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Art Talks

Art Talks are a free weekly program. Hear from artists, curators and experts on the works in our collection and exhibition program.

Art Talks are held every Friday lunchtime at 12–12.45pm from February to December. There are no Art Talks on public holidays or in January.

The National Gallery is committed to reducing barriers to participation in our programs. Art Talks are wheelchair accessible and four assistive listening devices will be available for attendees who are hard of hearing. Please email learning@nga.gov.au for more information or to discuss your access needs.

Upcoming Art Talks

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Art Talks

Lucina Ward on Rebecca Horn’s Les Amants (The lovers) 1991

Installation view of Rebecca Horn's Les Amants [The lovers], 1991. Black paint sprayed across a white wall, by a painting machine.

Fri 29 Nov 2024, 12pm

Wheelchair Accessible Audio Tour

Art Talks

Tina Baum on Ever Present

Photo of a smiling woman standing outside in front of a sculpture

Fri 6 Dec 2024, 12pm

Wheelchair Accessible Audio Tour

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Rebecca Edwards on Anne Dangar

Fri 13 Dec 2024, 12pm

Wheelchair Accessible Audio Tour

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Upcoming Art Talks

Lucina Ward on Rebecca Horn’s Les Amants (The lovers) 1991

Tina Baum on Ever Present

Rebecca Edwards on Anne Dangar

Listen to Art Talks on Demand

Australian Women Sculptors with Deirdre Cannon and Elspeth Pitt

Deirdre Cannon on Lindy Lee

Rex Butler on Colin McCahon’s Victory over death 2

Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts on Masami Teraoka and the influence of ukiyo-e printmaking

Nature as inspiration With Carol Cains, Rebecca Edwards and Shaune Lakin

Modern Portraits: Francis Chit, Khubiram Gopila and Bhuralal Motilal

Jane Messenger on Gauguin’s World

David Greenhalgh on Marcel Duchamp

David Greenhalgh on Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao

Feeling the Square – David Sequeira on Josef Albers

Simeran Maxwell on Australian Fashion Innovators

Massimo Martelli on Albert Tucker and T.S. Eliot

Dylan Van Den Berg on Benjamin Duterrau’s 'Mr Robinson's first interview with Timmy'

Nam Le on Sidney Nolan’s Quilting the armour

Lucina Ward on Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao

Faonetapu Takiari on Kava Ceremony

Cara Kirkwood on Blak Leadership NAIDOC Week

Françoise Schneiders on F*ck you, I’m not your Dusky Maiden

Tahe Drollet on Riding the Settler

Imogen Dixon-Smith on Anni Albers

What is it About Paint? With Adriane Boag

Uncanny Valley: Dr. Wade Marynowsky on the history of automaton Body Sculpture in Focus

Art on the road: Travel in Worldwide With Carol Cains, Shaune Lakin and Anne O’Hehir

Art out of the Box in the Collection Study Room with Bronwyn Gardner, Zoe Bilston & Tedd Nugent

Artist Archives with Simon Underschultz

Micheline Ford on A Century of Quilts

Caring for your art collection with Lisa Addison

Andrew Meares on how Body Sculpture helps us to see the future

Dr Nathan Emmerich on Body Sculpture

Nature as inspiration
With Carol Cains, Rebecca Edwards and Shaune Lakin

Cara Kirkwood on Blak Leadership
NAIDOC Week

Uncanny Valley: Dr. Wade Marynowsky on the history of automaton
Body Sculpture in Focus

Art on the road: Travel in Worldwide
With Carol Cains, Shaune Lakin and Anne O’Hehir

Art out of the Box in the Collection Study Room
with Bronwyn Gardner, Zoe Bilston & Tedd Nugent