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John Leslie Art Prize 2026
Gippsland Art Gallery (Wellington Shire Council) · Sale, Australia
Biennial $30,000 acquisitive prize for landscape painting in any medium, open to artists living and working in Australia, exhibited at Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia (by country of residence)
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Painting
- Theme
- landscape
- Size limits
- Max 200 x 250 cm including frame
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Artists living and working in Australia; Best Gippsland Work requires living or working in Gippsland.
About
The John Leslie Art Prize is a landscape painting prize presented by Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale. The 2026 edition, its 14th, offered a $30,000 acquisitive prize and a $1,000 non-acquisitive prize for the Best Gippsland Work.
Entries must be paintings in any medium on the theme of landscape, completed after 1 March 2024 and no larger than 200 x 250 cm including frame. Entry is online with a 300 dpi image. The 2026 call ran from 5 March to 17 July 2026, with finalists exhibited 5 September to 22 November 2026.