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Exhibition

Haegue Yang:
Changing From To From

27 May – 24 Sep 2023

The artist's work pictured stationary in an empty room.

Featured Events

  • Emily Kam Kngwarray

    2023 End of Financial Year Giving

  • Touring Exhibition

    Judy Watson & Helen Johnson
    the red thread of history, loose ends

    On Tour
    Colourful  and washed out colonial figures fill the scene, holding flags, gesticulating - they are transposed over a map. There is a small black and white figure of a thief making a getaway with his sack in the bottom right hand corner.

    Museum of Art and Culture, yapang Lake Macquarie, NSW
    27 May – 23 Jul 2023

    Work by two of Australia’s leading artists – Judy Watson and Helen Johnson – is a Know My Name project and part of The Balnaves Contemporary Series.

  • For Kids & Families

    Art Steps for Haegue Yang
    School Holiday Activity

    The artist's work pictured stationary in an empty room with two models.

    Daily, Sat 1 – Sun 16 Jul
    60 min sessions at 11am & 12.30pm

    Wheelchair Accessible
  • Talks & Lectures

    Entering Ouroboros
    Lindy Lee discusses her new, immersive sculptural commission for the National Gallery

    Sun 16 Jul 2023
    2–3pm

    This panel will discuss the process realising this work.

    Wheelchair Accessible Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
  • Members

    Membership

    Bright, multi-coloured depiction of Ginger Riley Munduwalawala's, Mara people, Country including birds, other wildlife and watering holes.

    Become a Member today. Support our mission to connect through creativity and discover a world of ideas.

  • Access

    Art for Carers: At the Gallery

    a group of people, some in wheelchairs, sit around a sculpture listening to a guide

    Third Tuesday of every month
    10.30 – 11.30am

    Wheelchair Accessible
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First Nations

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Touring Exhibition

4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony

On Tour

Araluen Arts Centre, NT
25 Mar – 12 Jun 2023

First Nations

Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia

Read Time 21 minutes
First Nations

The Aboriginal Memorial

A wide-angle photograph showing an installation of 200 painted hollow logs standing upright in a large gallery space. The surrounding walls are painted in a dark colour and the logs are positioned on a navy plinth shaped to resemble both sides of a river bank.

Kunmanara (Ray) Ken, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunyjatjara peoples

Ngayuku ngura - My Country
2012

Stories & Ideas

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Stories & Ideas

Alick Tipoti: A contemporary approach to storytelling in art

Photograph of artist Alick Tipoti standing on a beach on Badhu Island, in the Zenadth Kes/Torres Straits at sunset with other members of his community is ceremony dresss
Stories & Ideas

Meet a conservator

Portrait of Alysha Redston, Conservator, Time Based Media standing in front of Rebecca Horn's Les Amants [The lovers] 1991
Artists' Artists series

Huma Bhabha selects works from the collection that inspires, moves or intrigues.

National Gallery of Australia

Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2022–2024

Collection


The National Gallery’s evolving collection of over 155,000 works of art, created by more than 15,000 artists, includes the world’s largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

First Nations

First Nations painting depicting a colourful swan using indigenous patterns of colourful stripes and dots in the body of the bird as well as in the background.

Australian Art

Abstract painting depicting blocks of houses

International Art

Abstract paiting using colourful dots to represent background and shapes throughout the work.

On View

Large sculptural work of stacked wood, brass bells, and medicinal herbs

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Access

We provide a range of free programs designed for and with people with disability and access needs.

Access tour for the vision impaired with close up of Guide Dog

Teachers & Students

Foster a love of learning through art with our range of dynamic and creative programs and resources.

Small group of school children in the first nations galleries viewing Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s Yam awely.

Young People

Love art? Full of ideas? Get inspired and get involved in creative programs for young people.

Group photo of teenagers standing and sitting against a wall

Kids & Families

Encourage your child’s curiosity and creativity with our range of joyful, artist-led programs.

Photograph of a family group crouching in the garden beds of the Sculpture Garden

Adults

Creative learning is a life-long pursuit. With our range of art programs, you’re sure to find the perfect spark for your imagination.

people walking down a triangular staircase

Join & Support


Photo of a woman and a man looking at an artwork on the wall of the Gallery.

Join our global community, find inspiration in the national collection and help imagine our shared art future.

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Important notice for artists


Recognise and report scams

The National Gallery urges artists to take care online. Be aware of scams targeting artists, where bad actors pose as gallery curators enquiring about acquiring or exhibiting works of art. The National Gallery would not acquire works of art through social media channels. For more information about how to protect yourself against scams, visit Scamwatch.

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