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Flat White

The 2020 Archibald winner and systemic racism

27 September 2020

2:00 PM

27 September 2020

2:00 PM

In a year of ongoing global protests involving Black Lives Matter ™, any artwork addressing racial inequality was always going to be popular. But the fact that Vincent Namatjira has won the 2020 Archibald Art Prize is, ironically, a portrait of the systemic racism currently being enjoyed by—and not against—indigenous Australians.

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