Art prizes

An art prize that encourages conversations about life and death
Not just an art competition – a movement towards a more compassionate Australia.

Archibald four-time finalist broke down in tears at winner announcement
“You work your whole career imagining this might happen one day,” says Julie Fragar, winner of the Archibald Prize 2025.

Artist-First art prize offers more support and fewer restrictions
The Basil Sellers Art Prize is pioneering cultural change in art prize practice with its Artist-First approach.

Archibald, Sulman and Wynne finalists revealed, along with Packing Room Prize
The finalists for the three high-profile art prizes have now been announced, with the winners due to be revealed next…

6 tips for entering an art prize
Many say art prizes are as fraught as entering the lottery, but you can hedge your bets. Here’s how.

From the symbolic to the practical: ways to consider climate change
With entries open in March, the Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize 2024 seeks works that reflect a sustainability…

Recent art prize winners bucking the norms
Artists aren’t generally known for their love of rules and convention, but some recent art prize winners have been inspiring…

The slippery zone of art prize categories
‘How do you make sense of the Archibald?’, is a question I ask myself every year, and what are the…

Who are the 2023 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman winners?
Celebrating portraiture as an expanded field of painting in our times, Julia Gutman wins the Archibald with a textiles work.

An environmental art prize that encourages hope in the wasteland
The Hornsby Shire Art Prize, ‘Remagine’ allows artists to envisage and champion new ways of sustainable living.