Archie 100 celebrates a century of Australia’s oldest portrait award, the Archibald Prize, reflecting upon the changing face of our nation and how artistic styles and approaches to portraiture have changed over time. The touring exhibition is arranged thematically and delves into the controversies and the commonplace, the triumphant and the thwarted.
Now showing in Geelong – where JF Archibald, who established the Archibald Prize, was born and raised and where several artists and sitters presented have connections to the area or are represented in the Geelong Gallery collection.
John Brack, Barry Humphries in the character of Mrs Everage, 1969, oil on canvas, 94.5 × 128.2cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Purchase Grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1975. © Helen Brack. Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and Geelong Gallery, Victoria
Geelong Gallery
6 November 2021 to 20 February 2022
Victoria
