Archibald Prize 2026 live: Who will win Australia’s premier portrait prize?

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Welcome to our live coverage of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes

By Kayla Olaya

Good morning! Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s live coverage of the 2026 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes.

I’m Kayla Olaya, and I will be helming the blog today while my colleagues, arts writer Linda Morris and Sydney arts editor Nick Galvin, deliver news, insights, and the winners of this year’s prizes on the ground from the Art Gallery of New South Wales

We have a lot of fun coverage planned for the blog today, from our critics’ top picks, to the surprise feature the finalists are leaning into, and who is judging the prestigious event.

Stay tuned!

Read some preview stories ahead of our 2026 Archibalds coverage:

• The brown suits of the Archibald Prize are gone. Here’s what’s replaced them
• Self-taught artist wins Packing Room Prize with Shakespearean scene
• A rainbow, Uncle Pete and Australia’s new cardinal: Entries land for art show that ‘stops a nation’