Wynne Prize 2024

EXHIBITION
Free
15 February - 6 April 2025
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents the Wynne Prize 2024, touring from the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The $50,000 Wynne Prize is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or the best example of figure sculpture by an Australian artist.

The Wynne Prize is Australia’s oldest art prize. It was established following a bequest by Richard Wynne and was first awarded in 1897 to mark the official opening of the Art Gallery of New South Wales at its present site. The Wynne Prize reflects the diversity of figurative sculptural practice, while the paintings are a dynamic reflection of Australian artists’ response to the land, reflecting contemporary aesthetics, environmental and stewardship concerns, and conceptions of Country.

Following exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the Wynne Prize is touring regional NSW and BRAG is pleased to bring this celebrated showcase of Australian art to the Bathurst community.

Wynne Prize 2024 is an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition. This project is proudly supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW’s Blockbusters Funding initiative.

Find out more about each of the 2024 Wynne Prize finalists here

Public Programs

Exhibition Opening, Friday 14 February, 6pm - RSVP essential

Curatorial Talk with Anne Ryan, Curator Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Saturday 15 February, 11am - RSVP essential

Painting Workshop // Seeing the Sunrise, Saturday 1 March, 10:00am - RSVP essential

Exhibition Tour // International Women's Day, Saturday 8 March, 11am - RSVP essential

Talks & Tea | Seniors Festival, Wednesday 12 March, 10:30am - RSVP essential

Artist Talk // Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, Saturday 29 March, 11am - RSVP essential

Exhibition Tours, Saturdays, 11am - RSVP essential

Sunday Sketch Sessions, Sundays, 10am-2pm - more info

Education

Educational Visits, bookings essential, brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au

Group Visits, bookings essential, brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au

Wynne Prize 2024 Learning Resource

This learning resource is designed to engage students with the 2024 Wynne Prize and inspire art-making, critical thinking and discussion about landscape painting, including the ways artists depict the world around them. Using a selection of focus artworks from the prize, it brings together an analysis of the winning work, supporting information about landscape painting, artwork images and wall labels, and curriculum-based strategies for making and responding.

Use this resource in the classroom or in conjunction with a visit to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 15 February - 6 April 2025.

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