Podcasts about National Gallery of Australia

There's something going on in the art world. Works are being covered up, a creator was controversially dropped, and an Oscar-winning documentary can't get an American distributor. Why is this happening? And what does it have to do with the war in Gaza?

National Gallery of Australia Curator David Greenhalgh, joins Macca and Janet on-air, as they discuss the RAUSCHENBERG & JOHNS Exhibition In the early 1950s, at the height of the Abstract... LEARN MORE The post Saturday, 9th November, 2024: National Gallery of Australia Curator David Greenhalgh: RAUSCHENBERG & JOHNS Exhibition appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Glorious art, desperate poverty and the ethics of black-white relations collide in an investigation into how Aboriginal art is really made.  You can read Greg Bearup's special investigation on The Australian's website. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ‘Know My Name' exhibition is set to recognise and highlight the work of women across diverse creative practices.

The ‘Know My Name' exhibition is set to recognise and highlight the work of women across diverse creative practices.

We take a look at the exhibition featuring one of Australia's great landscape artists.

We take a look at the exhibition featuring one of Australia's great landscape artists.

Michael is joined by Sally Foster, Co-Curator of the Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London exhibit, which commences today at the National Gallery of Australia.   Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London is the first time in its near 200-year history that the National Gallery, London has toured an exhibition of works internationally.   Drawing on the strengths of their collection, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see 61 paintings by some of Europe’s most revered artists, including Botticelli, Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Turner, Constable, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Gauguin and Van Gogh.   Highlights include Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34 from 1640, Vermeer’s A Young Woman seated at a Virginal c.1670 and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painted 1888. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're answering two questions this week, from Caitlin Williams and Max Brighton. Caitlin's a Sydneysider and when she visited the National Gallery of Australia she stumbled upon an unusual structure that she couldn't work out. Photo: National Gallery of Australia

Gerard Vaughan, Director, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, presents his reflections on the particular role of a National Art Gallery for Australia. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 24 March 2015, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Art History (AIAH).

In this week's episode of Talking Design, Stephen Crafti speaks with Robyn Healy, Associate Professor and Program Director for RMIT School of Fashion. Robyn has a Fine Arts Degree from ANU and started her career as the Inaugural Curator of Fashion and Theatre arts at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Robyn shares her experience of working with Australian public collections of fashion and textiles for over 20 years.

Rover Thomas [Joolama] Kukatja/Wangkajunga peoples (1926/1928–1998), Cyclone Tracy 1991. Painting, natural earth pigments on canvas, 168.0 h x 180.0 w cm. Purchased 1991 © the artist's estate, courtesy Warmun Art Centre.

John Brack (1920-1999), Men's wear 1953. Painting, oil on canvas, 81.0 h x 114.0 w. Purchased 1982. © Helen Brack.

Fiona Hall (1953), Daffodil (Narcissus x odorus) [Daffodil (Narcissus)] 1989-90. Sculpture, aluminium, tin, 24.5 h x 11.0 w x 1.5 d cm. Purchased 1994. © Fiona Hall.

Bert Flugelman (1923 Austria), Cones 1982. Sculpture, polished stainless steel, overall 450.0 h x 2050.0 w x 450.0 d cm. Commissioned 1976, purchased 1982. © Bert Flugelman.

Robert Klippel (1920–2001), Number 751 [No. 751] 1989. Sculpture, bronze, 160.0 h x 149.0 w x 61.0 d cm. In memory of Michael Lloyd. Purchased with the assistance of his friends and colleagues.

Imants Tillers (1950), Terra incognita 2005. Painting, synthetic polymer paint, gouache 288 canvasboards, nos 72142 - 72429, 304.8 h x 853.4 w cm. Purchased 2006. Courtesy of the artist.

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992), Interior with time past 1976. Painting, oil, charcoal and ink on canvas, 182.0 h x 200.0 w cm. Purchased 1978. This work appears on the screen courtesy of the estate of Brett Whiteley.

Jeffrey Smart (1921), Corrugated Gioconda 1976. Painting, oil on canvas, 80.8 h x 116.6 w cm. Purchased 1976.

John Brack (1920-1999), The bathroom 1957. Painting, oil on canvas, 129.4 h x 81.2 w cm. Purchased 1998. © Helen Brack.

John Olsen (1928), Sydney sun [King sun] 1965. Painting, oil on three plywood panels, overall 305.0 h x 412.5 w x 5.0 d cm. Purchased with funds from the Nerissa Johnson Bequest 2000. © John Olsen. Licensed by Viscopy.

Caroline Casey (1964), Elliptical folding screen 1996. Decorative arts, Furniture, wood, American rock maple or sugar maple (acer saccharum), 200.0 h x 160.0 w x 3.0 d cm. Purchased 1996.

Paddy Jaminji, Gija people (1912–1996) and Rover Thomas [Joolama], Kukatja/Wangkajunga peoples (1926/1928-1998), The Dreaming Kangaroo at Nine Mile, near Wyndham [No 8 in the series of ten paintings of The Krilkril Ceremony] 1983. Painting, natural earth pigments and binders on composition board, 120.0 h x 60.0 w cm. Purchased 1984 © the artist's estate, courtesy Warmun Art Centre.

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Anmatyerr people (1932–2002), Bush-fire II 1972. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 61.0 h x 43.0 w cm. Purchased 1994 © the estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency.

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Anmatyerr people (1932–2002), Warlugulong 1977. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 202.0 h x 337.5 w cm. Purchased with the generous assistance of Roslynne Bracher and the Paspaley Family, David Coe and Michelle Coe, Charles Curran and Eva Curran, 2007 © the estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency.

Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr people (c.1910-1996), Ntange Dreaming 1989. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 135.0 h x 122.0 w cm. Purchased 1989 © Emily Kam Kngwarray. Licensed by Viscopy.

Lorna Brown Napanangka, Pintupi/Luritja peoples (1961), Grandfather's Country at Warren Creek 2005. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 183.0 h x 152.5 w cm. Gift of Rupert and Annabel Myer in honour of his parents Sarah and Baillieu Myer © the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency.

Julie Dowling, Badimaya/Yamatji/Widi peoples (1969), Self-portrait: in our country 2002. Painting, synthetic polymer paint, oil and red ochre on canvas, 120.0 h x 100.0 w cm. Purchased 2002. Courtesy of Artplace.

Robert Campbell Jnr, Ngaku people (1944–1993), The Philippines 1988. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 130.0 h x 200.0 w cm. Purchased 1988. Courtesy of Rolsyn Oxley9 Gallery.

Hossein Valamanesh (1949 Iran), Falling 1990. Sculpture, wood, bamboo, sand, steel, black granite, 390.0 h x 55.0 w x 50.0 d cm. Purchased 2002. © the artist.

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917 New Zealand – 1999 Australia), Suddenly the Lake 1995. Sculpture, formboard plywoods, galvanised iron sheeting, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, four panels, overall (approx.) 130.7 h x 361.2 w x 7.7 d cm. Given by the artist in memory of Michael Lloyd 1996. © Rosalie Gascoigne. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia.

Rover Thomas [Joolama], Kukatja/Wangkajunga peoples (1926/1928–1998), One hid under the bullock's hide 1991 from the Texas Downs killings series. Painting, natural earth pigments on canvas, 90.0 h x 180.0 w cm. Purchased 1991 © the artist's estate, courtesy Warmun Art Centre.

Bill Namiayangwa, Anindilyakwa people (1923-1968), An attack by war canoes [Upon landing they draw up their canoes and anchor them] c.1955. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 23.7 h x 38.3 w cm. Purchased 1972.

John Mawurndjil AM, Kuninjku (Eastern Kunwinjku) people (1952), Rainbow Serpent (Ngalyod) with female mimi spirit 1984. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 123.5 h x 74.0 w cm. Purchased 1984 © John Mawurndjul. Licensed by Viscopy.

Peter Marralwanga, Kuninjku (Eastern Kunwinjku) people (1916–1987), Ngal-Kunburriyaymi 1982. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 121.5 h x 65.0 w cm. Purchased 1983 © estate of Peter Marralwanga, courtesy Maningrida Arts and Culture.

Yirawala, Kuninjku people (1895/1899-1976), Maralaitj, mother of the tribes c.1965. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 62.0 h x 31.0 w cm. Purchased 1976 Collected by Sandra Le Brun Holmes, Sydney.

Philip Gudthaykudthay, Liyagalawumirr people (1923/1927), Wagilag sister (older) [Wagilag Sister] 1994. Sculpture, natural pigments on wood, natural fibre, 1.60 h x 18.0 w x 16.0 d cm. Purchased 1995.

David Malangi Daymirringu, Manharrngu people (1927-1999), Gurrmirringu's wife c. 1968. Sculpture, natural earth pigments on wood, 85.0 h x 18.0 w x 13.0 d cm. Purchased 2005.

Raminginging artists, The Aboriginal Memorial 1987-88. Sculpture, Installation, natural earth pigments on wood, height (irreg) 327.0 h cm. Purchased with the assistance of funds from National Gallery admission charges and commissioned in 1987.

Gulumbu Yunupingu, Gumatj/Rrakpala peoples (1943/1947), Garak I [The Universe] 2004. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on bark, 212.0 h x 57.0 w cm. Purchased 2005.

Unknown maker, Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Hunter and emu pre 1914. Painting, Bark painting, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 95.8 h x 54.0 w cm. Purchased 2005.

William Robinson (1936), Springbrook with lifting fog 1999. Painting, oil on linen, 203.0 h x 259.0 w cm. Purchased with funds from the Nerissa Johnson Bequest 1999.

Unknown maker, Rainforest people, Jawun Shield 19th - 20th Century. Object, Woodwork, natural earth pigments on fig- tree wood, 97.5 h x 34.0 w x 6.0 d cm. Purchased 2005.

Unknown maker, Yamatji people, Western Australia, Shield [Wunda] pre 1940. Object, Woodwork, natural earth pigments on wood, 73.0 h x 14.0 w x 4.5 d cm. Purchased 1990.

Unknown maker, Anindilyakwa people, Jawun (bicornual basket) late 19th-early 20th Century. Object, Fibre object, lawyer cane, 30.0 h x 37.5 w x 25.00 d cm. Purchased 2004.

Hector Jandany, Gija/Kija people, 1925/1929–2006, Ascension [Kimberley] 1993. Painting, natural earth pigments and binders on canvas, 190.0 h x 196.0 w cm. Purchased 2005 © Hector Jandany, Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia.

Richard Larter (1929 England), Exercise 1967. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 122.5 h x 183.5 w cm. Gift of Lucy Swanton 1981.

Shane Cotton (1964 Aotearoa New Zealand), Three-quarter view 2005. Painting, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 180.0 h x 160.0 w cm. Purchased 2005.

Brent Harris (1956 Aotearoa New Zealand), Deities series I–III 2005. Woodcuts, printed in colour, 106.7 h x 81.3 w cm (each sheet). Gordon Dowling Australia Pacific Print Fund 2006.

Unknown maker, Torres Strait Islander people, Mask 19th Century. Object, Woodwork, shell, resin, human hair, fibre string and natural earth pigment on wood, 42.0 h x 22.0 w x 13.0 d cm. Purchased 2006.