Discarded acrylic nails, beer can enshrined in mosaic of Aussie drag icon

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• A glittering mosaic portrait of drag performer Courtney Act has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. Artist Paul Yore built the work from thousands of found objects, including discarded fingernails, sequins, high heels, a beer can and a dismembered Barbie doll.
• Act sent Yore her old fingernails, eyelashes and broken jewellery for the piece. Yore said the project took about a year and was one of the most challenging works he had made.
• The gallery's director described the portrait as a monument to queer culture.