Archibald Prize 2024: this year’s finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious.
The Archibald Art Prize is possibly Australia’s highest profile art event each year. But it’s gone through massive change over the decades.
This year, the Archibald Prize 2024 finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious.
But back in the 1950s, this would all have looked – and felt – very, very different to now. What is regarded as ‘real’ art, what works get submitted, and what earns a prize: all these have morphed over the years.
Dr Joanna Mendelssohn is an Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Active in the arts community in Australia since the early 70s, she’s seen those changes right up close.
Dr Mendelssohn joined us earlier today, and talked about how some of the works now on display, and taking out the prizes, couldn’t possibly have been shown in earlier decades.
Related links
Dr Mendelssohn’s article in The Conversation: Archibald Prize 2024: this year’s finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious.
More about the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize Exhibition and to book a visit: the Art Gallery of NSW website.
The Salon des Refuses, of works not selected for display at the official Archibald Prize exhibition: at the S.H. Ervin Gallery
