Art & Artists
About the 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. The collection represents the whole of Australian art, modern art worldwide, particularly from Europe and America and art from across Asia and the Pacific.
Exhibitions
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On Tour
The Gallery’s touring exhibition program brings works from the national collection to communities around Australia and the world.
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View the National Gallery's archive of past exhibitions.
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The National Indigenous Art Triennial is the National Gallery of Australia’s flagship exhibition series. Opening in 2022, Ceremony is the fourth iteration.
Projects & Initiatives
Installation view of Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now – Part 1
Patricia Piccinini's Skywhale, 2013, gift of anonymous donor 2019, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program; and Skywhalepapa 2020, commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation 2019, purchased 2020 © Patricia Piccinini at their first flight together in Canberra, 2021
Conservator David Wise working on Jackson Pollock, Blue poles, 1952, purchased 1973 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency
Artist Interviews
Artists in Conversation: Micky Allan
Know My Name
Published 11 February 2021
Artist talk: Reko Rennie
Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial
Published 2017
Joan Ross: Collector's Paradise
Know My Name
Published 08 April 2021
Artists in Conversation: Barbara Campbell, Narelle Jubelin and r e a
Published 2020
This Place: Artist Series – Yvonne Koolmatrie
Published 24 February 2020
Related
Matisse & Picasso Exhibition Tour
Published 20 March 2020
