Know My Name: Australian Women Artists
13 Sep – 17 Nov 2024
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD
Grace Cossington Smith, Interior in yellow, 1962-64, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1965
‘One hundred years ago art museums were seen as sanctified spaces for art from the past; repositories of recognised greatness. That recognition was almost entirely gender-specific: the great artists of the past were male—or so went conventional wisdom. Today those certainties have been swept away; society has changed profoundly in the past 50 years and women have been claiming their place in every area of cultural life.’
About
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists tells a new story of Australian art. Looking at moments in which women created new forms of art and cultural commentary, it highlights creative and intellectual relationships between artists across time.
The Know My Name touring exhibition follows the National Gallery’s major two-part exhibition of Australian women artists. It is part of a series of ongoing gender equity initiatives by the Gallery to increase the representation of all women in its artistic program.
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia.
Curators:
Elspeth Pitt, Senior Curator, Australian Art
Deirdre Cannon, Assistant Curator, Australian Art
Supported by
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National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program
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Visions of Australia Logo
Dates & Venues
Touring Dates
- Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
25 Nov 2023 – 18 Feb 2024 - Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC
2 Mar – 19 May 2024 - Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
31 May – 25 Aug 2024 - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD
13 Sep – 17 Nov 2024 - Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
29 Nov 2024 – 1 Mar 2025 - Araluen Arts Centre, NT
14 Mar – 11 May 2025 - Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, WA
30 May – 30 Aug 2025
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists Audio Tour
Lola Greeno, Pakana people, Shell necklace, 1995, Cockles, Maireener, cat's teeth and button shells on cotton string, 136 h cm, 2 w cm, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1998 © Lola Greeno
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