Portrait Artist Of The Year
Hosted by Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor Portrait Artist of the Year celebrates creativity and extraordinary talent from across Australia.
The series explores one of the most accessible and provocative forms of art - the portrait.
A selection of Australia's most talented amateur and professional artists will be challenged to capture the likeness and spirit of some of the nation's most recognisable and intriguing personalities including Maggie Beer AO Costa Georgiadis Ken Done AM Tsehay Hawkins Courtney Act Margaret Pomeranz AM Celia Pacquola Myf Warhurst Mark Coles Smith Talijah Blackman-Corowa Rhys Nicholson Adam Liaw Amanda Keller OAM Madison de Rozario OAM Matt Okine Frank Finger Alex Lee Chloe Hayden Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM and Denise Scott AM.
The artists are tasked in front of a live audience to paint a portrait of the sitter in just four hours after which their work is judged by a panel of three renowned Australian art authorities; Director of the National Portrait Gallery Bree Pickering; award winning multi-disciplinary artist Abdul Abdullah; and Associate Professor of Art History at the Australian National University (ANU) Robert Wellington.
The winning artist will be awarded a career-defining commission with their work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.
Portrait Artist of the Year - Stream from Sunday 2 November 8pm on ABC iview and ABC TV.
❊ When ❊
Date: Sunday 2nd November 2025
Time: 8pm
❊ More Information ❊
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iview.abc.net.au
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