Opening // BRAG Summer Exhibitions 2026

Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) in celebrating the opening of two new exhibitions on Friday 13 November 2026!

Main Gallery - Grounding: Stories from Three Collections

Foyer Gallery - Sarah Randall: The Long Way

Friday 13 November, 6pm

Welcome to Country
Opening Speeches
Auslan Interpretation for Opening Speeches
Catering by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society
Beverages by Renzaglia Wines, Grass Parrot Vineyard, and Cosmo Brewing
FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

For the first time, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG), Cowra Regional Art Gallery, and Orange Regional Gallery are sharing the richness of their collections to create three unique exhibitions, each with a different thematic approach: Grounding, Retrospection, and Affinities. Presenting familiar and unfamiliar works in new contexts, each exhibition sparks fresh conversations, fosters community pride within the Central West, and strengthens cultural tourism across the three destinations.

Plus: BRAG continues to celebrate and support regional artists with a new Foyer Gallery exhibition by Sarah Randall, The Long Way.

Main Gallery

Grounding: Stories from Three Collections

Grounding: Stories from Three Collections at BRAG explores the ways in which artists respond to place and the ways in which regional collections reflect the histories and identities of place. Grounding looks at regional, national, and international artists across medium and time who consider the physical, emotional, and cultural significance of place. Importantly, the concept of ‘grounding’ is deeply embedded in Wiradyuri and First Nations culture through connection to Country.

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Oil painting of buildings

Image: Rachel Ellis, Late Afternoon, IGA carpark, 2006, oil on linen, 28 x 61 cm. Courtesy the artist. Collection of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.

Foyer Gallery

The Long Way

Sarah Randall

Sarah Randall's work explores the intersections between humanity and the natural world, capturing places of human interference: cleared land, introduced vegetation and built infrastructure. Despite our efforts to shape and control the environment, nature maintains a quiet, persistent resistance.

With Randall living on Wiradyuri/Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW, The Long Way draws directly from the familiar landscapes of Orange, Macquarie Woods, Bathurst, Portland, Lewis Ponds, Reid’s Flat and Browns Creek, portraying distinctive rural forms unique to our region.

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Oil painting of landscape

Image: Sarah Randall, Lower Lewis Ponds Road (detail), 2026, oil on board, 40 x 30 cm. Courtesy the artist.

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