The Archibald Prize is an art competition that awards the best portrait of a person distinguished in art, science or politics.
The prize was first awarded in 1921, and today, it is a coveted art competition with a prize money of $100,000.
Archibald Prize Exhibition 2025 Prize Winners, Dates, Hours & Art Tour
Past winners of the Archibald Prize have included Yvette Coppersmith (self-portrait), Mitch Cairns (Agatha Gothe-Snape), Louise Hearman (Barry Humphreys), Nigel Milsom (Charles Waterstreet), Fiona Lawry (Penelope Siedler), Del Kathryn Barton (Hugo Weaving), Ben Quilty (Margaret Olley), to name a few.
To be eligible to compete, the artist must have been resident in Australia or New Zealand for the eligibility period. The artwork itself must be a painting, a portrait painted from life, with the subject known to the artist, aware of the artist’s intention, and having at least one live sitting with the artist. It must not exceed the size limit of 90,000 square cm. The painting may be painted in any medium (such as oil, acrylic, or watercolour).
The Archibald Prize winner and finalists are displayed in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and many portraits remain in the gallery’s permanent collection.
Hi just wondering what date is the final submittance for a painting into the Archibald 2022 ?
Thanks Mark
Hi Mark,
It doesn’t appear that the dates for 2022 have been announced yet on the official website, but if the dates of 2021 are anything to go by, the delivery of entries by artist or representative or courier was between 8am – 4pm, on 26–30 April 2021.
So you would expect the dates to be very similar for 2022.
Thanks
Michael
What is the closing date for jnr archi entries 2022 please?
Hi Peta,
There doesn’t appear to be any dates listed for the 2022 event yet on the Art Gallery of New South Wales website, but when they are, i would suspect the will be published at https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/enter/.
The 2022 dates are likely going to be similar to 2021, so using them as a guide, you would expect the key dates to be within a couple of days of this year:
– Entry forms were available on 27 January 2021
– Entries had to be received before 7 March 2021, 5pm
– Finalists and honourable mentions announced on 27 May 2021
– Young Archie exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW between 5 June – 26 September 2021
– Winners announced on 31 July 2021
Thanks
Michael