Bendigo Art Gallery

Established in 1887, Bendigo Art Gallery is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional galleries. Bendigo Art Gallery’s collection is extensive, with an emphasis on 19th century European art and Australian art from the 1800’s, alongside a strong collection of contemporary Australian art.

Over the last decade, Bendigo Art Gallery has cemented its reputation for presenting innovative international exhibitions alongside a dynamic and varied suite of public programs and events.

Bendigo Art Gallery

42 View Street Bendigo VIC 3550

03 5434 6088

bendigoartgallery.com.au

Daily 10am–5pm.
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Exhibitions

Rob McHaffie: We are family

10 Aug - 9 Feb

Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2024 finalist exhibition

10 Aug - 27 Jan

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The rhythm of creating

In a new collaborative exhibition at PS Art Space, in partnership with Cool Change Contemporary, five artists with process-lead practices contemplate material ethics through actively engaging in slowness and reuse.

Sally Gearon

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The ecstatic visions of Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien’s 2022 video work Once Again…(Statues Never Die) exposes the unseen emotional registers inherent to the struggle for colonial repatriation by mapping the places where poetics and politics intersect.

Michael Sun

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Scaling new heights

A new exhibition at the Australian National Capital Artists Inc (ANCA) asks 12 artists—including Dan Powers, S.A.Adair, Emma Beer and Lisa Sammut—to explore scale: from the miniature to the monumental.

Michelle Wang

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Women love the art world, but does the art world love women?

Even though women currently outnumber men in the arts by two-to-one, the industry remains rife with gender disparities from income to accommodating motherhood. So why, asks Neha Kale, is the growing visibility of female-identifying artists falling short of genuine, material change?

Neha Kale

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Rob McHaffie hones in on homelife

Melbourne-born figurative artist and ceramicist Rob McHaffie takes a global view of human idiosyncrasy. His biggest exhibition to date, now showing at Bendigo Art Gallery, covers over a decade of his painting practice.

Steve Dow

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The immersive storytelling of Leah King-Smith

rhythm wRites, a new exhibition at QUT Art Museum, spans 30 years of Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith’s manifold art practice, covering painting, photography, sound and animation.

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