Daniel Boyd has become the first Indigenous man to win one of Australia's richest cultural accolades, the Bulgari Art Award.
The Cairns-born, Sydney-based artist has received the $80,000 award for a work based on a 19th-century photo from Vanuatu.
Thea Cowie spoke with Mr Boyd about the personal nature of this painting.
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