Tag Archives: Archibald Prize

Mitch Cairns wins 2017 Archibald Prize with portrait of Agatha Gothe-Snape

28 July 2017 | Art Almanac

Mitch Cairns has won the 2017 Archibald Prize with a stylised portrait of his artist partner, Agatha Gothe-Snape; "I composed this portrait with love in the full knowledge of its inevitable and palpable quake."...

Portrait of Sudanese refugee and lawyer wins Archibald People’s Choice

21 September 2016 | Art Almanac

Sydney artist and Archibald Prize veteran Nick Stathopoulos is the winner of the 2016 Archibald Prize People’s Choice award with his hyper-real portrait of Sudanese refugee and lawyer, Deng Adut. Stathopoulos’s portrait of Adut is his fifth finalist entry in the esteemed Archibald Prize. It is...

Packing Room Prize + People’s Choice award | Double win for Bruno Jean Grasswill

10 September 2015 | Art Almanac

Sydney artist Bruno Jean Grasswill has won both the Packing Room Prize and now the People’s Choice award for his portrait of Australian actor Michael Caton in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ 2015 Archibald Prize....

Bruno Jean Grasswill wins Packing Room Prize!

10 July 2015 | Art Almanac

French-born Sydney artist Bruno Jean Grasswill has won the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ 2015 Packing Room Prize with a portrait of leading Australian actor Michael Caton. The Packing Room Prize – a cash prize of $1500 is awarded to the best entry in the...