We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Dobell Prize for Drawing 1993

There were 700 drawings entered in the inaugural Dobell Prize for Drawing in 1993, which were judged by a guest judge, artist Arthur Boyd. The winning work by Kevin Connor was much lauded but somewhat controversial at the time, as it is a drawing in brush and black ink with white gouache and hence rather painterly. However, what constitutes a drawing was deliberately not outlined in the conditions of entry.