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Winner Packing Room Prize 2025, Abdul Abdullah ‘No mountain high enough’, oil on linen, 162.4 x 136.7cm. © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter

Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works

From Jason Phu’s portrait of Hugo Weaving, brimming with humour and energy, to Mostafa Azimitabar’s fierce portrait of Grace Tame, the 2025 winners are anyone’s guess.
Archibald Prize 2024 finalist, Shaun Gladwell ‘A spangled symbolist portrait of Julian Assange floating in reflection’, oil and aluminium flakes on canvas, 151.5 x 112 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter.

Archibald Prize 2024: this year’s finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious

This year’s Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize exhibition is well worth a visit – something no self-respecting art critic would have said in the past.

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