Street artist wins Archibald Packing Room Prize with portrait of Baker Boy

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The 57 finalists competing for the main Archibald Prize this year have also been announced.

A portrait of Yolngu rapper Baker Boy by street artist and silo painter Matt Adante has taken out the 2024 Archibald Packing Room prize.

Archibald Prize 2024 finalist, Matt Adnate ‘Rhythms of heritage’, spray paint and synthetic polymer paint on linen. Other finalists in this year’s competition include Brisbane-based artist Eliza Bertwistle, who has painted student and sexual consent activist, Chanel Contos and Brisbane-born and Melbourne-based, Burmese/Butchella woman Mia Boe who has chosen Indigenous ABC TV presenter and former AFL player Tony Armstrong to paint.

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