Looking forward, looking back
The work of Elizabeth Rooney is both a premonition of the future and a confirmation of the past
History
2 months ago by Anne Ryan
Australian art arrivals 1832–2007
To coincide with Refugee Week, we’re challenging you to complete McKenna’s crossword with some new clues – all related to artists who have immigrated to Australia and enriched cultural life here.
A date with art
To celebrate our reopening week, we gave people the chance to have an up-close and personal encounter with art before opening hours with our Art Date competition.
Welcome from Michael Brand
Our director Michael Brand welcomes you back to our home on Gadigal Land as we open our doors to the world for the first time in ten weeks.
Delta Goodrem
Keep climbing
Wander the Art Gallery of New South Wales to the soaring song of Australia’s Delta Goodrem, who performs her new song ‘Keep climbing’ amidst the epic artworks and classic architecture of the Grand Courts.
Loss and renewal
Arthur Streeton’s life and art, upheavals and triumphs.
Joan Ross
Artist Joan Ross speaks about her mural for the Sydney Modern Project and her creative process.
Sun, sand and social responsibility
As enigmatic as it is iconic, Charles Meere’s painting Australian beach pattern took on new meaning when COVID-19 closed Sydney’s beaches.
Henri Matisse's Jazz
Explore a story of imagination in a time of isolation, with this behind-the-scenes tour.
Night in the museum
It’s sad to think of our Gallery closed, but the photographic series Las meninas reborn in the night I-VIII by Yasumasa Morimura helps take the edge off the melancholy.
Personal grooming: a lockdown survival guide
These works from the Gallery’s collection offer follicular guidance for those worried about what the dog might think of their ‘iso-do’.
What art museums can do during the coronavirus crisis
This is a story of crisis and hope.
