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The National Gallery is open today 10am–5pm
Admission is free with ticket

Exhibition

Know My Name: Making it Modern

5 Aug – 8 Oct 2023

Four panels of screens painted with oils, featuring various trees and flora

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First Nations

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Janet Fieldhouse
Art Makers x National Gallery

Collection

Artists' Artists: Danie Mellor

white and blue painting of a European graveyard with multicoloured native animals and a group of indigenous peoples around a campfire
Read Time 13 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.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art /  Video

NAIDOC and the Art of Protest

Portrait of a man standing in front of artworks in an Art Gallery

Published 06 February 2023

Audio Tour Closed Captions
35 minutes

Stories & Ideas

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Colour, rhythm, and spirit

Unravelling Grace Cossington Smith’s sketchbook annotations
A sketch of a woman sitting in a deck chair
The Seed and the Flower

Curators reflect on a major painting by Emily Kam Kngwarray
National Gallery of Australia

Environmental Sustainability Action Plan
Paul House's hand is next to a divot in a stone that he is using to demonstrate ancestral stones

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

Woven cane basket

Australian Art

Painting of old house with a young girl dressed in a pinafore sitting outside holding a bird

International Art

Painting of a young girl seated in a chair

Sculpture

Sculpture of a square frame with figres of three people in a line facing a old fashion heating element, the figure at the end turning the other way

Know My Name

A close up portrait of artist Haegue Yang with their work Triple Chalkies, a woven hanging sculpture.

Women have been shaping culture for time immemorial. Celebrate women artists – see their art, hear their stories, and know their names.

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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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