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  • Colour Cibachrome photograph of a man and a woman, with the woman's arms around his neck smiling.
    Essay

    Nan Goldin’s lens on relationships

    By Anne O'Hehir

  • white and blue painting of a European graveyard with multicoloured native animals and a group of indigenous peoples around a campfire
    Photo Essay

    Artists' Artists: Danie Mellor

    By Danie Mellor

  • Photograph of artist Alick Tipoti standing on a beach on Badhu Island, in the Zenadth Kes/Torres Straits at sunset with other members of his community is ceremony dresss
    Photo Essay

    Alick Tipoti: A contemporary approach to storytelling in art

    By National Gallery

  • Detail of artist's work.
    Feature

    Haegue Yang: Changing From From To From

    By National Gallery

  • Coloured photograph of hands holding a detail of the Givenchy label on a blue cocktail dress
    Photo Essay

    Conserving Givenchy

    By Micheline Ford

  • The artist Frank Stella stands with a cigar in hand bemusedly tilting his head as he interogates his recent masterpieces in print. Nearby the master printer Kenneth Tyler muses on the quality of the paper on which he has printed. His gigantic mustache seems to weigh him down heavily, judging by his posture.
    In Conversation

    Reflections on a life in print: Kenneth Tyler in conversation

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Photo Essay

    Artists' Artists: Huma Bhabha

    By Huma Bhabha

  • Portrait of Alysha Redston, Conservator, Time Based Media standing in front of Rebecca Horn's Les Amants [The lovers] 1991
    Q&A

    Meet a conservator

    By National Gallery

  • A portrait of Mr Waṉambi
    Feature

    A Long Journey

    By Mr. Waṉambi

  • The artist Ellsworth Kelly looking on a wall of colourful paper pulp artworks from his Colored Paper Images series.
    Essay

    Bending the rules: Ellsworth Kelly's Colored Paper Images

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Black and white photograph of The Commonwealth Art Advisory Board c. 1958 Standing left to right: Robert Campbell, Sir Daryl Lindsay, Bill Cumming, Douglas Pratt, Sir William Dargie, Seated: Sir William Ashton (Chairman), Valda Leehy (Secretary) Photo: courtesy Jean Campbell, Canberra
    Feature

    Note the quiet achiever

    By Ellen Newton

  • Senior Curator Grace Vele with NMAG staff cataloguing the objects into the NMAG collection.
    Article

    Right of return: Papua New Guinea

    By Crispin Howarth

  • Right of return: Pakistan

    By National Gallery

  • Article

    Right of return: New Zealand

    By National Gallery

  • A limestone carved sculptured of people worshipping a diety
    Article

    Right of return: India

    By National Gallery

  • Article

    The right of return

    By Ian McDonald

  • Image of painting with mustard oval shape on a black background
    Young Writers

    The National Connection

    By Jade Irvine

  • Young Writers

    Patricia Piccinini: the wonder & absurdity of evolution

    By Ianni Huang

  • Q&A

    Self‑portraits of my feelings

    By Tracey Emin, Jennifer Higgie

  • Feature

    Daily Rituals

    By Griselda Pollock

  • First Nations work of art detail of painted black hollow logs on display in dark exhibition space
    Article

    Our Culture is Alive

    By Frances Rrikili

  • Essay

    A Woman's Work

    By Dr Kate McMillan

  • Studio Visit

    Things Seen

    By Tegan Bennett Daylight

  • Essay

    Your World is About to Change

    By Precious Adesina

  • Q&A

    Ten Questions with Jordan Wolfson

    By National Gallery

  • Young Writers

    In Conversation: Muesli the Band

    By National Gallery Youth Council

  • In Conversation

    The Curator Series

    By National Gallery

  • Article

    National Gallery recognises launch of Digital Benin

    By National Gallery

  • Feature

    Australian Art

    By National Gallery

  • Black rotary telephone with circular wheel finger dial with lobster claw as a the handset
    Feature

    Surrealism revolution

    By Keren Nicholson

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