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Art Talk with Bruce Johnson McLean

Gunybi Ganambarr's 'Lorr'

Published 21 October 2021
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13 mins

Bruce Johnson McLean, Barbara Jean Humphreys Assistant Director, Indigenous Engagement discusses Gunybi Ganambarr's Lorr (2010).

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Gunybi Ganambarr, Datiwuy/Ngaymil peoples
Lorr
2010

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Gunybi Ganambarr

Born 1973

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Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam on Batik Cultural Exchange

Published 02 February 2024

Artists Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam discuss the living tradition of Indonesian batik and reflect on their cultural exchange with artists from Utopia.

29 mins
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Dr Nathan Emmerich on Body Sculpture

Published 12 April 2024

Join bioethicist, Dr Nathan Emmerich, for a talk about the connections between medicine, medical education and Jordan Wolfson’s Body Sculpture.

28 mins
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Anne O’Hehir and Shaune Lakin on 1970s video art

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Published 16 February 2024

Join photography curators Shaune Lakin and Anne O’Hehir for a talk focused on performance within the 1970s video art of Ana Mendieta and Lynda Benglis

32 mins
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David Greenhalgh on Marcel Duchamp

Published 20 September 2024

David Greenhalgh (Associate Curator, International Art) provides a talk focused on the practice of French artist, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

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46 minutes
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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).

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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'.

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10 mins
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Simeran Maxwell on Australian Fashion Innovators

Photograph of a woman standing in front of a fashion display case

Published 23 August 2024

Explore how Australian designers have used text to champion inclusivity and representation and communicate important social messages.

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21 minutes
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Linda Burney on ‘Defying Empire’
3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial

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Published 2017

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Emily Kam Kngwarray 'Ntang Dreaming'

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Published 17 December 2010

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Unknown artist 'Shield' pre 1940

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Published 17 December 2010

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NAIDOC Week 2022 | Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Kaiadilt people

Photograph of smiling man against a backdrop of an indigenous artwork

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

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4 minutes
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Judy Watson & Helen Johnson In Conversation
Reconciliation Week

Two women sit on a timber bench, within a gallery space, surrounded by paintings and work of art suspended from the ceiling and walls

Published 02 June 2022

Hear how artists Judy Watson, Waanyi people, and Helen Johnson have forged a dialogue on the roles of women in contemporary and colonial Australia.

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63 mins
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Thanakupi 'Garth Eran and Evarth Eran'

Published 2013

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Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960)

Published 21 December 2022

Video excerpt from the ABC documentary 'The Exhibitionists' on Australian female artist Janet Cumbrae Stewart.

5 minutes
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Karla Dickens (born 1967)
Wiradjuri people

Published 21 December 2022

Video excerpt from the ABC documentary 'The Exhibitionists' on First Nations Australian female artist Karla Dickens, Wiradjuri people

3 minutes
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Jeffrey Smart Curators' Introduction

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Published 24 January 2022

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

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This Place: Artist Series – Ken Thaiday Sr

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Published 24 February 2020

Ken Thaiday Snr. is a Torres Strait Island artist renowned for his dance headdresses.

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6 mins
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This Place: Artist Series – Mabel Juli

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Published 24 February 2020

Senior Gija artist Mabel Juli captures nature, creation stories and history of the Darrajayin country in her traditional paintings.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
4 mins
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Cressida Campbell Documentary

Published 4 October 2022

Watch documentary about Cressida Campbell is among Australia’s most significant contemporary artists working with painting and printmaking.

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Rochelle Haley on A Sun Dance

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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.

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6 mins
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Grass Roots Preservation Initiatives

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Published 11 October 2016

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26 mins
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Artist Talk: Joel Bray

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Published 15 November 2022

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41 minutes
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Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax on Spowers & Syme
Know My Name: Making it Modern

Published 25 August 2023

Hear Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, speak about artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme as part of Know My Name: Making it Modern.

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52 mins
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Sydney Long: The Spirit of the Land

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Published 04 September 2012

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Love & Desire - Dr. Carol Jacobi (Tate Museum) Lecture - 2018.12.13

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Published 21 December 2018

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

A spotted pumpkin.

Published 11 October 2024

Curators, Carol Cains, Rebecca Edwards and Shaune Lakin introduce a new collection display which focuses on artists inspired by the natural world.

Audio Tour
44 minutes
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Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration 2024
with Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO

Published 11 October 2024

Join Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO for the 2024 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration.

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59 minutes
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Modern Portraits: Francis Chit, Khubiram Gopila and Bhuralal Motilal

manorath Sri Nathji. Female devotees before Srinathji, and Krishna lila in the background

Published 04 October 2024

Explore portrait painting, the photographic image and modernity in the Worldwide Collection

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

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Published 06 September 2024

Hear about Gauguin’s time in Tahiti and how this new environment shaped his work.

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41 minutes
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Feeling the Square – David Sequeira on Josef Albers

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Published 30 August 2024

Hear about Albers’ visionary and influential understandings of the value and resonance of colour.

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

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Published 05 July 2024

A direct response to Gauguin’s depictions of Pasifika people, challenging the tropes of Tahitian women as ‘dusky maidens'.

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37 mins
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