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The Collection with Robert Hughes

Published 2021

An ABC production from 1976, this documentary follows Robert Hughes looking at the development of the national collection. Featuring the Gallery's inaugural Director James Mollison, the documentary was filmed when the National Gallery building was still in construction.


Featured Works of Art


Jackson Pollock

Blue poles
1952

Talks & Lectures

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

Booked out
Installation view of Elspeth Pitt and Deridre Cannon in Know My Name: Making it Modern, National Gallery of Australia surrounded by the paintings of Clarice Beckett

Fri 6 Oct 2023, 12pm

Wheelchair Accessible

Francis Bacon

Triptych
1970

Hans Hofmann

Pre-dawn
1960

Australian Art /  Video

James Cant 'Objects in a landscape'

Video still of a close up shot of painting.

Published 16 December 2010

Francisco Goya

The division of the arena [Division de plaza ou Plaza partida]
1825

Art & Artists


Referenced

Jackson Pollock

Blue poles
1952

Willem de Kooning

Woman V
1952-53

Arshile Gorky

Untitled
1944

Arshile Gorky

Plumage landscape
1947

Hans Hofmann

Pre-dawn
1960

Arthur Streeton

Sydney Harbour: A souvenir
c.1897

Arthur Streeton

Sirius Cove
c1895

Albert Tucker

Victory girls
1943

John Perceval

Boy with cat 2
1943

Kathleen O'Connor

In my studio, Paris
c.1937

Fred Williams

Landscape '74
1974-75

Brett Whiteley

Christie and Hectorina MacLennan
1964-65

Ian Fairweather

House by the sea
1965

Michael Taylor

Diptych
1969

Arthur Boyd

Nebuchadnezzar fallen in a field on fire
1967-68

Benjamin West

The Angel of the Resurrection
1801

Francisco Goya

The division of the arena [Division de plaza ou Plaza partida]
1825

Francis Bacon

Triptych
1970

Constantin Brancusi

L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36

Constantin Brancusi

L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36

Kazimir Malevich

Stroyuschiysya dom [House under construction]
1915-16

Giambattista Tiepolo

Allegoria nuziale [Marriage or Nuptial allegory]
c.1737-47

More from Australian Art


Australian Art /  Video

Margaret Preston 'Flying over the Shoalhaven River'

Published 16 December 2010

Video

Florence Fuller 'A golden hour' c.1905

Published 2013

Decorative Art /  Video

Bodywork: 03 Encapsulating nature
Australian Jewellery 1970–2012

Published 2013

First Nations /  Video

Judy Watson's ‘Palm cluster’

Published 2016

Video

Hugh Ramsay Symposium - Trumble (Director, NPG) - Melba + Ramsay

Video still of painting shown during presentation

Published 05 May 2015

Video

Ancestor 'Riji' [pearl shell ornament] c.1900

Video still of a close up shot of a artwork.

Published 2013

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International Art /  Video

Renaissance: Raphael

Published 18 January 2012

International Art /  Audio

Mark Rothko '1957 #20' 1957

Published February 2022

This audio tour features highlights from the American Masters exhibition, celebrating that nation's artists from the 1940s to the 1980s.

2 minutes
Re-visiting the Age of Angkor Symposium /  Video

Exchanges and Partnerships: the National Gallery of Australia and the National Museum of Cambodia

Video still of artwork shown during presentation

Published 11 October 2016

International Art /  Video

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 'La revue blanche'

Published 21 December 2012

Video

Foggy wake in a desert - An ecosphere

Video still of fog surrounding garden.

Published 03 July 2019

The Kenneth Tyler Collection /  Video

Roy Lichtenstein: Enablature

Video still of photograph showing old press machine.

Published 2014

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Artist Interviews /  Audio

Garry Shead Interview
James Gleeson Oral History Collection

A painting of a woman with short brown hair in a blue dress sitting cross-legged in front of light green leaves and palms surrounding her.

Published 2015

James Gleeson interviews Garry Shead, 4 September 1979.

37 minutes
First Nations /  Video

Tony Albert 'I am Visible'
Enlighten 2019

Published 2019

3 minutes
Talks & Lectures /  Video

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

image of a painting with accompanying text 'Bruce Johnson McLean on Gunybi Ganambarr's Lorr'

Published 21 October 2021

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

Video

Hugh Ramsay Symposium - Ellem - Ramsay's paintings at the Uni of Melbourne

Video still of painting shown during presentation

Published 05 May 2015

Podcast /  Audio

Excuse my Leonard French
Tim Ross: Constant

An abstract painting with two bird like figures

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
Video

NVAEC 2019 Day 2 – Breakout Session: Connections: Partnerships and Exchange

Video still of slideshow presented during lecture.

Published 15 February 2019

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Young People /  Video

Art IRL | National Youth Week 2023
The National Gallery Youth Council kickstart the 2023 National Youth Week celebrations in Canberra

Published 21 September 2023

Some of the best youth talent ACT has to offer including Tahalianna, Jye Cole Hopkins, Girls Rock! Canberra, Kulture Break, Muesli and more.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
57 mins
First Nations /  Video

Barrina South
Shifting

Head shot of Barrina South

Published 08 August 2023

'Shifting' by Barrina South is an ekphrastic poem, commissioned in partnership with Red Room Poetry, connecting with works in the national collection.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
2 mins
Video

ACT Poetry Month Showcase

Head shot of Andrew Cox

Published 08 August 2023

Audio Tour
1 hour 14 mins
First Nations /  Video

Andrew Moss
HHH/KKK

Head shot of Andrew Moss

Published 08 August 2023

HHH/KKK by Andrew Moss is an ekphrastic poem, commissioned in response to Fiona Foley’s HHH.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
5 mins
Artist Interviews /  Video

Haegue Yang in Conversation with Russell Storer

Published August 2023

Contemporary artist Haegue Yang explores the techniques, cultural traditions and historical references that inform her practice.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
14 mins
Australian Art /  Audio

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

Photo of the inside of a conch shell against a light

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
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