Bendigo Art Gallery, Arts centre and building in Bendigo, Australia

Bendigo Art Gallery is an art gallery in Bendigo, Victoria, founded in 1887 and owned by the City of Greater Bendigo. Its first exhibition space was the former Bendigo Volunteer Rifle's room, converted by architect William Charles Vahland in 1890 and named Bolton Court. Drury Court, by William Beebe, followed in 1897, and a sculpture gallery by Fender Katsalidis Architects was added between 1998 and 2001. The building closed on 1 December 2025 for a $25 million redevelopment, with exhibitions held off-site until early 2028.

Founded in 1887, the gallery first occupied the former Bendigo Volunteer Rifle's room, converted into an exhibition space by architect William Charles Vahland in 1890 and renamed Bolton Court. Drury Court, designed by William Beebe, was added in 1897; offices, extra galleries and a new entrance followed in 1962. Fender Katsalidis Architects designed the sculpture gallery added in the 1998–2001 refurbishment. The building closes from December 2025 to early 2028 for a $25 million redevelopment, with exhibitions held off-site.

The gallery's logo reproduces Ettore Cadorin's 1913 statue Venus tying her sandals, which the Italian-born American sculptor sold to the gallery after visiting it in 1913; his wife, contralto Erna Mueller, had trained at the Bendigo Conservatory. The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, launched in 2003, is named for a local-born RAAF serviceman who died near Lae, Papua New Guinea, in 1945.

The gallery closed on Monday 1 December 2025 for a $25 million redevelopment expected to run into early 2028, so check before travelling. During the closure the creative programme continues at venues elsewhere in Bendigo rather than in the building.

The gallery's logo reproduces Ettore Cadorin's statue Venus tying her sandals (1913). Cadorin, an Italian-born American married to Australian contralto Erna Mueller, who trained at the Bendigo Conservatory, sold the statue to the gallery after visiting it in 1913.