Artist Vincent Namatjira won this year’s Archibald Prize with a portrait of himself and Adam Goodes titled Stand Strong for Who You Are
The winner was announced at the Art Gallery of NSW just after noon today The winner of the Sulman Prize is Marikit Santiago for her painting titled The Divine The Wynne Prize went to Hubert Pareroultja for his painting Tjoritja
A week ago, Meyne Wyatt’s tongue-in-cheek self-portrait made art history after receiving this year’s Archibald Prize Packing Room Award, delayed by a pandemic
This was the first time that an Indigenous artist had won one of the prizes offered as part of the Archibald Prize in its 99-year history, in a year in which nearly half of the finalists were the work of Indigenous artists
It was also a record year for all entries with 2,565 works submitted for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Awards, eclipsing the previous record set in 2012
Meyne Wyatt with her self-portrait which won the Wrapping Room award at this year’s Archibald Award Credit: Janie Barrett
The Archibald Prize was originally slated to open in May Artists were given an additional three months to work on their entries after the Art Gallery of NSW chose to delay the exhibition until after the coronavirus health crisis, when, according to him, art would be more necessary than ever
Archibald Prize, Adam Goodes
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