Mother-Tongue Warraba Weatherall’s Mother-Tongue examines the profound relationship between body and land. Culture and Country are interconnected forms of knowledge, memory, and care that require active maintenance to thrive. This is embedded in Kamilaroi language that shares words between the anatomy of the body and that of a tree. Mother-Tongue elaborates on how land, cultural knowledge and bodily experience form an interconnected system and invites viewers to recognise their position and cons

If you were a convict sentenced to hard labour in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), chances are you wore a jacket like this. 🧥 It’s a vivid reminder of our past – don't forget the first British settlement here was a prison populated by convicts and their keepers. This jacket would have been worn while working in a chain gang, shackled to other prisoners from sunrise to sunset. The chain gang was a punishment reserved for violent offenders, re-offenders and those who broke prison rules. Journey thro

2026 exhibitions loading… ⏳ Headlining major exhibitions will celebrate culture and explore the epic and the imaginative. Highlights include Arthur Boyd: tapestries, presenting for the first time 20 monumental works by the artist, and Full Throttle, bringing together contemporary artists who challenge the myths and meanings built around cars while confronting themes of gender, power, performance and national identity. Other highlights celebrate contemporary art from across the country and artist

🚸ROAD SAFE WITH SIR DON BRADMAN (1948) From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1948. Directed by Jim Pearson. As a contribution to the cause of road safety Sir Donald Bradman world famous cricketer, played the lead in this film for children. The theme is cricket played in casual suburban small boy fashion, with a narrow street for the oval and a petrol tin for the wicket. Sir Donald comes on the scene and demonstrates the virtues of safety first as a must for those w

Now open! 🎉 31 May – 21 Sep 2025 Paul Cezanne. Pablo Picasso. Henri Matisse. Paul Klee. Alberto Giacometti. See highlights from Heinz Berggruen’s incredible collection of 20th century masters from Museum Berggruen, Berlin. This exhibition examines the moments of contact and exchange between groundbreaking European artists and their Australian counterparts. The exhibition starts with Paul Cézanne, whose radical experiments and push against tradition gave courage to generations of artists who fol

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