Countdown for Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes Show in Sydney

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) will unveil the 2026 exhibition of three art prizes on May 9, the day after the winners are due to be announced.

These include the Archibald Prize for portraiture, the Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figurative sculpture, and the Sulman Prize for subject, genre painting, or mural art.

This year's Shulman Prize-winning artist is chosen by Del Kathryn Barton.

These annual awards are significant fixtures in the Australian art calendar, drawing submissions across painting and sculpture, and covering diverse topics from contemporary portraiture to landscape interpretations and various forms of subject art.

The 2025 Archibald Prize was won by Julie Fragar for her work Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene).