Archibald Prize 2011 winners
Ben Quilty's portrait of Margaret Olley wins this year's Archibald Prize
Ben Quilty Margaret Olley, Archibald Prize 2011 winner
Artist information: Ben Quilty on painting Margaret Olley
This year, the 90th year of Archibald, there were 798 entries for Archibald, 810 for the Wynne and 633 entries for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The judge for the Sulman Prize was Richard Bell.
The Archibald winner receives $50,000, the Wynne Prize winner receives $25,000 for landscape painting or figure sculpture, the Sulman Prize winner receives $20,000 for subject/genre painting and/or mural work and the Watercolour Prize (part of the Wynne Prize) winner receives $2,000.
Richard Goodwin Co-isolated slave, Wynne Prize winner 2011; Peter Smeeth The artist’s fate, Sulman Prize winner 2011
Archibald Prize 2011 regional tour
| 2 July 2011 – 31 July 2011 | TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria |
| 5 August 2011 – 11 September 2011 | Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre |
| 17 September 2011 – 23 October 2011 | Moree Plains Gallery |
| 28 October 2011 – 4 December 2011 | Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery |
| 9 December 2011 – 15 January 2012 | Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre |
| 20 January 2012 – 26 February 2012 | Orange Regional Gallery |
| 2 March 2012 – 8 April 2012 | Manning Regional Art Gallery |
2011 Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman Prize Finalists
2011 Packing Room Prize Winner Press Release
Archibald-inspired Events
2011 Archibald Prize website with history and more information
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On view
16 Apr – 26 Jun 2011
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney
Admission
$10.00, $7.00 concession
Media contact
Susanne Briggs
Tel 02 9225 1791
Mob 0412 268 320
susanne.briggs@ag.nsw.gov.au