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Talks & Lectures / Video

Gauguin's World Symposium
Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao

Published 03 October 2024

Watch key contributors to the National Gallery’s publication Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao in conversation, led by Henri Loyrette.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions

120 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

The Rajah Quilt Up Close
A Century of Quilts

Published 20 June 2024

Simeran Maxwell and Debbie Ward take a close look at 'The Rajah Quilt', 1841, sharing its history and the techniques involved in its construction.

60 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

We Need to Talk About Gauguin?
with Rosanna Raymond MNZM

Published 01 March 2024

Join Aotearoa /Pasifika artist, poet and activator, Rosanna Raymond MNZM, as she begins a conversation addressing the complex legacies left by Gauguin

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions

55 mins
Artist Interview / Video

Rochelle Haley on A Sun Dance

Published 18 April 2024

Rochelle Haley introduces her choreographic performance A Sun Dance, discussing how elements of light, shade, and place are expressed through dance.

Audio Tour Open Captioning

6 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

Vincent Namatjira in conversation with Lisa Slade and Bruce Johnson-McLean

Published 01 March 2024

Hear Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins in conversation with artists and women from the Utopia Community and linguist, Dr Jennifer Green.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions

55 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

Cressida Campbell and Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax in conversation with Fran Kelly

Published 03 December 2022

Journalist Fran Kelly, Cressida Campbell and curator Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax join to discuss the unique relationship between artist and curator.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

70 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray and Utopia Art Centre
Artists, staff and collaborators in conversation with the curators

Published 02 December 2023

Hear Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins in conversation with artists and women from the Utopia Community and linguist, Dr Jennifer Green.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation

65 mins
Young People / Video

Youth Council in conversation with Janet Fieldhouse

Published October 2023

Sit back and relax as the Youth Council lead an Art Talk with artist Janet Fieldhouse. Learn new things about all things sculpture making and the NGA.

Audio Tour Closed Captions

12 mins
Artists Look at Art: Activating the Peter Townsend Collection of Chinese prints at the National Gallery of Australia

Published 26 May 2023

This two-day workshop about the Peter Townsend collection was attended by Australian artists, academics and curators at the Gallery.
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
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

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

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: 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
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
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
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art / Video

NAIDOC and the Art of Protest

Published 06 February 2023

Bruce Johnson-McLean (Wierdi, Birri-Gubba peoples), Assistant Director, Indigenous Engagement, discusses the art of protest in the collection.

Audio Tour Closed Captions

35 minutes
Conference / Video

Artist Talk: Joel Bray

Published 15 November 2022

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

41 minutes
Conference / Video

Art Ways of Learning at the National Gallery of Australia

Published 16 September 2022

This workshop shares the Art Ways of Learning principles developed by Krystal Hurst and First Nations educators at the National Gallery of Australia.

Audio Tour Open Captioning

48 mins
National Visual Art Education Conference / Video

Niho Taniwha: an Indigenous framework for teaching and learning

Published 16 September 2022

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

73 minutes
Conference / Video

Artist Talk: Joel Spring

Published 16 September 2022

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

55 minutes
Conference / Video

NEO-Learning: Future focussed education grounded in community

Published 16 September 2022

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning

72 minutes
Talks & Lectures / Video

NAIDOC Week 2022 | Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Kaiadilt people

Published 08 July 2022

This NAIDOC Week, Bruce Johnson-McLean, Wierdi/Birri Gubba peoples, finds himself in Paris surrounded by the work of Sally Gabori

Audio Tour Open Captioning

4 minutes
Talks & Lectures / Video

Bruce Beresford and Ermes De Zan on Jeffrey Smart

Published 24 February 2022

Join Jeffrey Smart’s partner, Ermes De Zan and filmmaker Bruce Beresford share personal insights into the artist’s life and work.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Closed Captions

1 hour, two minutes
The Kenneth E. Tyler Collection / Video

Kenneth Tyler: In Conversation

Published 30 May 2019

National Gallery of Australia Director Nick Mitzevich was joined by Kenneth Tyler AO for an in-depth conversation about his remarkable life and career

32 minutes
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
Turner from the Tate - An Introduction

Published 26 July 2013
Neil MacGregor NGA Robert Hughes Lecture 2012

Published 12 December 2012
Sydney Long: The Spirit of the Land

Published 04 September 2012
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.
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

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
Australian Art / Video

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

Published 24 February 2021
Know My Name / Video

Know My Name Conference: Keynote Address – Genevieve Grieves

Published 22 December 2020

Audio Tour Audio Description

18 mins
First Nations / Video

Know Our Name: First Nations Women Artists

Published 2020

Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
Australian Art / Video

Artists in Conversation: Polly Borland and Claire Lambe

Published 2020

Curator Anne O’Hehir leads a conversation with Polly Borland and Claire Lambe about sex, pleasure, and desire in The Body Electric.

Audio Tour

30 mins
Talks & Lectures / Video

Artists in Conversation: Barbara Campbell, Narelle Jubelin and r e a

Published 2020
Australian Art / Video

Artists in Conversation: Vivienne Binns

Published 2020

Listen to artist Vivienne Binns in conversation with Deborah Hart, Senior Curator, Australian Art, recorded in the artist’s studio.

Audio Tour

30 mins
Australian Art / Video

Know My Name Virtual Opening

Published 2020

Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
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
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
Australian Art / Video

Skywhales

Published 2020
Australian Art / Video

Club Ate ‘In Muva We Trust’
Enlighten 2020

Published 2020

Audio Tour Open Captioning

3 mins
International Art / Video

Urs Fischer 'Francesco'

Published 2019

2 minutes
Pacific Art / Video

Māori Markings: Tā Moko

Published 2019
First Nations / Video

Tony Albert 'I am Visible'
Enlighten 2019

Published 2019

3 minutes