Tony Costa named winner of 2019 Archibald prize for portrait of Lindy Lee

The Wynne prize was won by APY artist Sylvia Ken, the fourth year in a row the landscape prize has been won by an Indigenous artist

The Sydney-based artist Tony Costa said he is “absolutely overwhelmed, honoured and thrilled” to have won this year’s Archibald prize for his portrait of fellow Australian artist Lindy Lee.

Costa won the $100,000 prize for portraiture, now in its 98th year, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney on Friday.

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