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Sulman Prize 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney, Australia
Annual Art Gallery of New South Wales prize for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project, open to artists resident in Australia for the past five years. AUD 40,000 winner.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia (by country of residence)
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Painting
- Size limits
- Min 4,640 sq cm; max 90,000 sq cm; max height 300 cm.
- Submission
- Online, then physical if shortlisted
- Also
- Resident in Australia for the 5 years to the closing date; genre painting, subject painting or mural project.
About
The Sir John Sulman Prize is awarded annually at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project, judged by an invited artist.
Entrants must have been resident in Australia for the five years before the closing date. Online entry forms were open 2 February to 27 March 2026, with physical delivery in March. Paintings must be larger than 4,640 sq cm and no larger than 90,000 sq cm.
Finalists are exhibited from 9 May to 16 August 2026 alongside the Archibald and Wynne. The winner receives AUD 40,000 and each selected work AUD 1,000.