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  • A wax sculpture of a man missing a head

    Life is one long decay, no?

  • A woman stands in her art studio

    When virtual becomes reality

    By Jaklyn Babington

  • A woman with a bob in a fluoro yellow jacket

    Teen Council Q&A: Corin Ileto

  • Pop art of large scale brushstrokes
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    To make a brushstroke look like a brushstroke

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Poster for The Art of Photography 1839–1989

    From the Archives: A history of the NGA in posters – Part II

    By Simon Underschultz

  • A digital hand with an image of a face projected onto it

    Teen Council Q&A: Abdul Abdullah and Jess Herrington

  • A photograph of seven alternating silver chrome cones

    Australians in the Sculpture Garden

    By Rebecca Blake

  • Colour photograph of David Hockney taking Polaroid shots of Tyler pool for the ‘Paper Pools’ series
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    David Hockney: symbolic expressions of queer experience

    By Anja Loughhead

  • Print of a car with a blue see-through overlay
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Plastics and pathos: The making of Oldenburg’s Airflow

    By David Greenhalgh

  • colourful painting
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Question: Helen Frankenthaler and the influence of Japanese art and culture

    By Anja Loughhead

  • A poster reading "come see the best show in town - only $2 The Australian National Gallery"

    From the Archives: A history of the NGA in posters — Part I

    By Simon Underschultz

  • A brown textured helmet

    A helmet’s voyage

    By Crispin Howarth

  • Three versions of a man stand in an art gallery

    Giving: An interview with Ray Wilson OAM

  • Dearest Claude

    By Annie O'Hehir

  • A painting of a man standing in front of a piano with a lit cigarette

    The art and archive of Hugh Ramsay

    By Rebecca Blake

  • Two images. On the left is a figure in a square helmet riding a horse while the right attempts to recreate the image.

    A lesson in ‘how to’ Between Art and Quarantine

  • A view of various pieces of Australian art

    Belonging: Stories of Australian Art

  • An infinite number of yellow pumpkins with black polka dots

    Yayoi Kusama: Infinity rooms

    By Reuben Keehan

  • Two ladies dressed in white lounge on chairs

    Hugh Ramsay: Bright Star

    By Deborah Hart

  • Installation view of Xu Zhen Hello

    Balance and contradiction: in conversation with Xu Zhen

    By Peter Johnson

  • Black and white photo of The embossing plate for ‘Light bulb; from Lead relief series’ is cleaned by an unidentified staff member
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Perception Test

    By Anja Loughhead

  • Colour photograph of David Hockney holding a camera to his eye in front of Oaxaca ruins
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Travelling through images: David Hockney in Mexico

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Six teenagers pose in a line in front of a large artwork made up of a grid of 21 paintings

    Art IRL (that’s ‘In Real Life’ for us oldies)

  • A painting of boats in a gold frame

    Monet framed

    By Simeran Maxwell

  • Two tiwi sculptures in front of a painting of a cow

    Voice. Treaty. Truth. in art

    By Kelli Cole

  • A man in a white t-shirt smiles at the camera

    Contemporary Worlds: Yudha Fehung

    By Maddy Merzvinskis

  • Photo blog: Cazneaux portrait restored to former glory

  • A man stands in front of a house

    Contemporary Worlds: Duto Hardono

  • Portrait of Garo Antreasian
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Garo Antreasian: A print pioneer

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Photo of Joan Mitchell and Ken Tyler
    The Kenneth Tyler Collection

    Reflections on - Bedford II

    By Ella Morrison

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