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News.com.au
10-05-2025
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Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize
This year's Archibald Prize has been awarded to Brisbane artist Julie Fragar. The portrait is titled "Flagship Mother Multiverse" and depicts fellow artist Justene Williams performing in New Zealand. As a four-time finalist, Ms Fragar said she had been working towards the award for her entire career.
Sky News AU
10-05-2025
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- Sky News AU
Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize
This year's Archibald Prize has been awarded to Brisbane artist Julie Fragar. The portrait is titled "Flagship Mother Multiverse" and depicts fellow artist Justene Williams performing in New Zealand. As a four-time finalist, Ms Fragar said she had been working towards the award for her entire career.
The Advertiser
09-05-2025
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- The Advertiser
Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize with a portrait of her friend
Four-time finalist Julie Frager has won the 2025 Archibald Prize with her portrait of her friend and fellow artist Justene Williams. Ms Frager's oil on canvas painting Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene) captures the varied ways the Brisbane artist, who works with video, photography, sculpture and performance, expresses her craft. Ms Frager said it shows the "wild way" Williams uses different materials, showing the "multiverse of characters and events that confront the relentless weirdness we go through en route to the other side". "There is nobody like Justene. She thinks big and makes bigger, deploying everything from car bodies to opera singers to make work as fearless and feeling as she is," Ms Fragar said. She said the title of the artwork comes from a the title of a recent performance by Ms Williams titled Making do rhymes with poo, about the labour of "getting by" through different roles women need to play. "In the lower left of the painting, you can see Justene's daughter Honore looking up at her mum half in awe and half asking if this is what she will have to manage too." Ms Frager takes home a $100,000 prize, along with the much more valuable title of winner. The 2025 packing room prize was awarded to Abdul Abdullah's oil on linen portrait of Jason Phu titled No mountain high enough. Mr Abdullah painted his best friend Phu who requested to be surrounded by animals. The $3000 packing room prize is judged by Art Gallery of NSW staff who receive, unpack and hang the artworks. The Art Gallery of NSW hosts an exhibition of the works before it tours regional art galleries. Four-time finalist Julie Frager has won the 2025 Archibald Prize with her portrait of her friend and fellow artist Justene Williams. Ms Frager's oil on canvas painting Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene) captures the varied ways the Brisbane artist, who works with video, photography, sculpture and performance, expresses her craft. Ms Frager said it shows the "wild way" Williams uses different materials, showing the "multiverse of characters and events that confront the relentless weirdness we go through en route to the other side". "There is nobody like Justene. She thinks big and makes bigger, deploying everything from car bodies to opera singers to make work as fearless and feeling as she is," Ms Fragar said. She said the title of the artwork comes from a the title of a recent performance by Ms Williams titled Making do rhymes with poo, about the labour of "getting by" through different roles women need to play. "In the lower left of the painting, you can see Justene's daughter Honore looking up at her mum half in awe and half asking if this is what she will have to manage too." Ms Frager takes home a $100,000 prize, along with the much more valuable title of winner. The 2025 packing room prize was awarded to Abdul Abdullah's oil on linen portrait of Jason Phu titled No mountain high enough. Mr Abdullah painted his best friend Phu who requested to be surrounded by animals. The $3000 packing room prize is judged by Art Gallery of NSW staff who receive, unpack and hang the artworks. The Art Gallery of NSW hosts an exhibition of the works before it tours regional art galleries. Four-time finalist Julie Frager has won the 2025 Archibald Prize with her portrait of her friend and fellow artist Justene Williams. Ms Frager's oil on canvas painting Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene) captures the varied ways the Brisbane artist, who works with video, photography, sculpture and performance, expresses her craft. Ms Frager said it shows the "wild way" Williams uses different materials, showing the "multiverse of characters and events that confront the relentless weirdness we go through en route to the other side". "There is nobody like Justene. She thinks big and makes bigger, deploying everything from car bodies to opera singers to make work as fearless and feeling as she is," Ms Fragar said. She said the title of the artwork comes from a the title of a recent performance by Ms Williams titled Making do rhymes with poo, about the labour of "getting by" through different roles women need to play. "In the lower left of the painting, you can see Justene's daughter Honore looking up at her mum half in awe and half asking if this is what she will have to manage too." Ms Frager takes home a $100,000 prize, along with the much more valuable title of winner. The 2025 packing room prize was awarded to Abdul Abdullah's oil on linen portrait of Jason Phu titled No mountain high enough. Mr Abdullah painted his best friend Phu who requested to be surrounded by animals. The $3000 packing room prize is judged by Art Gallery of NSW staff who receive, unpack and hang the artworks. The Art Gallery of NSW hosts an exhibition of the works before it tours regional art galleries. Four-time finalist Julie Frager has won the 2025 Archibald Prize with her portrait of her friend and fellow artist Justene Williams. Ms Frager's oil on canvas painting Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene) captures the varied ways the Brisbane artist, who works with video, photography, sculpture and performance, expresses her craft. Ms Frager said it shows the "wild way" Williams uses different materials, showing the "multiverse of characters and events that confront the relentless weirdness we go through en route to the other side". "There is nobody like Justene. She thinks big and makes bigger, deploying everything from car bodies to opera singers to make work as fearless and feeling as she is," Ms Fragar said. She said the title of the artwork comes from a the title of a recent performance by Ms Williams titled Making do rhymes with poo, about the labour of "getting by" through different roles women need to play. "In the lower left of the painting, you can see Justene's daughter Honore looking up at her mum half in awe and half asking if this is what she will have to manage too." Ms Frager takes home a $100,000 prize, along with the much more valuable title of winner. The 2025 packing room prize was awarded to Abdul Abdullah's oil on linen portrait of Jason Phu titled No mountain high enough. Mr Abdullah painted his best friend Phu who requested to be surrounded by animals. The $3000 packing room prize is judged by Art Gallery of NSW staff who receive, unpack and hang the artworks. The Art Gallery of NSW hosts an exhibition of the works before it tours regional art galleries.
The Advertiser
09-05-2025
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- The Advertiser
Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald
Julie Fragar has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize with a portrait of fellow artist Justene Williams to "honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her". The winning work is titled Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), and depicts the artist floating among the stars above the materials of making art, her daughter looking on. Fragar has been a finalist in the Archibald four times, and burst into tears when Art Gallery of NSW director Maud Page called Friday morning to tell her she had won. "It feels unbelievable, can you imagine? I'm from a small country town originally, I moved to Sydney to go to art school, so to win the Archibald is amazing," Fragar said after the announcement in Sydney. She described the win as an incredible honour and her longtime friend and colleague Williams as an extraordinary artist. "I wanted to honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her, spinning not quite out of control," the Brisbane artist said. "The work is a reflection on the experience of making art to deadlines and the labour and love of being a mother." The title of the winning work comes from Williams' recent endurance performance in New Zealand, titled Making do rhymes with poo, about juggling a day job with art making and motherhood. It's the third year in a row a female artist has won the Archibald, making Fragar the 13th woman to win since the prize started in 1921. "Here are two of Australia's great artists in conversation about what matters most to them," said Page, who was announced in March as the gallery's new director. Fragar conducted a photo session with Williams and spent three months in the studio working on the painting, which she hoped would communicate her subject's singularity and otherworldliness. The winner was selected from 903 entries and 57 finalists, with works painted in the past year from at least one live sitting. The award, widely regarded as Australia's most prestigious art prize, is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, who made a unanimous decision on Friday. Jude Rae has won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or sculpture, for the oil on linen work Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal. The $40,000 Sulman Prize for genre painting went to Katoomba-based artist Gene A'Hern for Sky painting, beating a record field of 732 entries. For the first time in 2025, women artists made up the majority of finalists in each of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions. Earlier in May, the $3000 Packing Room Prize selected by the gallery's art handling staff went to Abdul Abdullah for a portrait of his friend Jason Phu. The finalists for all three prizes will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from Saturday until August 17, before touring Victoria and NSW. Julie Fragar has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize with a portrait of fellow artist Justene Williams to "honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her". The winning work is titled Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), and depicts the artist floating among the stars above the materials of making art, her daughter looking on. Fragar has been a finalist in the Archibald four times, and burst into tears when Art Gallery of NSW director Maud Page called Friday morning to tell her she had won. "It feels unbelievable, can you imagine? I'm from a small country town originally, I moved to Sydney to go to art school, so to win the Archibald is amazing," Fragar said after the announcement in Sydney. She described the win as an incredible honour and her longtime friend and colleague Williams as an extraordinary artist. "I wanted to honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her, spinning not quite out of control," the Brisbane artist said. "The work is a reflection on the experience of making art to deadlines and the labour and love of being a mother." The title of the winning work comes from Williams' recent endurance performance in New Zealand, titled Making do rhymes with poo, about juggling a day job with art making and motherhood. It's the third year in a row a female artist has won the Archibald, making Fragar the 13th woman to win since the prize started in 1921. "Here are two of Australia's great artists in conversation about what matters most to them," said Page, who was announced in March as the gallery's new director. Fragar conducted a photo session with Williams and spent three months in the studio working on the painting, which she hoped would communicate her subject's singularity and otherworldliness. The winner was selected from 903 entries and 57 finalists, with works painted in the past year from at least one live sitting. The award, widely regarded as Australia's most prestigious art prize, is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, who made a unanimous decision on Friday. Jude Rae has won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or sculpture, for the oil on linen work Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal. The $40,000 Sulman Prize for genre painting went to Katoomba-based artist Gene A'Hern for Sky painting, beating a record field of 732 entries. For the first time in 2025, women artists made up the majority of finalists in each of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions. Earlier in May, the $3000 Packing Room Prize selected by the gallery's art handling staff went to Abdul Abdullah for a portrait of his friend Jason Phu. The finalists for all three prizes will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from Saturday until August 17, before touring Victoria and NSW. Julie Fragar has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize with a portrait of fellow artist Justene Williams to "honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her". The winning work is titled Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), and depicts the artist floating among the stars above the materials of making art, her daughter looking on. Fragar has been a finalist in the Archibald four times, and burst into tears when Art Gallery of NSW director Maud Page called Friday morning to tell her she had won. "It feels unbelievable, can you imagine? I'm from a small country town originally, I moved to Sydney to go to art school, so to win the Archibald is amazing," Fragar said after the announcement in Sydney. She described the win as an incredible honour and her longtime friend and colleague Williams as an extraordinary artist. "I wanted to honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her, spinning not quite out of control," the Brisbane artist said. "The work is a reflection on the experience of making art to deadlines and the labour and love of being a mother." The title of the winning work comes from Williams' recent endurance performance in New Zealand, titled Making do rhymes with poo, about juggling a day job with art making and motherhood. It's the third year in a row a female artist has won the Archibald, making Fragar the 13th woman to win since the prize started in 1921. "Here are two of Australia's great artists in conversation about what matters most to them," said Page, who was announced in March as the gallery's new director. Fragar conducted a photo session with Williams and spent three months in the studio working on the painting, which she hoped would communicate her subject's singularity and otherworldliness. The winner was selected from 903 entries and 57 finalists, with works painted in the past year from at least one live sitting. The award, widely regarded as Australia's most prestigious art prize, is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, who made a unanimous decision on Friday. Jude Rae has won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or sculpture, for the oil on linen work Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal. The $40,000 Sulman Prize for genre painting went to Katoomba-based artist Gene A'Hern for Sky painting, beating a record field of 732 entries. For the first time in 2025, women artists made up the majority of finalists in each of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions. Earlier in May, the $3000 Packing Room Prize selected by the gallery's art handling staff went to Abdul Abdullah for a portrait of his friend Jason Phu. The finalists for all three prizes will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from Saturday until August 17, before touring Victoria and NSW. Julie Fragar has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize with a portrait of fellow artist Justene Williams to "honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her". The winning work is titled Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), and depicts the artist floating among the stars above the materials of making art, her daughter looking on. Fragar has been a finalist in the Archibald four times, and burst into tears when Art Gallery of NSW director Maud Page called Friday morning to tell her she had won. "It feels unbelievable, can you imagine? I'm from a small country town originally, I moved to Sydney to go to art school, so to win the Archibald is amazing," Fragar said after the announcement in Sydney. She described the win as an incredible honour and her longtime friend and colleague Williams as an extraordinary artist. "I wanted to honour the incredible multiverse of artworks that seems always to be exploding from her, spinning not quite out of control," the Brisbane artist said. "The work is a reflection on the experience of making art to deadlines and the labour and love of being a mother." The title of the winning work comes from Williams' recent endurance performance in New Zealand, titled Making do rhymes with poo, about juggling a day job with art making and motherhood. It's the third year in a row a female artist has won the Archibald, making Fragar the 13th woman to win since the prize started in 1921. "Here are two of Australia's great artists in conversation about what matters most to them," said Page, who was announced in March as the gallery's new director. Fragar conducted a photo session with Williams and spent three months in the studio working on the painting, which she hoped would communicate her subject's singularity and otherworldliness. The winner was selected from 903 entries and 57 finalists, with works painted in the past year from at least one live sitting. The award, widely regarded as Australia's most prestigious art prize, is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, who made a unanimous decision on Friday. Jude Rae has won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or sculpture, for the oil on linen work Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal. The $40,000 Sulman Prize for genre painting went to Katoomba-based artist Gene A'Hern for Sky painting, beating a record field of 732 entries. For the first time in 2025, women artists made up the majority of finalists in each of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize competitions. Earlier in May, the $3000 Packing Room Prize selected by the gallery's art handling staff went to Abdul Abdullah for a portrait of his friend Jason Phu. The finalists for all three prizes will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from Saturday until August 17, before touring Victoria and NSW.
Sydney Morning Herald
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
As it happened: Portrait of Justene Williams wins prestigious Archibald award
The $100,000 Archibald Prize winner is Julie Fragar for her portrait of Justene Williams, Flagship Mother Multiverse. It was a unanimous decision made at 7.20am. Fragar said she painted Williams for three reasons: She is a dear friend. She is an extraordinary artist. Fragar wished to honour the 'multiverse of artwork' spinning out of Williams. Fragar thanked previous gallery director Edmund Capon, who discovered her, and Michael Brand who encouraged her to keep entering the prize. When she was informed of the win this morning, Fragar burst into tears. 'It doesn't get better than this,' she said. This is the 15th time that the Archibald Prize has been awarded to a female artist.
