Winner of the Archibald Prize 2020
The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’.
The Archibald Prize was first awarded in 1921. In establishing the prize, JF Archibald’s aim was to foster portraiture as well as support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians. Over the years some of Australia’s most prominent artists have entered and the subjects have been equally celebrated in their fields.
The Archibald portrait competition offers $100,000 in prize money for the winning artist, with entries to be painted in the past year from at least one live sitting. Read the story of the first Indigenous Australian to receive this very important art award.
On the SBS News page, you can hear the Western Arrernte man Vincent Namatjira, acknowledge his win. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/it-only-took-99-years-vincent-namatjira-becomes-the-first-aboriginal-artist-to-win-the-archibald-prize
In addition, the Wongutha-Yamatji man, Meyne Wyatt, also achieved great acknowledgment of his art and culture by winning the Archibald Packing Room Prize.