Archibald Prize reflects Australia’s descent into ideological mediocrity. By Craig Kelly.

The Archibald Prize was once considered the pinnacle of portraiture in Australia. But like so many of our Institutions it’s been captured and perverted by leftists.

Historically, the award recognized talented artists who could capture the spirit of their subjects through mastery of paint, composition, and form.

Today, however, winning entries are no longer chosen for their artistic merit – but for political correctness, their ability to check all the leftist social boxes. …

Today, works that fail to adhere to politically correctness are unlikely to win acclaim, no matter how skilful or moving they may be.

The implicit message to artists is that success depends less on mastery of their medium and more on their willingness to align with leftist ideological currents.

True artistic freedom — with its risk of offending, challenging, or diverging from orthodoxy — has been quietly replaced by a demand for virtue signalling cloaked as creativity.

 

Decline?

 

In turning away from greatness, modern art has become an echo chamber of decline disguised as progress.

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