SYDNEY—Guy Maestri's close-up portrait of blind Indigenous musician Gurrumul Yunupingu was announced today as the Archibald Prize winner at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia's ABC News reports. There were 708 entries for this year's portrait prize, one of Australia's most prestigious art awards, which comes with $50,000 (US$32,000).

"I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack," said Maestri upon accepting the award. 

In addition, the $25,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture was awarded to Lionel Bawden, and Ivan Durrant took home the $20,000 Sulman Prize for best subject painting, genre painting, or mural project.