Reflection
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.
I built a life: Sabina’s story
Sabina Krusevljanin knows the importance of welcomes. Twenty-five years ago, she fled war-torn Sarajevo seeking peace and a new life in Sydney.
Saba Vasefi
The portable home
The Art Gallery of NSW and Red Room Poetry invited six poets to respond creatively to the artworks in Shadow catchers, an exhibition of photographs and moving image from the Gallery’s collection.
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.
Art is my oxygen
There’s one thing more important than coming to the Art Gallery of NSW, and that is coming back.
Why art?
Our Youth Collective answer this crucial question via a #PassThePaperChallenge.
The power of play
Play is vital for our sense of wellbeing through all stages of life. Check out these artists and activities for a hit of play inspiration.
An art of touch and tending
Remembering the vibrant ikebana arrangements of the Gallery’s inaugural curator of film, the late Robert Herbert.
A welcome bouquet
With the Gallery set to reopen, I’ve been imagining being greeted by the spectacular floral arrangements in our vestibule. Until then, here is a virtual welcome from artists in our collection.
Be my guide
The Gallery’s volunteer guides lead nine hypothetical visitors on a tour of their favourite works of art.
Art interrupted: part 1
What does art want? Art wants to be looked at! Shining a light on shows that have been left in the dark.
The art of the welcome
Yes, welcomes matter. Some favourite tales of crossing cultural thresholds.
Heather Shannon
Fall into the hauntingly beautiful sounds of ‘Midnight sun’, a piano composition by Heather Shannon.
L-FRESH The LION
Witness the power and perception of south-west Sydney hip-hop artist L-FRESH The LION in this intimate spoken-word performance.
Art interrupted: part 2
Some of the exhibitions we wished we’d seen in person before the pandemic interrupted.
Five great talks by five great artists
Watch Tracey Emin, Wäka Munuŋgurr, William Kentridge, Lindy Lee and Takashi Murakami discuss their art and lives.
Time alone with art
I don’t know about you, but the temporal markers upon which I ordinarily rely – minutes and hours, weekdays and weekends – have now completely dissolved.
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.
Ngaiire
Fall into my arms
Filmed just days after the Gallery’s closure to the public, Ngaiire performs ‘Fall into my arms’, our first Together In Art performance.
What art museums can do during the coronavirus crisis
This is a story of crisis and hope.
