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Talks & Lectures / Video

Jeffrey Smart Curators' Introduction

Published 24 January 2022

Exhibition curators Dr Deborah Hart and Dr Rebecca Edwards introduce the art and life of Jeffrey Smart

Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions
First Nations / Video

The 2021 Indigenous Arts Leadership Program
Supported by Wesfarmers Arts

Published 20 December 2021

Open Captioning
Young People / Video

National Summer Art Scholarship 2022

Published 12 November 2021

The National Summer Art Scholarship is designed to give young people a behind-the-scenes look into the National Gallery.

Open Captioning
Talks & Lectures / Video

Sarah Lucas: when humour happens, things get good

Published 10 November 2021

Join Emma Dexter, Mikala Dwyer and Natalya Hughes in conversation with Peter Johnson on humour and the impact of Sarah Lucas’ practice.

Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions
Art Talk / Video

Art Talk with Deborah Hart
Anne Wallace’s 'She is'

Published 28 October 2021

Deborah Hart, Henry Dalrymple Head Curator, Australian Art discusses Anne Wallace’s 'She is'.

Audio Tour

10 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Bruce Johnson McLean
Gunybi Ganambarr's 'Lorr'

Published 21 October 2021

Bruce Johnson McLean, Barbara Jean Humphreys Assistant Director, Indigenous Engagement discusses Gunybi Ganambarr's 'Lorr'.

Audio Tour

13 mins
Art Talk / Video

Art Talk with Rebecca Edwards
Marea Gazzard’s 'Kamares VII'

Published 14 October 2021

Rebecca Edwards, Sid and Fiona Myer Curator, Australian Art, discusses Marea Gazzard’s 'Kamares VII'.

Audio Tour

8 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Peter Johnson
Sarah Lucas' 'TITTIPUSSIDAD'

Published 07 October 2021

Peter Johnson, Curator, Projects discusses Sarah Lucas’ 'TITTIPUSSIDAD'.

Audio Tour

11 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Anne O'Hehir
Robyn Stacey’s 'Untitled (Girl in blond wig on floor)' and photographs from her series 'Kiss kiss bang bang' (1985).

Published 29 September 2021

Anne O’Hehir, Curator discusses Robyn Stacey’s 'Untitled (Girl in blond wig on floor)' and photographs from her series 'Kiss kiss bang bang'.

Audio Tour

10 mins
Australian Art / Video

Lindy Lee: Ouroboros

Published 23 September 2021

Australian artist Lindy Lee will create her first immersive public sculpture, Ouroboros, commissioned for the Gallery's 40th birthday.

Audio Tour Open Captioning

2 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Elspeth Pitt
Ewa Pachucka’s 'Landscape and bodies'

Published 23 September 2021

Elspeth Pitt, Curator, Australian Art discusses Ewa Pachucka’s 'Landscape and bodies'.

Audio Tour

6 mins
Art Talk / Video

Art Talk with Keir Winesmith
Freda Robertshaw’s 'Composition'

Published 16 September 2021

Keir Winesmith, Head of Digital, discusses Freda Robertshaw’s 'Composition'.

Audio Tour

5 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Adriane Boag
Margel Hinder’s 'Revolving construction'

Published 09 September 2021

Adriane Boag, Programs Convenor, Access & Inclusion, discusses Margel Hinder’s 'Revolving construction'.

Audio Tour

8 mins
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Nick Mitzevich
Patricia Piccinini's 'Heartwood' and Huma Bhabha's 'Waiting for another game'

Published 02 September 2021

Nick Mitzevich, Director discusses Patricia Piccinini’s 'Heartwood' and Huma Bhabha’s 'Waiting for another game'.

Audio Tour

7 mins
Australian Art / Video

Installing Mikala Dwyer's 'The Silvering'

Published 31 August 2021

Mikala Dwyer's large-scale work The Silvering takes shape in Part Two of Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now.

1 minute
Art Talks / Video

Art Talk with Yvette Dal Pozzo
Agatha Gothe-Snape’s 'POWERPOINTS'

Published 26 August 2021

Yvette Dal Pozzo, Assistant Curator, Australian Art discusses Agatha Gothe-Snape’s 'POWERPOINTS'.

Audio Tour

6 minutes
International Art / Video

Project 1: Sarah Lucas

Published 25 August 2021

Project 1: Sarah Lucas brings together recent bodies of work by one of England’s most influential and unapologetic artists.

Open Captioning
First Nations / Video

National Consultation – Indigenous Arts Leadership Program
Supported by Wesfarmers Arts

Published 30 June 2021

The Gallery is embarking on national consultation to help guide the development of the Indigenous Arts Leadership program.

Closed Captions
Project / Video

Every Heart Sings read by Patricia Piccinini

Published 11 May 2021

Every Heart Sings follows the journey of the skywhale family and talks about nature, family, evolution, care and wonder.
Talks & Lectures / Video

Botticelli to Van Gogh: An Introduction

Published 05 May 2021

Hear curator Bart Cornelis from The National Gallery, London in conversation with journalist and presenter Geraldine Doogue AO.

Auslan Interpretation
Talks & Lectures / Video

Flower Power with Saskia Havekes

Published May 2021

Celebrated floral artist Saskia Havekes discusses composition, colour and the enduring attraction of flowers in art.

Audio Tour Closed Captions

68 minutes
Talks & Lectures / Video

The History of Art History

Published 11 March 2021

Professor Emerita Claire Farago and Professor Art History & Theory, Dr Rex Butler in conversation with National Gallery curator Sally Foster.

Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions
Know My Name / Video

Tackling the Gender Gap in Art History

Published 11 March 2021

Explore why so few women artists are represented in national collections, and how this gender gap is being addressed.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

79 mins
Australian Art / Video

Know My Name: Curatorial Introduction with Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt

Published 24 February 2021
The Kenneth Tyler Collection / Video

Joan Mitchell: Worlds of Colour

Published 12 February 2021

Archival footage from the Kenneth Tyler Collection included in the 2021 exhibition Joan Mitchell: Worlds of Colour.
Know My Name / Video

Artists in Conversation: Micky Allan
Know My Name

Published 11 February 2021

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

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

49 mins
Project / Video

Skywhales: Every heart sings

Published 05 February 2021

Patricia Piccinini's Skywhalepapa and Skywhale are monumental sculptures in the form of hot-air balloons – together they form a skywhale family.
Project / Video

Skywhales: The making of Skywhalepapa

Published 03 February 2021

Created by Patricia Piccinini and hand-sewn by specialist hot air balloon manufacturers, Skywhalepapa debuts in Canberra skies February 2021.
Project / Video

Skywhales: Skywhalepapa prepares to fly

Published 03 February 2021

On a magical misty morning in December 2020, Skywhalepapa arrived in Australia and was welcomed by Skywhale.
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Griselda Pollock & Sally Smart
Artists in Conversation

Published 28 January 2021

Feminist art historian Griselda Pollock and artist Sally Smart discuss the historical and contemporary experience of gender in the visual arts.

Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

41 mins
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Nan Goldin & Jennifer Higgie
Artists in Conversation

Published 21 January 2021

American artist Nan Goldin speaks about the evolution of her practice with Jennifer Higgie, Frieze editor-at-large and Bow Down podcast presenter.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

51 mins
First Nations / Video

Know My Name: Tjanpi Desert Weavers Inma

Published 19 January 2021

Listen to the beautiful sounds of the Tjanpi Desert Weavers' inma.
Archives / Video

The Opening of the Australian National Gallery by Her Majesty the Queen

Published 2021

This ABC-produced video documents the near ten-year construction of the Gallery and the official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 October 1982.
Archives / Video

The Collection with Robert Hughes

Published 2021

This ABC production from 1976 follows Robert Hughes looking at the development of the national collection.
Archives / Video

Exemplary Objects: The Australian National Gallery with Robert Hughes

Published 2021

This 1982 ABC production features Robert Hughes looking at the National Gallery and its place in Australian society.
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Keynote Address – Genevieve Grieves

Published 22 December 2020

Audio Tour Audio Description

18 mins
Know My Name / Video

Fiona Hall and Judy Watson in Conversation

Published 2020

Deborah Hart, Head Curator, Australia Art, leads a conversation with Australian artists Fiona Hall and Judy Watson (Waanyi people).

Audio Tour Closed Captions

44 minutes
Know My Name / Video

Artists in conversation: Jo Lloyd

Published 19 November 2020

Contemporary dancer Jo Lloyd discusses her Know My Name performance commission, Archive the archive.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

45 mins
Australian Art / Video

Reflecting on Know My Name

Published 17 November 2020
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name: Curator’s Talk with Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt

Published 14 November 2020

Curators Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt discuss the Gallery’s major exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

57 mins
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Where to Next?

Published 13 November 2020

Audio Tour Closed Captions

7 minutes
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: 2020 Annual Lecture
Decolonise your Feminism

Published 12 November 2020

First Nations people have critiqued feminism for excluding them, their communities, their voices and aspirations.

Audio Tour Closed Captions

88 minutes
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Communities, Collectives and Lineages

Published 12 November 2020

Audio Tour Closed Captions

100 minutes
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Future Practices

Published 12 November 2020

What do we want from the future? And how can we work together to enable diverse voices and practices in the arts?

Audio Tour Closed Captions

92 minutes
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Alternate Histories

Published 11 November 2020

This panel takes stock of these changes and focuses on current innovative curatorial and art history ventures with an eye to future action.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions

94 minutes
Australian Art / Video

Patricia Piccinini's Skywhale

Published 06 November 2020
Talks & Lectures / Video

Odd numbers: Artists in the Institution
Know My Name

Published 08 October 2020

Join artists Elvis Richardson, Amy Prcevich and Miranda Samuels of the Countess Report in conversation with Denise Ferris, ANU School of Art & Design.

Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
Australian Art / Video

Behind the scenes: Photographing our Linda Jackson collection

Published 28 September 2020

Take a peek behind the scenes of photographing Linda Jackson's collection for display in the Know My Name Exhibition.

38 seconds
International Art / Video

Jackson Pollock's 'Blue poles': What we see under UV light

Published 18 September 2020

Jackson Pollock’s 'Blue poles' 1952 has gone under the microscope for its most comprehensive conservation project to date.
International Art / Video

Jackson Pollock's 'Blue poles': Under the microscope

Published 18 September 2020
Talks & Lectures / Video

Thursday Art Talk: The Body Electric

Published 09 September 2020

Join The Body Electric exhibition curators Shaun Lakin and Anne O’Hehir in conversation with program producer Celeste Aldahn.

Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions
International Art / Video

Matisse & Picasso: Curatorial Tour
with Simeran Maxwell

Published 04 August 2020

Closed Captions
Australian Art / Video

Hugh Ramsay: Curatorial Introduction

Published 01 August 2020

Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery, Dr Deborah Hart, introduces us to a young and talented Hugh Ramsay.
First Nations / Video

Belonging: Stories of Australian art

Published 31 July 2020
Talks & Tours / Video

Robert Hughes and The Shock of the New
Presented by the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia

Published 21 July 2020

Robert Hughes’ inner circle discusses his life and work on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his landmark series and book, The Shock of the New.

54 minutes
International Art / Video

XU ZHEN®: ETERNITY VS EVOLUTION

Published 21 July 2020
International Art / Video

Jackson Pollock's 'Blue poles'
The conservation research project begins

Published 24 June 2020

Jackson Pollock’s Blue poles 1952 has gone under the microscope for its most comprehensive conservation project to date.
First Nations / Video

Kunmanara Stevens' 'Piltati Tjukurpa'

Published 19 June 2020

Kunmanara Stevens was born in the bush at Makiri, Tjala Minyma Tjukurpa. At 89, she was still singing and painting with a passion and energy.
First Nations / Video

Behind the scenes with artist Betty Muffler

Published 10 June 2020

Anangu/Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara artist Betty Muffler shares the meaning behind her artwork featuring on the cover of Vogue Australia.

Audio Tour Open Captioning

2 mins
Kids & Families / Video

Art Family: Make Koalas with Artist Karla Dickens

Published 29 May 2020

An art activity developed by Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens.

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