Ben Quilty launches exhibition of Myuran Sukumaran paintings for Sydney Festival

By Andrew Taylor
Updated October 26 2016 - 1:19pm, first published 8:58am
Artist Ben Quilty surrounded by works painted by Myuran Sukumaran, which will be exhibited at Campbelltown Arts Centre as part of the 2017 Sydney Festival. Photo: Daniel Boud
Artist Ben Quilty surrounded by works painted by Myuran Sukumaran, which will be exhibited at Campbelltown Arts Centre as part of the 2017 Sydney Festival. Photo: Daniel Boud
Artist Ben Quilty (right) with Campbelltown Arts Centre director Michael Dagostino (left) and Sydney Festival director Wesley Enoch. Photo: Daniel Boud
Artist Ben Quilty (right) with Campbelltown Arts Centre director Michael Dagostino (left) and Sydney Festival director Wesley Enoch. Photo: Daniel Boud
Sukumaran was a prolific painter during his incarceration in Bali's Kerobokan jail and on Nusa Kambangan. Photo: Daniel Boud
Sukumaran was a prolific painter during his incarceration in Bali's Kerobokan jail and on Nusa Kambangan. Photo: Daniel Boud

With 24 hours left before he faced death by firing squad, Myuran Sukumaran could have been forgiven for wallowing in self-pity and regret. Yet Sukumaran, one of nine Australians arrested for heroin smuggling in 2005, spent his last day of life on the Indonesian island of Nusa Kambangan wielding a paint brush.

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