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Awarded every two years and worth $100,000 – the Ramsay Art Prize is a potentially life-changing event for a young artist.
Arts & Culture
South Australian artist Vincent Namatjira has won the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize 2019 with a double-sided painting on plywood featuring a self-portrait on one side and Captain James Cook on the other.
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