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.

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Highlights

Exhibitions

Projects & Initiatives

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Installation view of Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now – Part 1

Know My Name

A large crowd watches two large hot-air balloons in the shape of skywhales float above the ground in the early morning

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

The Balnaves Contemporary Series

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Conservator David Wise working on Jackson Pollock, Blue poles, 1952, purchased 1973 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency

Conserving Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles

Artist Interviews

Talks & Lectures /  Video

Artists in Conversation: Micky Allan
Know My Name

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Published 11 February 2021

Hear from leading Australian artist Micky Allan in conversation with curator Elspeth Pitt.

Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions
Talks & Lectures /  Video

Artist talk: Reko Rennie
Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial

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Published 2017

Project /  Video

Joan Ross: Collector's Paradise
Know My Name

Video still of light projection onto National Gallery building

Published 08 April 2021

In Collector's Paradise artist Joan Ross asks us to think about museums as places that keep, acquire, and classify objects.

Talks & Lectures /  Video

Artists in Conversation: Barbara Campbell, Narelle Jubelin and r e a

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Published 2020

First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Yvonne Koolmatrie

Video still of artwork up close.

Published 24 February 2020

Master weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie is passionate about preserving the near lost art of Ngarrindjeri weaving.

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    Kenneth Tyler collaborated with leading artists working in America in the post Second World War era. He also mentored emerging artists.

    Guided Tour

    Collection Tour

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    Daily, 10.30am & 2.30pm

    Wheelchair Accessible
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Exhibitions

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    My Collection

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    National Gallery donor Naomi Milgrom AC speaks with Director Nick Mitzevich about her private collection.

    Art & Artists Archives

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    Photography

    Anni Albers

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    Anni Albers first collaborated with Kenneth Tyler at Gemini GEL in 1970.