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Artist Mitch Cairns in his studio

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We visited the studio of the winner of the Archibald Prize 2017 Mitch Cairns. He and partner Agatha Gothe-Snape, the subject of his winning portrait, discuss the process of creating the portrait from their own unique perspectives as painter and sitter.