Past exhibitions 2019

This exhibition provides an insight into the Gallery’s archival poster collection, which is rarely displayed but offers a unique perspective on 20th century Australian art.

This small community in Western Australia has been home to some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists.

Whiteley pays homage to Vincent van Gogh 1968-1983

Begun in 1999, this scholarship for young Australian painters is celebrating its 21st year. This year’s judge is artist Gemma Smith, who selected this year’s winner and finalists from 116 entries.

Artists consider the connections we create with others and how these connections resonate outwards through our lives.

A display of the Gallery’s leading collection of works by the artist, including recent acquisitions, reflecting different stages and places in his career.

A powerful display of archival material and artworks reflecting on the artist-led, Sydney-based movement supporting land rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the early 1980s.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.

The most in-depth survey of the art and life of Marcel Duchamp ever to be seen in the Asia-Pacific region

The second of three biennial surveys presenting the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art.

Explore points of view in Aboriginal photography in these provocative works from the Gallery’s collection.

Paintings, drawings and sculptures exploring Whiteley’s favourite theme – animals and birds from observation.

A rare opportunity to see some of the highest artistic achievements across 5000 years of Chinese history.

This dynamic and popular exhibition features a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2018.

Intimate recollections from five decades of 20th-century China.

Looks at the central place of drawing in Brett Whiteley’s art, from his early drawings of Sydney and France to his later lyrical landscapes, interiors and nudes.

Features one of the artist’s most ambitious and celebrated video installations – a major new addition to the Gallery’s collection from one of the most powerful voices in art today.

Paintings, prints and drawings from one of Australia’s most significant artists.

Featuring groundbreaking works by the most influential figures of modern art, including Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, Matisse, Gauguin and Kandinsky.

Artist Noŋgirrŋa Marawili is inspired by the atmospheric effects that are created as country is brought to life through the movement of wind, water or unseen forces.

Explores the work and legacy of one of Australia’s most significant and influential abstract expressionist artists

Yona Lee gives sculptural form to ‘life on the move’– transient, itinerant, flat-packed and high speed.

Significant works of art acquired by Tony Tuckson for the Gallery’s Pacific collection are on display, some for the first time in four decades.

The Gallery’s first exhibition to focus on women artists with ties to South Asia explores politics, nationalism and the consequences of shifting borders.

Now in its second stage, this exhibition presents moments of joy from the Gallery’s collection of Asian art from the first century to the present.