ANZ People’s Choice winner announced
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2018 closes 9 September
John Russell: Australia's French impressionist
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Spacemakers and roomshakers: installations from the collection
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Playback: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2018
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Art After Hours
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Late night laughs returns in 2018, as some of Australia’s finest comedians put their spin on the Archibald Prize. This week we’re joined by internet sensation Celeste Barber, followed by The Speaker’s performance of soul, jazz and blues.
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Judy Cassab
Incredible lightness, Rainbow Valley from the 1999 Dobell Prize exhibition is one of 62 works in the Gallery collection by Judy Cassab, who was born on this day in 1920.
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Young Archie winners
See the winners in each age category, chosen from more than 1400 budding young artists aged 5 to 18 who entered our portrait competition.
Archibald celebrity podcast tour
Celebrity guests Russell Crowe, Ben Quilty, Rove McManus, Yumi Stynes and Rachel Perkins, with Julian Morrow, take you through the 2018 Archibald.
Art prizes database
Find out more about the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes – including entry information – and explore the finalists and winners year by year.
Sydney Modern Project
Learn more about the project to transform the Gallery with new and expanded spaces for art, performance, film, study and cultural programs.
Michael Brand on Instagram
You can follow Gallery director Michael Brand on Instagram, where he posts photos of art and life in Sydney and further afield.
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The range of tours on offer includes regular free guided tours of the Gallery and exhibitions, including for Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean speakers.
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Making a Tudor frame
Having established the Gallery's Henry VIII portrait was some 500 years old, there were new questions to answer. What were picture frames like in Tudor England, and how do you go about making a reproduction frame fit for a king?
Brett Whiteley Studio
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Pathways to figuration
The Studio at 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills was the workplace and home of artist Brett Whiteley. An exhibition of rarely seen works from his formative years charts his journey to figuration through abstraction and shows how his early mastery of line, tone and edge informed his life-long pursuit to represent the human figure through art.
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We’ve an opportunity to add Rainy day by Charles Conder to the Gallery’s collection, and your contribution will make all the difference.