Events related to Archibald Prize 2010
Archibald, image and identity
Edmund Capon, director of the Art Gallery of NSW, and Andrew Sayers, director of the National Portrait Gallery, headline a panel including artists Cherry Hood and Paul Newton (both finalists in this year’s Archibald Prize) and others. Moderated by Virginia Trioli, the panel will represent different points of view: the artist, the curator, the critic and the portrait sitter.
It is no surprise that the Archibald Prize for portraiture is Australia’s most popular annual art event. Portraiture has always engaged and intrigued viewers, occupying a prominent and unique position in Western art, politics and public life. So what exactly constitutes a portrait in 2010? How does portraiture shape, or reflect, national identity? And does it still hold a significant place in art and in the community?
| 1.30pm | Edmund Capon Archibald & the Gallery |
| 2pm | Andrew Sayers What makes a good portrait? |
| 2.30pm | break – coffee served in Domain Theatre Foyer |
| 2.50pm | Paul Newton, Cherry Hood and Gene Sherman, panelist presentations |
| 3.20pm | Panel discussion, moderated by Virginia Trioli |
Tickets: $45, members/concession: $35
Archibald luncheon
Level 3, Wentworth Ballroom, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61–101 Phillip St, Sydney
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth and the Art Gallery of NSW present the 2010 Archibald Prize Luncheon. The nation’s favourite and most prestigious prize for portraiture is always a source of entertainment and controversy. This is your opportunity to be part of the conversation with the Gallery’s director Edmund Capon, selected artists and their subjects in the Wentworth Ballroom of Sydney’s Hotel of the Arts.
2010 Archibald Prize Luncheon invitation (PDF 1.8 MB)
Tables seat a maximum of 10 people. Should you wish to be seated together, please purchase your tickets as a group booking. Please advise any dietary requirements at time of booking.
Archibald Prize celebrity talk
Celebrity talks in conjunction with the Archibald Prize 2010
- 31 March. Gallery director Edmund Capon talks with the winner of the Archibald Prize 2010
- 7 April. (To be advised)
- 14 April. Actor, director and writer Jonathan Biggins talks with Archibald artists
- 21 April. Comedians The Kranksy Sisters
- 28 April. Moya Sayer-Jones talks with Archibald artists
- 5 May. (To be advised)
- 12 May. ABC Classic FM presenter Margaret Throsby talks with Archibald Prize finalists
- 19 May. Comedian Jimeoin
- 26 May. The Australian art critic Christopher Allen
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman guided tour
An introduction to the exhibition.
Crazy Faces
Learn how to draw crazy, exaggerated cartoon faces with cartoonist Dave Hackett.
Eyes on the prizes
- 9 April: Jonathan Biggins, actor and broadcaster, The Ayes Follow You Around the Room: how the trustees, packers and people vote for the Archibald
- 16 April: Helen Campbell, assistant curator, Australian prints, drawings and watercolours, The Wynne Prize and Australian landscape
- 23 April: Steven Miller, archivist, Awarded by an artist, not by a panel: the story of the Sir John Sulman Prize
Face 2 Face
Explore the Archibald Prize through illusion, puppetry and the comic action of the Etcetera Duo.
Note: this does not involve entry into the Archibald Prize exhibition.
Kids school holiday workshop
Children will be taken through the exhibition by our fully trained teacher-lecturers and will be shown a selection of key artworks, which they will imaginatively discuss and interpret. Following their tour, they will make their own artwork based upon the exhibition and its themes.
Ages 5–8
Tuesday 6 – Friday 9 April
Monday 12 – Friday 16 April
10.30am – 12 noon
$25
Ages 9–13
Wednesdays 7 & 14 April
2 – 4pm
$30
Family session: 1 adult and 1 child aged 3–5
Thursdays 8 & 15 April
2 – 3pm
$25
Portraits in the collection
Gallery staff talk about a favourite portrait in the collection.
- 24 March: Sheona White, senior coordinator of public programs. Grace Cossington Smith The sock knitter 1915
- 31 March: Brian Ladd, head of public programs. William Dobell Margaret Olley
- 7 April: Josephine Touma, coordinator of public programs. Nicolas de Largilliere Portrait of an officer
- 14 April: George Alexander, coordinator of public programs. Gerhard Richter Ema
- 19 May: Jonathan Cooper, manager of information. Francis Bacon Study for self-portrait 1976
Other dates to be announced
Puzzling Portraits
Open Stage Productions take you on an imaginative and interactive journey to view the famous faces in the Gallery.
The performance on 25 April 2010 will be interpreted into Auslan.
Note: this does not involve entry into the Archibald Prize exhibition.
