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The opening of the NGV's latest winter blockbuster art show featured more people in black than a Will Smith alien flick and a My Chemical Romance concert combined.

Renaissance man Ernie Barnes went from thwacking defenders on the gridiron field to providing the artwork for Marvin Gaye's classic I Want You and the 1984 Olympics to immortalising Kanye West in paint.

Australia's art scene is now in the odd position of offering a cash prize for a medium that's still technically illegal.