The sitters: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman 2016

JF Archibald’s aim in establishing the Archibald Prize was to support artists and foster portraiture as an art form, as well as perpetuate the memory of great Australians, including those 'distinguished in art, letters, science or politics'.

Here are this year's sitters, grouped into fields for which they best known.

Food

AGNSW prizes Daniel Butterworth Annie Smithers, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Betina Fauvel-Ogden George Calombaris, masterchef, from Archibald Prize 2016

Fashion

AGNSW prizes Monica Rohan Easton Pearson, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Kate Beynon Claudia, Spartacus and the robots, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Carla Fletcher Twin souls, Linda Jackson, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Nicholas Harding Peter Weiss AO, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Zoe Young Sam Harris, from Archibald Prize 2016

Politics

AGNSW prizes Camillo De Luca Polymath, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Mark Horton Troy, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Sinead Davies Toni Zeltzer, from Archibald Prize 2016

Comedy

AGNSW prizes Louise Hearman Barry, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Dean Manning Maximum Lawrence, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Melissa Ritchie Rhys smart mouth, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Kirsty Neilson There's no humour in darkness, from Archibald Prize 2016

Law, society, community

AGNSW prizes Abdul Abdullah The cost, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Nick Stathopoulos Deng, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Lewis Miller Portrait of Bernie Teague, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Mirra Whale Philip Nitschke, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes William Rhodes Alice, from Archibald Prize 2016

The creative industries

AGNSW prizes Marcus Wills The ersatz (James Batchelor), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Prudence Flint Shower, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Clara Adolphs Terry Serio, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Belynda Henry Louise Olsen, a beautiful summary, from Archibald Prize 2016

The art world

AGNSW prizes David Griggs It's a G thang, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Alan Jones Pat, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Sally Ross Roslyn, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Natasha Bieniek Wendy Whiteley, from Archibald Prize 2016

Fellow artists

AGNSW prizes Heidi Yardley Birth/death – portrait of Nell, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Chris Browne Krista, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Danelle Bergstrom Guy Warren, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes David Fairbairn Large head JL no 3, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Peter Wegner John Wolseley, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Marie Mansfield Study of Euan Macleod, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Nick Mourtzakis Self-portrait: in violet, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Guido (Guy) Maestri Shattered (Griggs), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Rosemary Valadon The Scribbler (Luke Sciberras), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Dean Brown McLean Edwards, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes India Mark Day at the gallery with Dane Taylor, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Marikit Santiago Blacklustre, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Marc Etherington King Ken (Ken Done in his studio), from Archibald Prize 2016

Self-portraits

AGNSW prizes Benjamin Aitken Portrait of mentor (Jon Cattapan and self), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Juan Ford Regaining sight (a meditation on Rose Soady), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Michael McWilliams The usurpers (self-portrait), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Yvette Coppersmith Rose Burn self-portrait, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Lucy Culliton Lucy and fans, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Tsering Hannaford Self-portrait with magnolia, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Natasha Walsh Self-portrait, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Chris Bond The restless dead (portrait of the artist), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Tony Albert Tony Albert (after Brownie Downing), from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Guan Wei Plastic surgery, from Archibald Prize 2016

AGNSW prizes Imants Tillers Double reality (self-portrait) 2014–2016, from Archibald Prize 2016