Ben Quilty - High Tide Mark, 2016 #NGVTriennial National Gallery of Victoria opens tomorrow I travelled to the Middle East in 2016 with author, Richard Flanagan, invited by World Vision to tour
National Gallery of Victoria - On a beach in Lesbos, Ben Quilty observed a 'high tide mark' of bright orange life jackets, discarded by Syrian asylum seekers as they reached the shore
![Not a Creature was Stirring': Refugee installation comes to St Paul's for Christmas • St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne Not a Creature was Stirring': Refugee installation comes to St Paul's for Christmas • St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne](https://i0.wp.com/cathedral.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nacws.jpg?fit=2100%2C1500&ssl=1)
Not a Creature was Stirring': Refugee installation comes to St Paul's for Christmas • St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne
![Confronting mortality: Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan witness Syria refugee crisis - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Confronting mortality: Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan witness Syria refugee crisis - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)](https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7995834-16x9-2150x1210.jpg)
Confronting mortality: Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan witness Syria refugee crisis - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
![Ben Myers on Twitter: "Art installation by Ben Quilty in St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne - a Christmas tree & presents made from Syrian refugee life vests scavenged from the beach on Lesbos Ben Myers on Twitter: "Art installation by Ben Quilty in St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne - a Christmas tree & presents made from Syrian refugee life vests scavenged from the beach on Lesbos](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds-5V9LUcAA6oDL.jpg:large)
Ben Myers on Twitter: "Art installation by Ben Quilty in St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne - a Christmas tree & presents made from Syrian refugee life vests scavenged from the beach on Lesbos
![A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch — Power to Persuade A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch — Power to Persuade](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b068bcf8baf3fe2ec88413/1551819897006-CSKR5HXPUNCFYODWM38V/file-20190304-92283-ttkhkf.jpg)