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Sidney Nolan’s 1946–47 paintings on the theme of the 19th-century bushranger Ned Kelly are one of the greatest series of Australian paintings of the 20th century. Nolan's Ned Kelly series will be travelling to five venues across Australia from 2018 to 2020.
Venues
2018/2019
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
11 August – 12 November 2018 - Murray Art Museum Albury NSW
23 November 2018 – 17 February 2019 - Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong VIC
2 March – 26 May 2019 - Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier SA
21 June – 4 August 2019
2019/2020
- Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin NT
5 October 2019 – 16 February 2020 - Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
6 March – 31 May 2020
The Vollard Suite
Pablo Picasso’s trip to the great cultural and artistic centres of Rome, Naples and Florence had a profound effect on the course of his work during the 1920s and 1930s, a period that saw him embrace classical and mythological themes and imagery, culminating in the one hundred etchings in the Vollard suite 1930–37.
Venues
2017/2018
- Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, QLD
2 December 2017 – 15 April 2018 - National Gallery of Australia, ACT
9 June – 24 September 2018
2018/2019
- Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
17 November 2018 – 3 February 2019 - Ballarat Art Gallery, VIC
22 February – 28 April 2019
National Indigenous Art Triennial
This major exhibition surveys the contemporary practice of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country, responding to the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum through a diverse group of works.
Venues
2018/2019
- Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin NT
24 March – 15 July 2018 - University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane QLD
28 July – 11 November 2018 - Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo NSW
9 March – 5 May 2019 - Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura VIC
Friday 26 July – Sunday 13 October 2019
2019/2020
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS
15 November 2019 – 9 February 2020 - Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney NSW
5 March – 6 September 2020
Drawing from the National Gallery's collection of David Hockney's works on paper from 1961 to present, this exhibition highlights the depth and scope of the artist's printmaking output. Hockney's printing methods range from lithography and etching to photocopiers and fax machines, and—most recently—iPhones and iPads. David Hockney: prints is a thrilling insight into the mind of an iconic artist still searching for new ways of seeing.
Venues
2019/2020
- Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
15 February – 21 April 2019 - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
3 May – 16 June 2019 - Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea NSW
13 July - 8 September 2019 - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
5 October – 1 December 2019
Coming to fruition after the First World War, Art Deco was a style for the new century. Informing art, architecture, fashion and design, Art Deco cast off the excessive embellishment of a previous era in favour of elegant form, vivid colour and an international outlook. Drawn from the rich collections of the National Gallery, this exhibition explores the ways in which Australian artists embraced, adapted and advanced this seminal modernist style.
Venues
2019/2020
- Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
31 May – 25 August 2019 - Ipswich Art Gallery, QLD
7 September – 27 October 2019 - Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC
16 November 2019 – 2 February 2020 - Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, NSW
13 June – 2 August 2020
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift enables people from all around Australia to discover and handle treasured objects. Made possible by Jim Wolfensohn, the Australian-born former president of the World Bank, the gift comprises three art-filled suitcases and the 1888 Melbourne Cup. The NGA has been touring Wolfensohn gifts to schools, libraries, community centres, regional galleries and nursing homes across Australia since 1990.View more
Venues
Blue Case: Technology
2019 dates coming soon.
Red Case: Myths and Rituals
Yellow Case: Form, Space and Design
2019 dates coming soon.
1888 Melbourne Cup
2019 dates coming soon.
Karl Millard Lizard Grinder 2000 brass, bronze, copper, sterling silver, money metal, Peugeot mechanism, stainless steel screws, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra