Archibald prize 2020: David Marr, Magda Szubanski, Annabel Crabb and more – in pictures – The Guardian

One of Australias most prominent art prizes, the $100,000 Archibald prize which will be announced on 25 September is awarded each year to the best portrait of a person distinguished in art, letters, science or politics painted by an Australian resident. Gender parity has been a topic of interest in the past; among this years batch of 55 finalists (some of which feature more than one sitter), 36 sitters are male and 22 female. Of the 56 artists who painted them, 25 are women. Below is just a sele…

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