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Wendy Whiteley on the life and work of Brett Whiteley

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Brett Whiteley was one of Australia’s most innovative and original artists. Wendy Whiteley, the artist’s model and wife for over three decades, shares her recollections of Brett’s life and works in conversation with Wayne Tunnicliffe, head of Australian art, and talks in particular about the artist’s masterpiece, Self portrait in the studio 1976