Symbols of the Courts

Silk and Gold-Thread Textiles in Southeast Asia

Exhibition
28 Jan – 2 July 1989

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National Gallery Exhibition History

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View the National Gallery's archive of past exhibitions.

Feature

Masami Teraoka & ukiyo-e printmaking

Colour print of man in the ocean staring longingly at a woman in a swimsuit. Print style reminiscent of traditional Japanese prints

Explore the unique tradition of ukiyo-e printmaking through an analysis of Masami Teraoka's Hawaii Snorkel series

Read Time: 34 minutes
Essay

Contemporary Worlds: Duto Hardono

A man stands in front of a house

Grace Chen and Felicia Grant discover how Indonesian artist Duto Hardono captures time and speaks about human nature.

Read Time: 10 minutes
Article

Where earth meets sky, find Fujiko Nakaya

Photograph of trees and fog in garden

Dr Lucina Ward explores Fujiko Nakaya’s Foggy wake in a desert: An ecosphere.

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Feature

Collecting the artistic voices of Indonesia

Large scale installation - black wall background with brigth multi-coloured fluorescent lights

Senior Curator of Asian and Pacific Art, Carol Cains uncovers the origins of the National Gallery’s extensive Indonesian art collection.

Read Time: 14 minutes
Exhibition

William Robinson
A Retrospective

Past Exhibition
Painting of landscape of trees reflecting in a body of water

14 Dec 2001 – 10 Mar 2002

This exhibition was one of the first retrospective exhibition of work by William Robinson, one of Australia's senior contemporary landscape artists.

Q&A

Balance and contradiction: in conversation with Xu Zhen

Installation view of Xu Zhen Hello

Peter Johnson visits XU ZHEN® in Shanghai ahead of his first solo show to be presented in Australia — XU ZHEN®: ETERNITY VS EVOLUTION.

Read Time: 21 minutes
Article

Contemporary Worlds: Yudha Fehung

A man in a white t-shirt smiles at the camera

Maddy Merzvinskis explores the organic collaboration in Yogyakarta’s art collectives with Indonesian contemporary artist Yudha Fehung.

Read Time: 9 minutes
Photo Essay

Technique in Focus: Masami Teraoka’s ‘Hawaii snorkel’ series

Woodblock and etching print of a scene with multiple characters in the ocean

An excerpt from ‘Workshop: The Kenneth Tyler Collection’ about the techniques used in Masami Teraoka’s ‘Hawaii Snorkel’ series

Read Time: 3 minutes
Exhibition

Dance Hall Days
French posters from Chéret to Toulouse-Lautrec

Past Exhibition
A lithograph poster of a woman enjoying a glass of absinthe and the words absinthe vichet are in red text against a green banner.

27 Jun 1998 – 25 Oct 1998

Colour lithography posters from late 19th century Paris advertised and celebrated the popular dance halls and cafés-concerts.