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#ArtChallenge #Art #ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW
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#ECK
August 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Honored to have been painted by fantastic Australian artist #MichaelVale
Kid Congo on the island of the pink monkey birds #kidcongopowers #ArchibaldPrize 2019
May 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Errr maybe just maybe the portrait wasn’t good enough guys 🤷🏻‍♂️

FFS. Not every is antisemitism. #Archibaldprize
May 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Huge night at #archibaldprize. Big congrats again to Julie Fragar. So good.
May 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Bill Leak 🇦🇺 (b. 9.1.1956)
'Gough Whitlam' (1998)
Oil on canvas
165 x 183 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Robert Hannaford 🇦🇺 (b. 9.11.1944)
'Jarinyanu David Downs' (1995)
Oil on canvas
119 x 89.2 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Vincent Namatjira’s “King Dingo” is one of my favourite works in the Wynne Prize this year. The artist explains he has painted the dingo as a symbol of Indigenous power.

#ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW #painting #art #Sydney
A large painting consisting of a six panels show’s a dingo’s laughing face, superimposed on a landscape with gum trees.
June 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
robisok.bsky.social
Meditation on time (a left-handed self-portrait)
oil on board
Tsering Hannaford
2025 Archibald Prize finalist
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
#Art, #TseringHannaford, #Disability, #ArchibaldPrize, #Gratitude
August 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Graeme Inson 🇦🇺 (b. 1923)

'Ivy Shore' (1961)
Oil on masonite
126.3 x 110.8 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist now in National Portrait Gallery collection

'Roderick Shaw' (1956)
Oil on hardboard
127 x 101.6 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist now in Art Gallery of NSW collection
January 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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John Santry 🇦🇺 (b. 19.12.1910)

'Martin Place'
Oil on board
50 x 60 cm

'Woman in Red Jacket' (1945)
Oil on canvas
96 x 87 cm
Santry’s mother, Mary Elizabeth Santry
#ArchibaldPrize finalist

Draughtsman, cartoonist, illustrator, and painter
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Jasper Knight 🇦🇺 (b. 25.12.1978)

'Cuban Taxi' (2015)
Enamel on aluminium
60 x 60 cm

'Jason Phu' (2019)
Enamel, gloss acrylic, aluminium, plywood and metal sign on board
153 x 153 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Natasha Walsh, “The Yellow Odalisque of Brunswick” – a portrait of South Sudanese artist Atong Atem in a reimagined version of Henri Matisse’s “Yellow odalisque”.

#ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW #painting #art #Sydney
A tall South Sudanese woman with short spiky hair sits in a languid pose on a couch draped with African textiles. She wears a yellow dress and there are yellow cushions on the couch next to her. In front of her is a small round table holding a blue vase with a bunch of flowers.
June 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
cactusian.bsky.social
Jack Carington Smith 🇦🇺 (b. 26.2.1908)

'Grey, green and brown' (1946)
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 71.1 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist
The model is Hester Clarke
Art Gallery of NSW

'Contemplation' (1951)
Oil on canvas
64.2 × 77 cm
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February 26, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Vipoo Srivilasa’s “Self-portrait as a cat king” is a ceramic tile featuring the artist amongst his Burmese cats. He writes that the work blends “identity, culture and affection for my feline companions into a single frame.”

#ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW #painting #art #Sydney
A hand painted porcelain tile with a yellow background features three black-and-white drawings of the artist’s face wearing different expressions, interspersed with several playful, whimsical drawings of his cats.
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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It wasn’t easy to choose, but I voted for Loribelle Spirovski’s “Finger painting of William Barton” in the Archibald Prize this year.
I love this painting for its looseness and freedom, the way it lets the light in.
#ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW #painting #art #Sydney
A smiling Indigenous man sits on a chair in a pleasant room, with a large table next to him and a couch and bookcase visible behind him. He wears a white T-shirt and dark jeans and holds a yidaki (didgeridoo) between his knees. The brush strokes are loose, reminiscent of impressionism. Light is streaming in the window on one side, illuminating one side of the man’s face.
May 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Richard Lewer 🇳🇿🇦🇺 (b. 1970)
'Iluwanti Ken' (2026)
Acrylic on canvas
198 x 198 cm
Winner #ArchibaldPrize
May 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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William Dargie 🇦🇺 (b. 4.6.1912)

'Portrait of Betty Margaret Ince (Shelton)'
Oil on canvas
90.5 x 75cm

'Miss Margaret Smith' (1962)
Oil on canvas
100 x 74 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist now in National Portrait Gallery collection
June 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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I have come down to Kiama from Canberra for a few days. Today I took the train to Sydney and visited the Archibald prize exhibition. It was a lovely day, though long; and I am now quite tired. The exhibition, as expected, was of the finest quality #art #archibaldprize #agnsw
The winning portrait of an indigenous artist of high renown My favourite portrait, Lane Beachley, champion surfer and powerful advocate for women in sport My mother in law's favourite portrait of a migrant man who started an enterprise which helps other migrants gain skills and self respect in their new country A summary of the purpose of the Archibald prize
July 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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The portrait of Iluwanti Ken by Richard Lewer is a worthy #ArchibaldPrize winner. But Virginia Trioli and Cora by Stieg Persson was my favourite #Archibald. (I *may* be biased! 😉) ❤️ #NSWArtGallery #paintings #portraits #dogs #labrador #blacklabrador
A photo of the portrait of Virginia Trioli and Cora the black Labrador by Stieg Persson at the Archibald Prize exhibition.
May 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Finalist for the Wynne prize, “chrysanthemum tea by the window” by Natasha Walsh. Oil on copper. #archibaldprize #art #painting
June 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Peter Ke Heng Chen’s “I’m a little fish in New York (ripples of ambition)”. A portrait of the artist’s son, the loveable comedian Aaron Chen. I can see a father looking at his grown-up, successful son. A very tender painting.
#ArchibaldPrize #AGNSW #painting #art #Sydney
Portrait of a young man with long dark hair and glasses, the comedian Aaron Chen, speaking into a microphone. Around him is a swirling blue ocean with large brightly coloured goldfish, the Sydney Opera House, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, interspersed with images of young Aaron as a child.
May 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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This is who I'd be like If roller-skating but also was at the Archibald prize art gallery northern rivers Australia. #streetart #paintings #Archibaldprize #skating
September 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Reg Campbell 🇦🇺 (b. 2.3.1923)

'John Mellis Napier' (1955)
Oil on board
67 x 54 cm
#ArchibaldPrize finalist

'The Artist's House'
Oil on canvas on board
43 x 53 cm

'Prospecting - Hill End'
Oil on board
44.5 x 54.5 cm
March 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Year of the Rabbit
Claudia Chan Shaw
oil on linen
Sally Ryan
Archibald Prize finalist 2023
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
#Art, #SallyRyan, #ClaudiaChanShaw, #ArchibaldPrize
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This was at the Archibald prize art gallery exhibition in northern rivers. Spray paint and technical paint on some forms of linen. #Australia #Archibaldprize #bakerboy #aboriginal #art #photography #paintings
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM