Packing Room Prize Winner 2017

The packing room prize a cash prize of 1500 is awarded to the best entry in the archibald prize as judged by the gallery staff who receive unpack and hang the entries.

Packing room prize winner 2017.

Peter smeeth s portrait of lisa wilkinson wins archibald s art award. No winner of this prize has gone on to win the archibald main event and this along with the. In fact a number of packing room prize winners have not been archibald prize finalists. The archibald wynne and sulman prizes the young archie competition and the archibald prize regional tour are all generously supported by presenting.

Packing room prize first awarded in 1991 and chosen by the gallery staff who receive unpack and hang the entries. The packing room prize is awarded annually and since june 2014 the prize has been a 1 500. While a lisa wilkinson portrait wins packing room prize. In 2018 the packing room prize mantle will be handed to installation officer brett cuthbertson who replaces peters as head packer.

Peter smeeth s portrait of television presenter and journalist lisa wilkinson is a companion piece to his painting of her husband peter fitzsimons which was selected for the 2010 archibald prize. For this reason winning the packing room prize is known as. A painting of the actor david wenham by tessa mackay has won the 2019 archibald packing room prize the art gallery of new south wales has announced. To date there has never been an archibald prize winner who has also been a packing room prize winner.

The art gallery of new south wales has announced the finalists in this year s 96th archibald prize. Entries in the archibald prize are also eligible for the following prizes. Peter smeeth title lisa wilkinson am medium oil on linen dimensions 100 x 150 cm further information. But the deciding vote goes to the gallery s storeman steve peters who retires this year after 35 years as the gallery s head packer.

Packing room prize 2017. The popular prize for portraiture now worth 100 000 attracted more than 820 entries with 43 paintings making it onto. Archibald finalists and packing room prize winner announced. One winner has already been revealed the 26th annual packing room prize a 1500 prize awarded by the gallery s staff who unpack and hang the portraits.

In his inaugural year as judge of the archibald packing room prize having negotiated 52 per cent of the vote after steve peters retired from the gallery in 2017 head packer brett cuthbertson and his packing room team have awarded the 2018 packing room prize to sydney artist and newcomer finalist jamie preisz for his portrait of singer songwriter jimmy barnes ao titled jimmy. Anz people s choice first awarded in 1988 now supported by presenting partner anz and voted for by the public visiting the.