(L-R) Art Gallery of NSW Director Michael Brand, Charles Waterstreet, Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees President Mr Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and Nigel Milsom who won the $100,000 2015 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.


Sydney, AUSTRALIA - July 17, 2015: The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes were awarded to a packed media gathering at Art Gallery of NSW on July 17, 2015 in Sydney. The $100,000 Archibald Prize was won by former armed robber Nigel Milsom for a portrait of his defence lawyer Charles Waterstreet. Nigel Milsom pleaded guilty to committing an armed robbery on a 7-Eleven convenience store in 2012 while he was high on ice, heroin and prescription drugs and was released from jail a year ago. Natasha Bieniek won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for landscape, while Jason Phu has taken out the $30,000 Sulman Prize for genre.© MediaServicesAP/Alamy Live News


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