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Tā Moko: powerful Māori cultural expression
Tā Moko: powerful Māori cultural expression
In an Australian first, Crispin Howarth, Curator of Pacific Arts at the National Gallery of Australia, opens ‘Māori Markings: Tā Moko’…
National Gallery of Australia
Apr 1
Where earth meets sky, find Fujiko Nakaya
Where earth meets sky, find Fujiko Nakaya
Below the clouds, within reach, Fujiko Nakaya’s ‘Foggy wake in a desert: An ecosphere’ is a tribute to nature. Dr Lucina Ward explores the…
National Gallery of Australia
Feb 28
Ford Madox Brown’s labour creates a masterpiece
Ford Madox Brown’s labour creates a masterpiece
Dr Lucina Ward, NGA Senior Curator, travels to the heart of Victorian London with one of the greatest 19th century paintings — Ford Madox…
National Gallery of Australia
Feb 18
Tracing paths of nuclear disasters, chemical fallout and conflict with MISO
Tracing paths of nuclear disasters, chemical fallout and conflict with MISO
Yvette Dal Pozzo, NGA Curatorial Assistant, catches up with MISO, one of our youngest Australian artists in the NGA’s collection. MISO’s…
National Gallery of Australia
Feb 7
Joseph Beuys was here, 1982
Joseph Beuys was here, 1982
The National Gallery of Australia acquired German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys’ ‘Stripes from the house of the shaman 1964–72’ in 1981, and…
National Gallery of Australia
Feb 3
Sex by the pool in California Cool
Sex by the pool in California Cool
Annie O’Hehir, NGA Curator of Photography uncovers the west coast look created through the lens of the sun-bathed LA photographers of the…
National Gallery of Australia
Dec 3, 2018
Imagining Ophelia
Imagining Ophelia
Bianca Winataputri, NGA Assistant Curator of International Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts explores how Ophelia’s fate is entwined…
National Gallery of Australia
Nov 11, 2018
Enter the ‘femme maison’ with Frances Cannon
Enter the ‘femme maison’ with Frances Cannon
Melbourne queer artist and Instagrammer @frances_cannon tells us how Louise Bourgeois’ maternal work reaches through time to touch the…
National Gallery of Australia
Oct 29, 2018
Desire and our freedom to express it
Desire and our freedom to express it
Dr Shaune Lakin, NGA Senior Curator of Photography, examines the struggle for creative and sexual freedom in a conservative and controlled…
National Gallery of Australia
Oct 24, 2018
Paper Rain
Paper Rain
David Greenhalgh, NGA Curatorial Assistant, dives into the Kenneth Tyler Archive and soaks up the vision of ‘American Master’ Robert…
National Gallery of Australia
Oct 8, 2018
Under the sea
Under the sea
Micheline Ford, NGA Senior Conservator Textiles, uncovers the hidden secrets of one special seahorse.
National Gallery of Australia
Sep 19, 2018
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Merce Cunningham deconstructed and rebuilt our understanding of dance in the same way his contemporaries — including artists Andy Warhol…
National Gallery of Australia
Sep 17, 2018
Talking Country
Talking Country
Shane Nelson, NGA Indigenous Programs Producer, reflects on the power of starting conversations.
National Gallery of Australia
Sep 17, 2018
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