, because "I know just how precious every opportunity is … for example, getting to travel, whether it's in Australia or overseas, meeting new people, new relationships, new communities". In a prize with no material boundaries, the winning work comprises diverse mediums including inkjet prints, textured stained glass, beeswax, charcoal, copper pipe, fabric, paint, sand and rope. The judges were unanimous in their decision and described the winning work as "sensual, experimental and sophisticated". Co-judge and 2025 Archibald Prize winner Julie Fragar said the work evoked "a really good feeling of restlessness". She said the prize was unique in its flexibility to reflect contemporary art trends, unlike other prizes with rigid criteria, and its role as a barometer for the art scene was increasingly important as resources dwindled. "Art prizes are a great way, not just to give artists money to survive and boost their careers, but also to raise their profile and to grow in a long term way," she said. "The Ramsay prize will be a huge boost to Jack Ball's career and set Jack up for the future." Sydney-born Ball grew up in Perth and moved to Sydney two years ago. The winning work featured in a major solo exhibition at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2024. Ball's work becomes part of the Art Gallery South Australia's collection, joining works by past winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019), Kate Bohunnis (2021) and Ida Sophia (2023). The prize was established in the name of SA cultural philanthropists James and Diana Ramsay. Works by the winner and other finalists are being exhibited at the gallery from May 31-August 31.
