Mother-Tongue Warraba Weatherall’s Mother-Tongue examines the profound relationship between body and land. Culture and Country are interconnected forms of knowledge, memory, and care that require active maintenance to thrive. This is embedded in Kamilaroi language that shares words between the anatomy of the body and that of a tree. Mother-Tongue elaborates on how land, cultural knowledge and bodily experience form an interconnected system and invites viewers to recognise their position and cons

2026 exhibitions loading… ⏳ Headlining major exhibitions will celebrate culture and explore the epic and the imaginative. Highlights include Arthur Boyd: tapestries, presenting for the first time 20 monumental works by the artist, and Full Throttle, bringing together contemporary artists who challenge the myths and meanings built around cars while confronting themes of gender, power, performance and national identity. Other highlights celebrate contemporary art from across the country and artist

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Explore the art and lives of 50 trailblazing Australian women artists. Dangerously Modern – now on at the Art Gallery of NSW. | Art Gallery of New South Wales

18 reactions | Explore the thought-provoking work of Tony Albert – one Australia's most exciting contemporary Indigenous artists. | Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art | Facebook

1.9K views · 81 reactions | Curatorial Assistant of Australian Art Alice Rezende highlights the presence of Cookie Mueller in Nan Goldin's The ballad of sexual dependency, and the signficance of Tin Pan Alley, New York City in the 1980s. Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency is now in its last week on display at the National Gallery, closing 28 Jan. https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/nan-goldin/ #NanGoldin #NationalGalleryAU | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Facebook

🚸ROAD SAFE WITH SIR DON BRADMAN (1948) From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1948. Directed by Jim Pearson. As a contribution to the cause of road safety Sir Donald Bradman world famous cricketer, played the lead in this film for children. The theme is cricket played in casual suburban small boy fashion, with a narrow street for the oval and a petrol tin for the wicket. Sir Donald comes on the scene and demonstrates the virtues of safety first as a must for those w

1.2K views · 90 reactions |  OPENING TOMORROW || Jeffrey Smart 'my only concern is putting the right shapes in the right colours in the right places. My main concern always is the geometry, the structure of the painting.' Step with us into the urban and the uncanny world of Australian artist Jeffrey Smart. Until 15 May 2022 ️ Book now nga.gov.au/jeffreysmart #JeffreySmart #NationalGalleryAU #VisitCanberra | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Facebook

240K views · 124 reactions | Paul Cezanne. Pablo Picasso. Henri...