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  • Hetti Perkins stands in front of two artworks.
    Essay

    Ceremony Curator's Letter

    By Hetti Perkins

  • A portrait of Dylan River standing outside.
    Feature

    Dylan River

    By Kelli Cole

  • Photograph of three children with their father holding a sign stating "Aboriginal Affairs"
    Q&A

    Family Ties

    By Sophie Tedmanson, Hetti Perkins

  • Wooden banner intricately carved with Maori design
    Article

    Stories from the Collection Study Room

    By National Gallery

  • A painting depicting the Mona Lisa on a corrugated iron fence
    Essay

    A life in pictures

    By Deborah Hart, Rebecca Edwards

  • A group of young people stand posed in front of a wall
    Article

    Summer Scholarship

    By Adriane Boag

  • Two men using a pulley system to lower a boxed painting from a tall apartment block
    Feature

    The American Connection

    By Michael Maher

  • Blue poles carried by conservators behind a display of Tiffany lamps
    In Conversation

    Blue poles: a new perspective

    By David Wise

  • Linocut print of child watching the silhouette of other children playing behind a bamboo screen
    Feature

    At the Cutting Edge

    By Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax

  • Photograph of Bruce Beresford and Jeffery Smart in the artist's home
    Article

    Jeffrey and Me

    By Bruce Beresford

  • Photograph portrait of Jonathan Jones
    Studio Visit

    Studio Spotlight: Jonathan Jones

    By Aidan Hartshorn

  • A man seated in a wheelchair in front of a painted canvas
    In Conversation

    Under the Tuscan Sun

    By Michael Maher

  • The artist Bert Flugelman standing in front of  Cones - a large-scale sculpture of seven steel cones.
    In Conversation

    National Treasures

    By Deborah Hart, Bert Flugelman

  • Photograph of Janet Fieldhouse seated in her studio, working on her ceramic pieces
    Studio Visit

    Janet Fieldhouse

    By Janet Fieldhouse

  • Artist Patricia Piccinini sits on a pink couch with a shelf of books in the background.
    Studio Visit

    Patricia Piccinini

    By Will Cox, Broadsheet Content Partnership

  • Essay

    How to make a bomb-shaped sculpture

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson standing side by side smiling; Both dressed in bright rainbow clothing
    Article

    Two of a kind

    By Georgina Safe

  • Article

    Wonder Woman

    By Patricia Piccinini

  • Joan Mitchell sits on a stool in front of two large painted canvasses
    Feature

    As the mind sees it

    By David Greenhalgh

  • a vase of sunflowers on a yellow background
    Photo Essay

    Director’s Top 5

    By Nick Mitzevich

  • Photo Essay

    Worldwide

    By Russell Storer

  • A set of three paintings with abstract human figures in hammocks.
    Article

    Francis Bacon’s Triptych

    By Simeran Maxwell

  • Two people examine a sculpture of a woman
    Studio Visit

    In the studio with artist XU ZHEN®

    By National Gallery

  • Betty Muffler stands in front of her artwork Ngangkari Ngura
    Feature

    Betty Muffler

    By Kelli Cole, Aidan Hartshorn

  • Photograph Sussan Group office with curved wall with cherry blossom wallpaper and a white Pouf
    Q&A

    My Collection: Naomi Milgrom AC

    By Nick Mitzevich

  • Drypoint etching of a woman fanning herself in front of a lamp
    Feature

    Modernity's Limits

    By Sally Foster

  • Sunflowers in a vase against a blue background
    Article

    The Seven Sunflowers

    By Sally Foster

  • A team of conservators in the conservation lab
    Q&A

    Ask a Conservator: 2020

    By National Gallery

  • An abstract painting with two bird like figures
    Article

    Tim Ross on Leonard French

    By Tim Ross

  • A yellow phallus ejaculates flowers
    Q&A

    Tim Ross on Vivienne Binns

    By Tim Ross, Deborah Hart

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