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Bayside Painting Prize 2026 (formerly Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize)
Bayside Gallery (Bayside City Council) · Brighton (Melbourne), Australia
Acquisitive painting prize open to Australian citizens or permanent residents over 18, with a $10,000 Beckett Local Prize and People's Choice; exhibited at Bayside Gallery, Brighton, Victoria.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia (by residence or nationality)
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Painting
- Work made
- Within the last 1 years
- Size limits
- Max 200 cm x 200 cm; liftable by two people
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Australian citizens or permanent residents (at least 12 months) over 18; Beckett Local Prize for Bayside residents.
About
The Bayside Painting Prize is the relaunched Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, presented by Bayside Gallery in Melbourne. It is for painting defined as a liquid medium applied to a rigid or semi-rigid support (works on paper are not accepted), completed in the 12 months before the closing date.
Works must be no larger than 200 x 200 cm and liftable by two people. Applications are made online. The 2026 round opened 1 November 2025 and closed 20 February 2026, with the exhibition from 1 May to 14 June 2026.