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Think you have strong opinions about the 2026 Archibald prize? Check out the portraits that didn’t make the cut | Dee Jefferson
The judges’ selections are, as always, bonkers – but there’s something beautifully daggy about the whole thing too The public loves to love it. The critics love to hate it. Journalists accept it as a historical inevitability. The Archibald prize , the face that stops the nation. Every year, I have the same WhatsApp chats with fellow arts writers: who we think will win, who we wish would win; snaps of the abominations, cry-laughing and face-melting emojis; haggling about whether this is in fact the Worst Year. Every year spotting the Archibald trends becomes, if not an obsession, at least a sport: the extended era of brown suits ; the post-millennial surge of Big Heads ; the recurring waves of old white men in chairs . The 94-year trend of men painting men . Continue reading...
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The judges’ selections are, as always, bonkers – but there’s something beautifully daggy about the whole thing too The public loves to love it. The critics love to hate it. Journalists accept it as a historical inevitability. The Archibald prize , the face that stops the nation. Every year, I have the same WhatsApp chats with fellow arts writers: who we think will win, who we wish would win; snaps of the abominations, cry-laughing and face-melting emojis; haggling about whether this is in fact the Worst Year. Every year spotting the Archibald trends becomes, if not an obsession, at least a sport: the extended era of brown suits ; the post-millennial surge of Big Heads ; the recurring waves of old white men in chairs . The 94-year trend of men painting men . Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Think you have strong opinions about the 2026 Archibald prize? Check out the portraits that didn’t make the cut | Dee Jefferson, The judges’ selections are, as always, bonkers – but there’s something beautifully daggy about the whole thing too The public loves to love it. The critics love to hate it. Journalists accept it as a historical inevitability. The Archibald prize , the face that stops the nation. Every year, I have the same WhatsApp chats with fellow arts writers: who we think will win, who we wish would win; snaps of the abominations, cry-laughing and face-melting emojis; haggling about whether this is in fact the Worst Year. Every year spotting the Archibald trends becomes, if not an obsession, at least a sport: the extended era of brown suits ; the post-millennial surge of Big Heads ; the recurring waves of old white men in chairs . The 94-year trend of men painting men . Continue reading…
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