The Annual
Introducing The Annual – a comprehensive and richly illustrated publication reflecting on the National Gallery's past and future, its ethos, collection and community via compelling design, great writing, interviews and artists' voices.
Capturing the year that was in art and looking ahead, this annual publication honours local conversations and concerns, while situating the National Gallery within broader international conversations exploring issues facing artmaking and museums today.
Edited by Australian novelist, screenwriter, art critic and former editor of the London-based contemporary arts magazine, Frieze, Jennifer Higgie. Higgie's recent books include The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World and The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women's Self Portraits. She is also the presenter of Bow Down, a podcast about women in art history, and the National Gallery's Artists' Artists podcast.
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Editions
2024
The third edition of The Annual celebrates the ways in which art can illuminate, challenge, and inspire us. Discover thoughts on life and art from a cross section of artists, curators, art historians, poets and novelists – including Judy Chicago, Lindy Lee, Kate Grenville, Miriama Bono, Nam Le, Katy Hessel, Yvonne Audette, Jeffrey Gibson, Archie Moore, Tony Albert and more, among Gallery experts, in this diverse collection of interviews, essays, poems and richly illustrated stories.
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2023
The second edition of The Annual explores how the art world has changed in the 50 years since Jackson Pollock's Blue poles was acquired and the ongoing importance of artists' voices to shaping the national collection. It boasts contributors Vincent Namatjira, Sebastian Smee, Zaachariaha Fielding, Dominic Eichler, Chloe Hooper, Anne Davies, Dylan River, Jonathan Griffin, Mark Setrakian and Sir Richard Taylor, Marlene Dumas, Masami Teraoka, Janet Fieldhouse, A&A, Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Virginia Cuppaidge, Alison Kubler, Hannah Fink, Dr Janine Burke, and Brent and Delise Kerehona, among Gallery experts.
2022
For the National Gallery’s 40th anniversary, the inaugural edition of The Annual celebrates the National Gallery's spirit of openness, innovation and respect through essays, interviews and photo-led stories by contributors including Djon Mundine and Frances Rrikili, Kate McMillan, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Griselda Pollock, Tracey Emin, Hetti Perkins, Precious Adesina, Mr Wanambi, Jordan Wolfson, Philip Goad, Judith Clark, Dan Fox, Bridget Riley, Danie Mellor, Huma Bhabha, Janet Laurence, Kiki Smith, Ted Gott, and Ian McDonald, among Gallery experts.
