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Ethel Carrick

Join Deborah Hart, Head Curator, Australian Art, to celebrate the opening of Ethel Carrick at the National Gallery of Australia. From Sydney to Paris, Deborah gives insight into the life and work of Carrick to reveal her adventurous spirit, her commitment to the war effort and her great abilities as a colourist.
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11 minutes
Know My Name

Ethel Carrick

Join Deborah Hart, Head Curator, Australian Art, to celebrate the opening of Ethel Carrick at the National Gallery of Australia. From Sydney to Paris, Deborah gives insight into the life and work of Carrick to reveal her adventurous spirit, her commitment to the war effort and her great abilities as a colourist.
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11 minutes

Friday Art Talks

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Join National Gallery staff as they share works of art that carry value in their lives and inspire new ways of thinking about the world we live in.

Friday Art Talks /  Audio

Nam Le on Sidney Nolan’s Quilting the armour

Photograph of a man with sun hitting his face

Published 02 August 2024

Hear a conversation focused on the intersection of poetry and art.

Audio Tour
38 mins
Friday Art Talks /  Audio

Françoise Schneiders on F*ck you, I’m not your Dusky Maiden

Blurry black and white photograph of a person's face

Published 05 July 2024

A direct response to Gauguin’s depictions of Pasifika people, challenging the tropes of Tahitian women as ‘dusky maidens'.

Audio Tour
37 mins
Friday Art Talks /  Audio

Rex Butler on Colin McCahon’s Victory over death 2

Published 25 October 2024

Listen to an in depth talk on this work and why it continues to live on in its own 'victory over death'.

Audio Tour
46 minutes
Friday Art Talks /  Audio

Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts on Masami Teraoka and the influence of ukiyo-e printmaking

Published 18 October 2024

Hear exhibition curator Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts discuss the influence of Japanese ukiyo-e prints on Masami Teraoka’s printmaking practice.

Audio Tour
29 minutes
Friday Art Talks /  Audio

Deirdre Cannon on Lindy Lee

Published 01 November 2024

An exciting introduction to Lindy Lee's recently opened exhibition.

Audio Tour
46 minutes

Behind the scenes with Women Artists

Learn more about women artists in the National Collection

Celebrate women artists – see their art, hear their stories, and know their names.

First Nations /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray Alhalker country

Published 22 January 2024

Uniquely centered on the Utopia community, where the traditional Emu dance is re-enacted, evoking the profound influence of Kngwarray's legacy.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
7 mins
Artist Interview /  Video

Rochelle Haley on A Sun Dance

Dancers stand in the light as it comes through a window at the National Gallery.

Published 18 April 2024

Rochelle Haley introduces her choreographic performance A Sun Dance, discussing how elements of light, shade, and place are expressed through dance.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
6 mins
Australian Art /  Video

Lindy Lee: Ouroboros

a woman is sitting on a deck at a table with a small sculpture in front of her

Published 23 September 2021

Australian artist Lindy Lee will create her first immersive public sculpture, Ouroboros, commissioned for the Gallery's 40th birthday.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
2 mins
First Nations /  Video

Behind the scenes with artist Betty Muffler

A video still of a hand painting

Published 10 June 2020

Anangu/Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara artist Betty Muffler shares the meaning behind her artwork featuring on the cover of Vogue Australia.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
2 mins

Artists In Conversation

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Know My Name /  Video

Artists in Conversation: Micky Allan
Know My Name

A video still of a woman standing above an artwork

Published 11 February 2021

Hear from leading Australian artist Micky Allan in conversation with curator Elspeth Pitt.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
49 mins
Australian Art /  Video

Artists in Conversation: Polly Borland and Claire Lambe

Published 2020

Curator Anne O’Hehir leads a conversation with Polly Borland and Claire Lambe about sex, pleasure, and desire in The Body Electric.

Audio Tour
30 mins
Australian Art /  Video

Artists in Conversation: Vivienne Binns

Video still of artist sitting in studio.

Published 2020

Listen to artist Vivienne Binns in conversation with Deborah Hart, Senior Curator, Australian Art, recorded in the artist’s studio.

Audio Tour
30 mins
Know My Name /  Video

Artists in conversation: Jo Lloyd

Black and White Image of Jo Lloyd dancing

Published 19 November 2020

Contemporary dancer Jo Lloyd discusses her Know My Name performance commission, Archive the archive.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation Open Captioning
45 mins

This Place: Artists Series

Commissioned by the ABC, this short documentary series features five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from the national collection, looking at their connection to Country and how it inspires their art and identity as they take us to the places across Australia where their art making began. With thanks to Wesfarmers Arts.

First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Julie Gough

Video still of artwork up close.

Published 24 February 2020

Artist Julie Gough uses her art to bring to life people, places and events from Tasmanian colonial history.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
6 mins
First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Ken Thaiday Sr

Video still of artwork.

Published 24 February 2020

Ken Thaiday Snr. is a Torres Strait Island artist renowned for his dance headdresses.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
6 mins
First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Yvonne Koolmatrie

Video still of artwork up close.

Published 24 February 2020

Master weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie is passionate about preserving the near lost art of Ngarrindjeri weaving.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
4 mins
First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Vernon Ah Kee

Video still of artwork up close.

Published 24 February 2020

Follow Vernon Ah Kee as he prepares to paint his grandmother’s portrait and revisits the people and places that shaped him.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
7 mins
First Nations /  Video

This Place: Artist Series – Mabel Juli

Video still of artist standing in front of their paintings.

Published 24 February 2020

Senior Gija artist Mabel Juli captures nature, creation stories and history of the Darrajayin country in her traditional paintings.

Audio Tour Closed Captions
4 mins
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