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Sydney Morning Herald Column
The Blake Prize 2018
Thursday, May 31st, 2018 Sydney Morning Herald Column,It’s been seven years since I last wrote about the Blake Prize, which seemed to have reached a point where it couldn’t get any worse. The good news is that it hasn’t gotten worse: it’s just as bad as it was seven years ago. When it was founded in 1951 the Blake Prize was intended […]
Sydney Morning Herald Column
The Blake Prize
Monday, September 20th, 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Column,If all religion were as vague and non-descript as the works in the Blake Prize, the world would be a much more peaceful place. Nobody could ever be passionate, let alone fanatical, about the lame and timid entries in Australia’s leading competition for religious art. Or should that be ‘spiritual’ art? This is the 59th […]