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Art Talks / Audio

Deborah Hart on Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros

Published 08 November 2024

Take a deep dive into Lindy Lee’s newly unveiled immersive public sculpture.

Audio Tour

29 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Deirdre Cannon on Lindy Lee

Published 01 November 2024

An exciting introduction to Lindy Lee's recently opened exhibition.

Audio Tour

46 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Rex Butler on Colin McCahon’s Victory over death 2

Published 25 October 2024

Listen to an in depth talk on this work and why it continues to live on in its own 'victory over death'.

Audio Tour

46 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 18 October 2024

Hear exhibition curator Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts discuss the influence of Japanese ukiyo-e prints on Masami Teraoka’s printmaking practice.

Audio Tour

29 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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

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
Art Talks / Audio

Modern Portraits: Francis Chit, Khubiram Gopila and Bhuralal Motilal

Published 04 October 2024

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

Audio Tour

41 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Jane Messenger on Gauguin’s World

Published 20 September 2024

Jane Messenger takes a close look at the art and life of French Post-Impressionist, Paul Gauguin.

Audio Tour

54 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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).

Audio Tour

46 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 06 September 2024

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

Audio Tour

41 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Feeling the Square – David Sequeira on Josef Albers

Published 30 August 2024

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

Audio Tour

49 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Simeran Maxwell on Australian Fashion Innovators

Published 23 August 2024

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

Audio Tour

21 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Massimo Martelli on Albert Tucker and T.S. Eliot

Published 17 August 2024

Hear about poet T.S. Eliot's influence on Albert Tucker's work.

Audio Tour

32 minutes
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Kate Symons from Studio Ilk

Published Aug 2024

Studio Ilk is a small, ambitious practice working on a broad range of project typologies.

72 minutes
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Mladen Zujic & Marco Spinelli from Architects Ink
2023 Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series

Published Aug 2024

Architects Ink is a multi-disciplinary studio that places emphasis on thoughtful, intelligent architecture and interiors.

80 minutes
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Qianyi Lim from Sibling Architecture
2023 Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series

Published Aug 2024

Qianyi Lim is an award-winning registered architect with over fifteen years of experience working in practices across Australia, China and Denmark.

71 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 09 August 2024

In partnership with Red Room Poetry as part of Poetry Month 2024.

Audio Tour

30 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Nam Le on Sidney Nolan’s Quilting the armour

Published 02 August 2024

Hear a conversation focused on the intersection of poetry and art.

Audio Tour

38 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 26 July 2024

Take a close look at the art and life of French Post-Impressionist, Paul Gauguin.

Audio Tour

34 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Faonetapu Takiari on Kava Ceremony

Published 19 July 2024

Embark on a journey of Kava from traditional Pasifika settings into our modern society.

Audio Tour

26 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Cara Kirkwood on Blak Leadership
NAIDOC Week

Published 12 July 2024

Hear Cara Kirkwood provide a talk focused on First Nations leadership.

Audio Tour

47 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 05 July 2024

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

Audio Tour

37 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Tahe Drollet on Riding the Settler

Published 28 June 2024

Explore the intersection between Tahitian and Western cultures and how they have influenced Tahe Drollet's practice.

Audio Tour

26 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Imogen Dixon-Smith on Anni Albers

Published 21 June 2024

Curator Imogen Dixon-Smith delves into the two greatest influences on Anni Albers’ artmaking, the Bauhaus school and pre-Columbian textiles.

Audio Tour

36 mins
Art Talks / Audio

What is it About Paint? With Adriane Boag

Published 14 June 2024

A talk focused on pigment, colour and light, texture, technique and the ways artists use paint to reflect on contemporary issues and ideas.

Audio Tour

46 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 07 June 2024

Hear about the development of robotics in art and why you might feel uneasy when robots appear too human like.

Audio Tour

22 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 31 May 2024

Hear how artists captured the world around them when travelling away from home.

Audio Tour

42 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 24 May 2024

An exclusive behind the scenes talk on the important role Registrars play in caring for the National Collection.

Audio Tour

33 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Artist Archives with Simon Underschultz

Published 10 May 2024

Delve into the National Gallery’s archives facilitated by National Gallery Archivist, Simon Underschultz, for a talk focused on ACT 1, 2 & 3.

Audio Tour

31 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Micheline Ford on A Century of Quilts

Published 04 May 2024

Join Micheline Ford (Senior Conservator, Textiles) to learn about the conservation of quilts housed in the national collection.

Audio Tour

44 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Caring for your art collection with Lisa Addison

Published 26 April 2024

Lisa Addison (Preventative Conservator) provides a talk about conservation at the National Gallery and how to look after works of art in your home.

Audio Tour

35 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

Published 19 April 2024

Join Associate Professor Andrew Meares for a talk focused on what Body Sculpture tells us about the future.

Audio Tour

45 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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
Art Talks / Audio

Simeran Maxwell on a Century of Quilts

Published 05 April 2024

Join Simeran Maxwell (Curator, Australian Art) for an art talk focused on the history of Australian quilting, an often over-looked artform.

Audio Tour

37 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Anne O’Hehir on Queer women artists in the Collection Study Room
Women artists in focus

Published 15 March 2024

Listen to Anne O’Hehir (Curator, Photography) in the Collection Study Room for a close look at Queer women’s photography in the national collection.

Audio Tour

43 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Deborah Hart on Bronwyn Oliver’s Sculptural Practice
Women artists in focus

Published 08 March 2024

Join Deborah Hart (Head Curator, Australian Art) for a talk focused on the innovative practice of Australian sculptor, Bronwyn Oliver.

Audio Tour

20 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Taste is on the tongue: Body Sculpture and the 11 senses of yoga
with Alan Goode from Yoga Mandir

Published 05 March 2024

Join Alan Goode from Yoga Ma for a talk on the 11 senses (indryas) of yoga alongside Jordan Wolfson’s Body Sculpture

28 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Annabel McGowan in conversation with Alice Rezende on Hilda Rix Nicholas
Women artists in focus

Published 01 March 2024

Audio Tour

25 mins
Talks & Lectures / Audio

Performance in Dialogue: A Sun Dance

Published 25 February 2024

Hear artist Rochelle Haley in conversation with choreographers, conservators and curators to celebrate the new performance commission, A Sun Dance.

Audio Tour

58 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Artists in the Archives – Rochelle Haley on A Sun Dance

Published 23 February 2024

Join artist Rochelle Haley for a talk on A Sun Dance, a performance commission exploring the relationship between dancer, sunlight and architecture.

34 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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

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
Art Talks / Audio

Simeran Maxwell on Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes

Published 09 February 2024

Hear Simeran Maxwell (Curator, Australian Art) discuss the costumes of the nomadic Russian ballet company, the Ballets Russes.

30 mins
Art Talks / Audio

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
Art Talks / Audio

Owning the room – Bodies and power in feminist art practice

Published 25 November 2023

This talk focuses on the international web of art crime, and the National Gallery’s commitment to ethical collection management.

Audio Tour

31 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Anne O’Hehir and Shaune Lakin on Photography

Published 15 November 2023

Hear Curators Shaune Lakin and Anne O'Hehir concider how artists represent the human form to address themes of identity, sexuality, and community.

45 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Bronwyn Campbell on Art Crime and Repatriation

Published 27 October 2023

This talk focuses on the international web of art crime, and the National Gallery’s commitment to ethical collection management.

Audio Tour

21 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Lucina Ward on Wangechi Mutu’s The seated IV

Published 27 October 2023

Hear Lucina Ward, Senior Curator, International Art, discuss Wangechi Mutu’s The seated IV.

23 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

Elspeth Pitt and Deirdre Cannon on Clarice Beckett
Know My Name: Making it Modern

Published 06 October 2023

Hear Australian Art Curators Elspeth Pitt and and Deirdre Cannon speak about artist Clarice Beckett as part of Know My Name: Making it Modern.

43 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Roger Butler and Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax on Margaret Preston
Know My Name: Making it Modern

Published 29 September 2023

Hear Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, and Roger Butler AM speak about Margaret Preston as part of Know My Name: Making it Modern.

Audio Tour

50 mins
Art Talks / Audio

Deborah Hart on Grace Cossington Smith
Know My Name: Making it Modern

Published 22 September 2023

Hear Dr Deborah Hart, Head Curator, Australian Art, speak about artist Grace Cossington Smith as part of Know My Name: Making it Modern.

Audio Tour

35 mins
Talks & Lectures / Audio

Scientific Views: Professor Joan Leach on Haegue Yang

Published 15 September 2023

Hear Professor Joan Leach discuss Haegue Yang’s solo exhibition at the National Gallery, Changing From From to From.

43 minutes
Art Talks / Audio

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.

Audio Tour

52 mins
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Jefa Greenaway from Greenaway Architects
2023 Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series

Published Aug 2024

Jefa Greenaway (Wailwan, Kamilaroi and D’harawal peoples) is a founding Director of Greenaway Architects.

90 minutes
Australian Art / Audio

The Shell
A song performed by the Luminescence Chamber Singers, composed by Sally Whitwell

Published 26 July 2023

Hear a new composition by Sally Whitwell in response to Olive Cotton's The shell, c.1935

Audio Tour

2 minutes
Judith Nangala Crispin
Assembly (The Modelled Forms)

Published 20 February 2023

Audio Tour

10 minutes
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Katharina Hendel & Brent Dunn – TAKT Studio
2020 Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series

Published 2020

This annual lecture series showcases the latest work of renowned contemporary Australian architects.

60 minutes
Architects Speaker Series / Audio

Jeremy McLeod – Breathe Architecture
2020 Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series

Published 2020

This annual lecture series showcases the latest work of renowned contemporary Australian architects.

56 minutes
Podcast / Audio

Ormandy Landing
Tim Ross: Constant

Published 27 November 2020

The creative life of Sydney artist Stephen Ormandy is interpreted through a new musical work by Melbourne musician Kit Warhurst.

25 minutes
Podcast / Audio

Getting to Nolan you
Tim Ross: Constant

Published 27 November 2020

Sally Aitken, award-winning director behind the documentary 'Nolan', talks about her deep dive into the life of this acclaimed Australian painter.

36 minutes
Podcast / Audio

Vivienne Binns
Tim Ross: Constant

Published 27 November 2020

Australian artist Vivienne Binns reveals deeply personal snapshots of her life as an artist in Sydney in the 1960s and 70s.

18 minutes
Podcast / Audio

Excuse my Leonard French
Tim Ross: Constant

Published 27 November 2020

Leonard French’s stained-glass sculpture The Four Seasons provides the backdrop to Tim’s trip down memory lane to his days at La Trobe University

13 minutes