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arts editor Dee Jefferson

Julia Gutman wins Archibald Prize for portrait of Montaigne

Gutman's winning portrait is one of 57 finalists selected from 949 entries to this year's prize. (Getty: Don Arnold/WireImage)

Twenty-nine-year-old Sydney artist Julia Gutman has won the Art Gallery of NSW's $100,000 Archibald Prize for a portrait of her friend and fellow artist Jessica Cerro (aka singer-songwriter Montaigne) that incorporates fabric from her own clothing.

Gutman is the 11th woman to win the prestigious prize in its 102-year history, following in the footsteps of Nora Heysen, who in 1938 became the first woman to win (aged 27, remaining the youngest winner), and contemporary artists Del Kathryn Barton (who won twice, in 2008 and 2013) and Yvette Coppersmith (in 2018).

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