Exhibition opening | National Photography Prize 2026
Join us in celebrating the opening of the biennial National Photography Prize, as we reflect on the contributions of the twelve shortlisted artists, and announce the recipient of the acquisitive $40,000 Audray Banfield Award, and the $5000 John & Margaret Baker Fellowship for an emerging artist.
Every two years, the prize brings together artists from across Australia who are developing and challenging photographic language and techniques in contemporary art. The artists selected for the 2026 finalists exhibition represent a breadth of Australian photographic practice traversing themes including the environment and its degradation, family histories, memory, intimacy, connection to place, and cultural identity. Their practices ranging from camera-less darkroom investigations through to large format analogue photographs, moving-imagery, lenticular photographs, archives, installations and experiments with AI.
This is a free event, all welcome.
Event details
Saturday 8 August 2026
4.00pm Bar will be open throughout the event, cash + eftpos available.
4.15pm Opening formalities and winners announcement by judge Natasha Bullock, Senior Curator, Photography, National Gallery of Victoria
6.00pm Finish
