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A cockatoo (not Maude)<\/p><\/div>\n

If a badger can get <\/span>credit as an archaeologist<\/span><\/a>, a cockatoo can undoubtedly be a judge in an art contest, right? Well, one art competition in Australia certainly thinks so. The Archibald Prize is awarded by the Art Museum of New South Wales for the best in Australian portraiture and is considered one of Australia\u2019s most prestigious art prizes. Some of the country\u2019s greatest artists, like Brett Whiteley and John Longstaff, have won the Archibald. Last year, it celebrated its hundredth anniversary with Peter Wegner\u2019s <\/span>Portrait of Guy Warren at 100<\/span><\/i><\/a> receiving the accolade. Of course, the perceived elitism and stuffiness of the arts establishment receives its fair share of criticism and mockery, and the Archibald Prize is no exception. That\u2019s why every year since 1994, a parody competition called the Bald Archy prize is held for Australia\u2019s most vulgar and humorous artworks. While art contests are normally judged by a panel of human experts, the Bald Archy\u2019s primary judge is a cockatoo named Maude.<\/span><\/p>\n

Theater director Peter Batey started the Bald Archy prize to poke fun at Australia\u2019s arts establishment, and has since become Australia\u2019s top event for satire in the arts. Since 2005, the Museum of the Riverina has hosted the contest in the small city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. While Batey died in a car accident in 2019, his pet cockatoo, Maude, has always been the only judge. According to the prize website, Maude is \u201cthe world\u2019s premier avian art critic\u201d. The entries are typically caricature portraits, mainly of Australian celebrities like <\/span>Geoffrey Rush<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Rupert Murdoch<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Julian Assange<\/span><\/a>. After a pandemic hiatus, the Bald Archy award will return in 2023. And I\u2019m sure Maude will make an excellent choice, as she always has. Honestly, I\u2019m sure her selection would be just as valid as that handed down by the panel of expert judges that awards the Archibald Prize. We’ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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