Art

Collections

Our Collection includes First Nations works, Australian art from the 1850s to the present day and including 19th century European art

Explore the Collection

Explore the highlights from the Bendigo Art Gallery Collection.

Copyright and reproduction requests

Request an image of an artwork for reproduction purposes

Prizes & Scholarships

The Gallery offers two biennial prizes the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, a $50,000 acquisitive painting prize and the Paul Guest Prize, a $12,000 non-acquisitive drawing prize. The Gallery also provides a scholarship to support the development of students of the visual and creative arts at La Trobe University.

Paul Guest Prize

Paul Guest Prize

2022 winner

Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize

Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize

Held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize attracts some of Australia’s most accomplished artists, awarding a generous a

Going Solo Series

Going Solo Series

Inaugural Going Solo: First Nations Artist is Josh Muir.

Bendigo Art Gallery Publications

Our Bendigo Art Gallery publications available at the Gallery Shop.

Naming Bendigo evolution of a city’s identity 1836–1891 by Bendigo Art Gallery

Naming Bendigo evolution of a city’s identity 1836–1891

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Beginning in Bendigo: from humble origins to a captured market by Bendigo Art Gallery

Beginning in Bendigo: from humble origins to a captured market

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Pride of Place: the first 60 years of building in Bendigo and surrounds by Bendigo Art Gallery

Pride of Place: the first 60 years of building in Bendigo and surrounds

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Hidden Worlds: glimpses from Bendigo’s Forest Street archaeological excavation by Bendigo Art Gallery

Hidden Worlds: glimpses from Bendigo’s Forest Street archaeological excavation

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Celebrating 150 years: rail in Bendigo and the Bendigo Brass Band by Clare Needham

Celebrating 150 years: rail in Bendigo and the Bendigo Brass Band

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Childhood: growing up in Bendigo by Clare Needham

Childhood: growing up in Bendigo

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Mapping great change: the landscape of central Victoria by Clare Needham

Mapping great change: the landscape of central Victoria

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Art for the people: Bendigo Art Gallery 1887 – 2013 by Simone Bloomfield

Art for the people: Bendigo Art Gallery 1887 – 2013

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

A cure for all ills: medicine in Bendigo by Clare Needham

A cure for all ills: medicine in Bendigo

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition

Crime and punishment: a history of Bendigo's law and order by Simone Bloomfield

Crime and punishment: a history of Bendigo's law and order

This electronic publication accompanies the exhibition