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Get to know the National Gallery curatorial team as they share insights into key works from the collection.

Written by National Gallery
19 December 2022
In In Conversation
Read time 30 minutes

Dr Deborah Hart on Rosalie Gascoigne

Dr Deborah Hart on one of her favourite works of art in the National Gallery's collection, Rosalie Gascoigne's Suddenly the lake, 1995.

Curator of Pacific Arts, Crispin Howarth

Curator of Pacific Arts, Crispin Howarth shares the myth of Mugus, lord of pigs – created by the Adzera people, Markham vally, of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea in the mid 17th century.

Dr Rebecca Edwards on Alison Rehfisch

Curator of Australian Art Dr Rebecca Edwards shares a brand new acquisition – Alison Rehfisch's Lemon and grey.

Imogen Dixon-Smith on Hannah Hoch

Our Kenneth E. Tyler Curator of International Prints and Drawings, Imogen Dixon-Smith discusses work by Hannah Hoch.

Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax on Cressida Campbell

Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings and curator of Cressida Campbell, Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax shares her favourite work in the exhibition.

Dr Shaune Lakin on Olive Cotton

Let Senior Curator of Photography, Dr Shaune Lakin, draw you in to the universe of Olive Cotton.

Carol Cain on Mochizuki IV

Not only do we love the insights of Senior Curator of Asian Art, Carol Cains on Mochizuki IV, but we also love her effortlessly matching the work.

Deidre Cannon on Jenny Watson

Curatorial Assistant of Australian Art, Deidre Cannon explores the materials, the influences and the symbols in Jenny Watson's The Horse hospital in our Australian art galleries.

David Greenhalgh on Robert Rauschenberg’s Pull

Curator David Greenhalgh is back to give us some insights into Robert Rauschenberg's Pull in Rauschenberg & Johns: Significant Others.

Sally Foster on Kara Walker

Our Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings Sally Foster introduces Kara Walker's immense work Your World is About to Change - a new acquisition for the National Gallery.

David Greenhalgh on Robert Rauschenberg’s Booster

Let curator David Greenhalgh talk you through Robert Rauschenberg's Booster – a self-portrait of inner man..

Rebecca Blake on Fiona Hall

Assistant for Australia Art Rebecca Blake explores Fiona Hall's exquisite and intricate Paradisus Terrestris in Australian Art.

Anne O’Hehir on Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Curator of Photography Anne O'Hehir introduces us to the creative relationship of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore and the last remaining photocollage created for their book Aveux non avenus (unavowed confessions).

David Greenhlagh on Jasper Johns

Decoding Jasper Johns Color numeral series with curator David Greenhalgh in Rauschenberg & Johns: Significant Others.

Dr Rebecca Edwards on Inge King

Curator of Australian Art, Dr Rebecca Edwards shares a love for Inge King's work, looking at King's Figure in oak, in our Australian art galleries.

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Curator - Exhibition: Rauschenberg - Speaker: David Greenhalgh

A black and white image of two men sitting around a rectangular table with crockery and food, and a brick wall behind them

Published 2020

David Greenhalgh speaks about the lives and careers of American painters Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns

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Art & Artists

A bright landscape and the word Bounty is projected onto the exterior of a large concrete building at night

Explore the National Gallery’s collection of over 155,000 works, created by more than 15,000 artists.

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Art IRL: In conversation with Joel Spring

Published 30 April 2022

Join Youth Councillors Odette Miller and Matthew Hattrick in conversation with Ceremony artist Joel Spring.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
34 minutes
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Know My Name: Curator’s Talk with Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt

Photo of 2 brunette women inside an exhibition space with colourful artworks

Published 14 November 2020

Curators Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt discuss the Gallery’s major exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
57 mins
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The NGA has a significant collection of works of art from East Asia, in particular China and Japan.

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