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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


  • On view at the Gallery

  • First Nations

    The Aboriginal Memorial

    Detail images of The Aboriginal Memorial
  • Sculpture Garden

    Large sculptural work of seven polished steel cones suspended horizontally. Displayed in the National Gallery Sculpture garden.
  • Kenneth E. Tyler Collection

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Exhibitions


  • On Now

    Artwork depicting a beach scene, with fruit, egg and seashell on a table in foreground with a man's head behind.  The back view of a woman walking with an umbrella in the background and building on the right

    See current and upcoming exhibitions on display at the Gallery.

  • On Tour

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    The Gallery’s touring exhibition program brings works from the national collection to communities around Australia and the world.

  • National Gallery Exhibition History

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    View the National Gallery's archive of past exhibitions.

  • Exhibition

    National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony

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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


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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

A video still of a woman standing above an artwork

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

A video still of a car driving through the desert

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

A video still of a woman looking at an artwork

Published 2020

First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Yvonne Koolmatrie

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Published 24 February 2020

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


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    Collection Tour

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    Provenance

    Gayer-Anderson Collection

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    Special Collections

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    The Art & Artist ephemera collection documents the activities of artists, curators, collectors, art organisations and galleries.

    Founding of the Collection

    Two men in an art workshop rolling ink onto a large rectangular stone

    What happens when a talented artist experiences the creative environment of a Kenneth Tyler print workshop?

    About the Tyler Collection

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    The Kenneth E. Tyler Collection at the National Gallery of Australia is the world’s most comprehensive collection of prints produced by the printmaker

    Archives and Special Collections

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