Theguardian_ The 57 finalists for the 2023 Archibald prize have been revealed by the Art Gallery of NSW. Here is a selection of this year’s finalists, including portraits by Anh Do, Sarah McCloskey and Oliver Watts. The full group can be seen at the gallery’s website.
On 5 May the winning painting will be announced. The $100,000 prize is awarded to the best portrait of a person ‘distinguished in art, letters, science or politics’ painted by an Australian resident.
The finalists for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes will be on show at AGNSW from 6 May to 3 September
Claudia (the GOAT) by Laura Jones
Seeing Ruby by Anh Do
Katharine Murphy by Judith Sinnamon
Through the window by Jaq Grantford
Sam I Am by James Powditch
Zaachariaha Fielding by Michael Simms
The songwriter by Michelle Hiscock
Clown jewels by Andrea Huelin
Echoes of a teenage superstar by Matt Adnate
Self-portrait after MD 2 by Abdul Abdullah
Zoe by Kim Leutwyler
Nanna Mara by Tsering Hannaford
Heidi May, Elle Charalambu and the artist at Redleaf Pool by Oliver Watts
Solomon Kammer: never enough by Alanah Ellen Brand
The nightingale and the kookaburra by Katherine Hattam
Social distancing by Sarah McCloskey
As below, so above (ut infra, sic supra) by Charles Mouyat