A national, acquisitive prize for painting, the City of Albany Art Prize is open to living Artists working in Australia, and features a $25,000 major acquisitive prize as well as a range of non-acquisitive awards.

Judged by Ms Susan Jenkins, Senior Curator at the Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia; Ms Clotilde Bullen, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Western Australia; and Mr. Ric Spencer, Curator at Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia, selected just 15 non Western Auastralian artists (out of a total of 30 finalists).