Jul 30, 2026 – 1.17pmThe public-voted Archibald Prize People’s Choice Award has gone to Michael Zavros for his haunting portrait of Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.A record 45,769 people voted for this year’s People’s Choice prize, for which Zavros was awarded $5000 at a ceremony at Sydney’s Art Gallery of NSW on Thursday morning.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles