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Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney, Australia
Annual scholarship for Australian painters aged 20-30: one $50,000 award with a three-month Paris residency and five $10,000 awards with a two-week NSW residency.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia (by residence or nationality)
- Age
- 20 to 30
- Career stage
- Emerging
- Mediums
- Painting
- Size limits
- Nominated painting max 100 x 150 cm
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Aged 20-30 at closing date; Australian citizen for at least two years; living in Australia during application and announcement period.
About
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, supports excellence in painting by artists aged 20 to 30 with an established body of work. The 2026 scholarship consists of one recipient receiving $50,000 and a three-month residency at the Cite internationale des arts in Paris, and five recipients each receiving $10,000 and a two-week studio residency.
Applicants submit images of ten works, at least five of them paintings, and nominate one painting (max 100 x 150 cm) for judging. Finalists' work is exhibited at the Brett Whiteley Studio in Surry Hills.