Archibald 2025 Packing Room Prize won by Abdul Abdullah for portrait of Jason Phu
Abdul Abdullah has won the Packing Room Prize at this year's Archibald Prize for No mountain high enough, his portrait of Jason Phu.
Abdullah is a six-time finalist in the Archibald Prize, with a self-portrait among the finalists in 2023. He is one of 57 finalists for this year's prize, held annually at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW).
Since 1991, the Packing Room Prize, worth $3,000, has been chosen by the Art Gallery of NSW staff who handle the portraits in the gallery's packing room.
Past winners of the Packing Room Prize include portraits of
Other finalists for the $100,000 Archibald Prize include portraits of
The finalists for the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture, and the $40,000 Sulman Prize for a genre or subject painting or mural, were also announced on Thursday.
The
runs May 10-August 17 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Winners will be announced on Friday May 9.
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