Wife, Land & Fluro: The 2017 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Winners

A lover, an ode to country and a fluro take on the perils of colonialism, but who painted them? The line up revealed today as Australia’s most famous prizes awarded.

27 Jul 2017

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Mitch Cairns with partner Agathe Gothe-Snape and painting face the media mosh at today’s Archibald Prize announcement; Photo ArtsHub

Today, Mitch Cairns was named winner of the 2017 Archibald Art Prize for a portrait of his wife, artist Agathe Gothe-Snape.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina