‘A portrait is a painting with something wrong about the mouth’ is a quotation attributed to John Singer Sargent, painter of the most glamorous portraits of the early 20th century. His remark came to mind when viewing this year’s winner of the Archibald Prize; Louise Hearman’s portrait of Barry Humphries.
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