Yunupingu portrait wins Archibald

The Australian 6 March 2009

A PORTRAIT of Arnhem Land singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has won this year's Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.

The artist, Guy Maestri, will take home $50,000 for the prestigious portrait prize.

Gallery director Edmund Capon told The Australian Online he thought the work was " a quiet painting... reflective".

Maestri said his eight previous entries to the Archibald had been rejected.

"I always found it quite a privilege... to be a part of the prize," he said.

There were 708 entries for the Archibald this year.

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