Rachel Milne, End of Day, (Self-Portrait), 2025-26, oil on board, 80x60cm.
Congratulations to Rachel Milne and Wendy Sharpe AM, who have been selected as finalists in this years Portia Geach Memorial Award. This year’s iteration of the Award commences September 18, 2026.
The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, or the Sciences by any female resident who was born in Australia or was British born or has become a naturalised Australian and whose place of domicile is Australia.’
Finalists are eligible for the $1,000 People’s Choice Award given in memory of Harry & Winifred Macorison by Dr Heather Macorison & Hilary Macorison.
KSGoW extends congratulations to Annabel Butler, selected for her painting ‘Portrait of Elisabeth (Elisabeth Cummings, artist)’, noting it’s previous selection for the Mosman Art Prize (2025), and The Lester Prize (2026). Detail below.
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026: on display at S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, located at on Watson Road, Observatory Hill (The Rocks), Sydney.
Exhibition Dates: 18 September – 1 November, 2026.
