Kids tour
Explore a world of queens, bushrangers, water sprites and tomb guardians. Search the artworks for a dog called Pip and Ngak Ngak the white-breasted sea-eagle, and find a very special staircase! The audio tour of over 40 works includes Australian art from colonial to present day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, old masters, Asian and contemporary art. Suitable for 5-12 year olds (with an adult).
All photographs © AGNSW unless otherwise stated
All works © the artist or the artist's estate unless otherwise stated
© Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013
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Welcome to the Kids tour
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Stephen Croft, Junior 1760
oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5cm
Purchased 1965 -
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Harriet Hosmer
Puck on a toadstool circa 1856
marble, 86.3cm height
Bequest of Judge Josephson 1892 -
114
Charles Bell Birch
Retaliation 1878
bronze, 253.0cm height
Purchased 1879 -
115
William Henry Margetson
The sea hath its pearls 1897
oil on canvas, 132.3cm diam. stretcher; 163.2 x 162.5 x 9.0cm frame
Purchased 1897 -
116
Briton Rivière
Requiescat 1888
oil on canvas, 158.7 x 225.0cm stretcher; 191.5 x 250.8 x 10.0cm frame
Purchased 1897-8 -
117
John Batten
Snowdrop and the seven little men 1897
tempera on gesso on canvas, 49.2 x 89.2cm stretcher; 77.5 x 116.5 x 5.5cm frame
Purchased 1897 -
118
Sir Edward John Poynter
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon 1890
oil on canvas, 234.5 x 350.5 x 20.5cm frame
Purchased 1892 -
120
Etienne Dinet
The snake charmer 1889
oil on canvas, 176.5 x 180.4cm
Purchased 1890 -
210
Eugene von Guérard
Sydney Heads 1865
oil on canvas, 56.0 x 94.0cm stretcher; 75.5 x 113.3 x 5.8cm frame
Bequest of Major H W Hall 1974 -
211
Julian Ashton
The prospector 1889
oil on canvas on hardboard, 213.4 x 116.9cm board; 233.0 x 137.3 x 5.5cm frame
Purchased 1889 -
213
WC Piguenit
The flood in the Darling 1890 (1895)
oil on canvas, 122.5 x 199.3cm stretcher; 172.5 x 248.6 x 16.0cm frame
Purchased 1895 -
214
Tom Roberts
The Golden Fleece 1894
oil on canvas, 104.0 x 158.7cm stretcher; 134.5 x 189.0 x 9.5cm frame
Purchased 1894 -
215
Tom Roberts
Bailed up 1895, 1927
oil on canvas, 134.5 x 182.8cm stretcher; 158.0 x 206.5 x 12.0cm frame
Purchased 1933 -
217
George W Lambert
Across the black soil plains 1899
oil on canvas, 91.6 x 305.5cm stretcher; 139.5 x 355.0 x 10.5cm frame
Purchased 1899 -
220
George W Lambert
Holiday in Essex (1910)
oil on canvas, 183.8 x 230.6cm stretcher; 210.0 x 256.0 x 10.0cm frame
Purchased with assistance from the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and the Marshall Bequest Fund 1981 -
221
Elioth Gruner
Spring frost 1919
oil on canvas, 131.0 x 178.7cm stretcher; 157.5 x 206.3 x 14.0cm frame
Gift of F G White 1939 -
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Rusty Peters
Waterbrain 2002
natural pigments on linen canvas, eight panels: 180.0 x 150.0cm each panel; 180.0 x 1200.0cm overall
Purchased 2002 -
315
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Nyamiyukanji, the river country 1997
synthetic polymer paint on cotton canvas, 185.3 x 201.8cm stretcher
Purchased 2002 -
316
Pedro Wonaeamirri
Tutini with figure of Purukupali (Pukumani grave post) 1999
ironwood, natural pigments, feathers, beeswax, 281.0 x 18.0cm
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1999 -
317
John Mawurndjul
Buluwana 2002
natural pigments on eucalyptus bark, 190.0 x 84.0cm (irreg.)
Purchased 2003 -
318
John Mawurndjul
Mardayin ceremony 2000
natural pigments on eucalyptus bark, 170.0 x 78.0cm (irreg.)
Don Mitchell Bequest Fund 2000 -
319
Judy Watson
red tides 1997
pigment and pastel on canvas, 186.0 x 120.0cm
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1999 -
322
Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu
Untitled 2001
natural organic pigments on linen canvas, 115.8 x 77.6cm stretcher
Purchased 2002 -
323
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Untitled 2001
synthetic polymer paint on linen canvas, 244.0 x 183.0cm stretcher
Purchased 2002 -
324
Dr David Malangi
Gunmirringu funeral scene 1983
natural pigments on bark, 156.0 x 73.7cm (irreg.)
Purchased 1984 -
325
Dr David Malangi
River mouth map 1983
natural pigments on bark, 136.0 x 73.0cm (irreg.)
Purchased 1984 -
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Grace Cossington Smith
The curve of the bridge 1928-1929
oil on cardboard, 110.5 x 82.5cm board; 137.2 x 109.5 x 10.9cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and James Fairfax AO 1991 -
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Charles Meere
Australian beach pattern 1940
oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122.0cm stretcher; 108.0 x 138.8 x 5.5cm frame
Purchased 1965 -
413
Sidney Nolan
The camp (1946)
Ripolin enamel on hardboard, 89.7 x 121.5cm board; 111.6 x 142.2 x 6.5cm frame
Purchased 1978 -
415
John Olsen
Five bells 1963
oil on hardboard, 264.5 x 274.0cm board
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1999 -
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Jeffrey Smart
Matisse at Ashford (2004)
oil on canvas, 86.0 x 138.0cm, 125.0 x 150.0 x 7.3cm frame
Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales with assistance from the Collection Circle 2007 -
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A pair of tomb guardian figures late 6th century-early 7th century
earthenware with traces of red and orange pigment over white slip, 93.0 x 39.0 x 23.0cm guardian a, object with base; 92.0 x 39.0 x 23.0cm guardian b, object with base
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1990 -
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Chinese scholar's set
Chinese scholar's set with inkstone, brush rest, ceramic water dropper and seal
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Japanese art sword and court mount 1751
On loan courtesy Colin McDonald
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517
Nô theatre costume circa 1800
silk and gold; ikat dyed threads for the warp; brocade weave using flat strips of gilt paper, 134.5 x 137.0cm
Purchased with funds provided by the VisAsia Dinner Fund to commemorate the 'Goddess: Divine Energy' exhibition 2006 -
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Alberto Giacometti
Woman of Venice VII 1956
bronze, 117.0 x 16.0 x 36.0cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1994 -
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Anselm Kiefer
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss 2004
oil, emulsion, acrylic and sand on canvas with concrete staircase, 420.0 x 560.0cm
Purchased with funds provided by Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth and Catriona and Simon Mordant 2006 -
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Giulio Paolini
L'altra figura 1984
plaster, wood plinths, 183.0 x 250.0 x 190.0cm installed
Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1987 -
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Tony Cragg
Spyrogyra 1992
glass and steel, 220.0 x 210.0cm
Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1997 -
622
Ricky Swallow
Killing Time 2003-2004
laminated Jelutong, maple, 108.0 x 184.0 x 118.0cm (irreg.)
Rudy Komon Memorial Fund and the Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2004 -
623
Simryn Gill
Forest 1996-1998
16 gelatin silver photographs, 16 photographs: 120.0 x 95.0cm each; 161.3 x 129.2cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Contempo Group 2003 -
624
Sol LeWitt
Wall drawing #1091: arcs, circles and bands (room) 2003
synthetic polymer paint, painted room on 4 walls: 200.0 x 1600.0cm approx.
Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program. -
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Christo
Two Wrapped Trees 1969
two Eucalyptus trees, polyethylene, tarpaulin, rope, a) 91.0 x 950.0 x 91.0cm b) 91.0 x 518.0 x 45.5cm
Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program -
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Jeff Koons
White terrier 1991
polychromed wood, 52.1 x 35.6 x 50.8cm
Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program. -
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Nam June Paik
TV cello 1976
transparent synthetic polymer resin, television monitors, video tape and player, wood, mixed media, cello: 142.0 x 46.5 x 52.0cm base: 40.0 x 92.0 x 95.0cm overall installed: 170.0 x 92.0 x 95.0cm
Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program. -
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher
Framework houses 1959-1971, printed 2000
15 gelatin silver photographs, 15 photographs: each 40.0 x 30.5cm sight; 56.5 x 46.5 x 2.8cm frame
John Kaldor Family Collection -
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Richard Long
Southern gravity 2011
mud, 460.0 x 1080.0cm
John Kaldor Family Collection
