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Darling Portrait Prize 2020

Previous exhibition
from Friday 6 March until Sunday 27 September 2020
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, 2019 Anthea da Silva. © Anthea da Silva

The Darling Portrait Prize is Australia’s grand new biennial prize for painted portraits, joining the iconic National Photographic Portrait Prize at Australia’s home of portraiture. The winner for 2020 is

Elizabeth by Anthea da Silva

Anthea has won the inaugural $75,000 Darling Portrait Prize with her painting of the ‘high priestess’ of Australian contemporary dance, Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM.

The Judges noted the exceptional quality of entries, awarding High Commendations to Sibone Heary for her self-portrait, titled The In Between, David Darcy for his depiction of 86 year-old Hunter Valley farmer Wendy Bowman, and Sean Hutton for his portrait of installation artist Tamara Dean. David Darcy also won the People's Choice Award, receiving $10,000 thanks to the generous support of the Liangis family, founding benefactors of the National Portrait Gallery.

The Darling Portrait Prize honours the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), who was instrumental in establishing the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.

40 DPP Finalists
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Wendy Bowman, 2019 David Darcy
The In Between, 2019 Sibone Heary
Tamara Dean, 2019 Sean Hutton
A new beginning, 2019 Dagmar Cyrulla
Balancing Act, 2019 Vincent Fantauzzo
Bruce Beresford at home in Birchgrove, 2018 Zoe Young
1 Wendy Bowman, 2019 David Darcy. 2 The In Between, 2019 Sibone Heary. 3 Tamara Dean, 2019 Sean Hutton. 4 A new beginning, 2019 Dagmar Cyrulla. 5 Balancing Act, 2019 Vincent Fantauzzo. 6 Bruce Beresford at home in Birchgrove, 2018 Zoe Young.
Darling Portrait Prize winner announcement video: 10 minutes
Darling Portrait Prize winner announcement video: 10 minutes
Darling Portrait Prize winner announcement video: 10 minutes
Darling Portrait Prize winner announcement video: 10 minutes

Winner announcement

“Dancing feet and wild hair...”

We are delighted to announce the winner of the inaugural $75,000 Darling Portrait Prize is Anthea da Silva with her painting of contemporary dancer Dr Elizabeth Cameron-Dalman OAM.

People's Choice Award announcement

We are delighted to announce the winner of the $10,000 People's Choice Award for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize is David Darcy for his painting of farmer and environmentalist Wendy Bowman.

Liam Nunan and Guy Simon

In Conversation

Darling Prize finalist Liam Nunan and actor Guy Simon discuss the portrait, their friendship and the intensity of the acting life.

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L Gordon Darling AC CMG

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