About the exhibition
Celebrating 100 years of Australia’s most renowned portrait prize, this landmark exhibition explores the Archibald prize across its history, revealing fascinating stories behind 100 carefully selected artworks.
It uncovers changes in society in engaging ways, enabling people to experience how artistic styles and approaches to portraiture have changed over a century.
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious portrait award, the Archibald Prize, celebrated its centenary in 2021. To mark the occasion QVMAG is one of eight regional galleries across 2021-23 to host the celebratory national touring exhibition.
Archie 100 presents the controversies and the commonplace, and above all, the artists who have made the Archibald Prize the most sought-after accolade in the Australian art world today.
Resulting from many years of searching for lost portraits, Archie 100 will feature works from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection as well as works from libraries, galleries and museums across Australia and New Zealand, and private Australian and international collections. The exhibition will tour nationally with QVMAG the only Tasmanian location to host the touring exhibition.
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Entry
On Saturday 22 October 2022 exhibition ticket holders will have free access to this curatorial presentation at 3pm in the Auditorium.
Tickets to this exhibition can be purchased online via Eventbrite or on-site at the Museum at Inveresk (2 Invermay Road, Launceston).