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Vincent Namatjira wins 2020 Archibald Prize – Sydney Morning Herald

Namatjira is the first Indigenous winner in the prize’s 99-year history.

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A week ago Meyne Wyatt’s wry self-portrait made art history after being awarded the Packing Room Prize in this year’s pandemic-delayed Archibald Prize.
It was the first time an Indigenous artist had won any of the prizes on offer in the Archibald Prize in its 99-year history, in a year in which almost half the finalists were works by Indigenous artists.
This was also a record year for overall entries with 2565 works submitted to the Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman prizes, eclipsing the previous r…

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