Keith Looby (born 1940 in Sydney, Australia), is an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984 with a portrait of Max Gillies.
[7] His painting Resurrection (1964) was exhibited in the historical retrospective Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, curated by John McDonald at the National Gallery of Australia,[8] the afterparty of which resulted in the ending of Looby's "28 year marriage" with Hughes.
[14] In 2019, the artist was the subject of a documentary film Looby,[7] co-directed by Nick Garner and Iain Knight, produced by Merilyn Alt and Sean Murphy.
The documentary featured interviews with McLean Edwards, Julie Ewington, Max Gillies, Adam Hill (aka Blak Douglas), John McDonald, Humphrey McQueen, and Damien Minton.
Looby was married to Helen Beresford, with whom he has two children, and abstract artist Kerry Gregan, with whom he has a son.