Key dates for 2025
Entry forms available online 3 February – 28 March 2025
Date of work: must be completed 28 March 2024 – 28 March 2025
Eligibility period: resident in Australia/New Zealand 28 March 2024 – 28 March 2025
Delivery of entries BY COURIER ONLY: 8am – 4pm, 20–21 March 2025
Delivery of entries BY ARTIST OR REPRESENTATIVE OR COURIER: 8am – 4pm, 24–28 March 2025
Collection of works not selected EXCEPT if sending a courier: 8am – 4pm, 5–9 May and 12–16 May 2025
Collection of works not selected IF sending a courier: your courier company will be advised
Collection of works selected for Archibald Prize or Salon des Refusés: selected artists to be advised
Finalists and Packing Room Prize winner announced: 1 May 2025
Winners announced: 9 May 2025
Archibald Prize 2025 exhibition: 10 May – 17 August 2025, followed by the exhibition tour until 13 September 2026
Salon des Refusés exhibition: 10 May – 27 July 2025
Note: no delivery or collection of works on weekends
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/prizes/archibald/enter/