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Archibald winner reflects the changing face of Australian art

The portrait by artist Tony Costa features a subject never before seen in an Archibald Prize winner: an Asian-Australian woman.

His subject is the painter and sculptor Lindy Lee, a second-generation Chinese migrant whose works explore themes ranging from cultural alienation to Zen Buddhism.

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Bo Seo is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Sydney office. Email Bo at bo.seo@afr.com.au

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