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

    Modernity's Limits

    By Sally Foster

  • 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

  • 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 portrait of a paint splattered man
    Article

    Tim Ross on Ben Quilty

    By Tim Ross

  • A yellow phallus ejaculates flowers
    Q&A

    Tim Ross on Vivienne Binns

    By Tim Ross, Deborah Hart

  • Two men sit together in front of an artwork
    Q&A

    My collection: Dr Dick Quan

    By Terry Harding

  • Image from a contact sheet in the Kenneth Tyler Collection archive showing Charles White working at Gemini Limited
    Feature

    The reclamation of an image

    By David Greenhalgh

  • A wax sculpture of a man missing a head
    Feature

    Life is one long decay, no?

    By Jaklyn Babington

  • Two people sitting opposite each other in a colourful exhibition space with virtual reality headsets on
    In Conversation

    When virtual becomes reality

    By Jaklyn Babington

  • a photo close-up of many portraits hung closely together on a gallery wall
    Essay

    Portrait of a lady

    By Yvette Coppersmith

  • A woman in a colourful dress walks through an empty gallery.
    Q&A

    Know My Name: an exhibition in design

    By Keren Nicholson, Jing-Ling Chua

  • Pop art of large scale brushstrokes
    Essay

    To make a brushstroke look like a brushstroke

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Poster for The Art of Photography 1839–1989
    From the Archive

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

    By Simon Underschultz

  • A photograph of seven alternating silver chrome cones
    Photo Essay

    Australians in the Sculpture Garden

    By Rebecca Blake

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

    David Hockney: symbolic expressions of queer experience

    By Anja Loughhead

  • Print of a car with a blue see-through overlay
    Feature

    Plastics and pathos: The making of Oldenburg’s Airflow

    By David Greenhalgh

  • Hot air balloon, in the shape of a whale holding it's babies, floating in the sky
    Feature

    Nature and nurture: a study of Patricia Piccinini’s work

    By Jaklyn Babington

  • colourful painting
    Essay

    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 Archive

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

    By Simon Underschultz

  • Feature

    Tjanpi Desert Weavers

    By Annieka Skinner

  • A brown textured helmet
    Feature

    A helmet’s voyage

    By Crispin Howarth

  • A photograph of a woman at a kitchen table
    Feature

    Micky Allan: A Live-in Show

    By Yvette Dal Pozzo

  • Three versions of a man stand in an art gallery
    Q&A

    Giving: An interview with Ray Wilson OAM

    By National Gallery

  • Feature

    Dearest Claude

    By Annie O'Hehir

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

    The art and archive of Hugh Ramsay

    By Rebecca Blake

  • A picture of a woman in an art installation
    In Conversation

    Sally Smart: An interview by Natasha Bullock

    By Natasha Bullock, Sally Smart

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

    A lesson in ‘how to’ Between Art and Quarantine

    By National Gallery

  • A view of various pieces of Australian art
    Article

    Belonging: Stories of Australian Art

    By National Gallery

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