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Natasha Walsh, “The Yellow Odalisque of Brunswick” – a portrait of South Sudanese artist Atong Atem in a reimagined version of Henri Matisse’s “Yellow odalisque”.

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Vincent Namatjira’s “King Dingo” is one of my favourite works in the Wynne Prize this year. The artist explains he has painted the dingo as a symbol of Indigenous power.

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Vipoo Srivilasa’s “Self-portrait as a cat king” is a one of the wonderful ceramic works in this year’s Archies, featuring the artist amongst his Burmese cats. He writes that the work blends “identity, culture and affection for my feline companions into a single frame.”

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It wasn’t easy to choose, but I voted for Loribelle Spirovski’s “Finger painting of William Barton” in the Archibald Prize this year.

I love this painting for its looseness and freedom, the way it lets the light in.

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Three things with Kate Ceberano: ‘I’ve never seen one like it for sale … I should probably patent it’

In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the singer tell us about the instrument she wears as a second skin – and a portrait that’s ‘too strong’ for the dining room

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