PARALYMPIAN Dylan Alcott, rugby league star Greg Inglis and musician Megan Washington will all be at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery this month.
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Their portraits are part of the Archibald Prize Regional Tour, which includes Bathurst in 2020 for the first time in a number of years.
The Archibald Prize, Australia's oldest art prize, is awarded each year at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.
The Archibald Prize Regional Tour features the entries in the 2019 competition, including Tony Costa's winning portrait of fellow artist Liny Lee, and Tessa MacKay's packing room prize-winning portrait of actor David Wenham.
Other high-profile Australians who feature in the 2019 Archibald Prize are media personalities Annabel Crabb, Benjamin Law and Leigh Sales.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery director Sarah Gurich said the new exhibition will give gallery visitors an insight into the vibrancy of portraiture.
"A key highlight of the Archibald works is how the artist interprets their subject, who is often a person of national significance," she said.
The exhibition will be complemented by the Bathurst Young Archies Competition finalists, featuring entries from local children, and the community photographic portrait exhibition, Pictures of You.
"With Bathurst's iteration of Young Archies, we've received portrait entries from children between the ages of three and 18, and each work features a person significant to the respective artist's life," Ms Gurich said.
"The entries we've received are absolutely fantastic; the brush strokes are so raw and it's incredible how even the younger artists have the natural ability to capture so much.
"It's the same with Pictures of You. The quality of entries we've received have really unearthed some talented photographers in the community."
BRAG reopened in early June following a COVID-19-induced lockdown, and has carefully implemented a COVID-safe plan to ensure the safety of visitors.
The three exhibitions will be launched on Saturday, August 15 in lieu of a regular launch event due to COVID-19 restrictions.
For more information, visit the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery website, www.bathurstart.com.au.
