As the only annual prize for painting in Victoria, the finalist exhibition for the Bayside Painting Prize is an important platform for contemporary painters across Australia. First established in 2015 as the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, the prize was relaunched this year with an increase in prize money. The Major Prize has increased to $25,000 and is no longer acquisitive, making it one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country. The Local Art Prize has been renamed the Beckett Local Prize, in honour of remarkable local modernist Clarice Beckett, and is now a $10,000 acquisitive prize.
The finalist exhibition showcases the work of 46 artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. Winners to be announced 3 May.
Email: gallery@bayside.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 9261 7111 Website: baysidepaintingprize.com.au Gallery details: Corner Wilson & Carpenter Streets, Brighton, 3186. Wed – Fri 11.00 to 5.00 Sat and Sun 1.00 – 5.00 Free Entry.
Image credit: Louise Tate, Self-portrait with strawflower 2023 (detail), oil on linen, 58 x 43 cm. Bayside Art and Heritage Collection, winner of the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2023.
