It might not have the celebrity factor of its flashier cousin,but the slow-burn impact of the Wynne Prize can have a more profound result for artists and the public.
Studio A,the social enterprise for artists with intellectual disabilities,has scooped four places in the Archibald finals for the second year running.
The 2023 Archibald finalists have been revealed and for the first time in the prize’s 102-year history,there are more women painters than men.
I have always loved Archie season and its stick-the-finger-up-at-the-art-world approach,which is why I agreed to be painted.
Artist Jane Guthleben painting a portrait for the Archibald exhibition.
Like her famous subject,the actor-turned-artist knows what it’s like to suffer under the public eye and to emerge from the wreckage stronger.
The death of John Olsen has closed the book on a great chapter in the history of Australian art.
The nation’s best-loved portrait prize - the Archibald - has been described as Australia’s artistic equivalent to Melbourne Cup. Why is it so perennially popular?
Entries in Australia’s best loved portrait prize,the Archibald exhibition 2023 cover all faces from politics,sports,food and fashion.
This year’s Archibald includes portraits of ordinary people doing extraordinary things,alongside the better-known suspects.
The rules of the Packing Room Prize are changing and women will get a say for the first time since the competition began in 1991.