Music | Art Gallery of NSW

Two people sit in front of musical equipment, opposite each other, while people watch on in a gallery with a red and purple painted wall.

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Sol LeWitt: Resonances

Three musical compositions have been commissioned in response to a Sol LeWitt artwork, each developed collaboratively by an American musician and an Aboriginal musician.

Exhibitions Events and programs Music Performance Indigenous Australian Sol LeWitt

In a gallery space with historic paintings on the wall, a smiling person holds their arms in the air, fingers pointing down.

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Nardean: the best of the West

Post-hip-hop artist Nardean talks about music and her part in the Archie Plus portrait project.

Artists Music Together in Art Portraiture Archie Plus

7 people wearing masks with laughing expressions looking direcly into the camera.

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A page of madness x Marcus Whale

Screening of the 1926 silent film A page of madness with a newly commissioned live score by Marcus Whale, accompanied by Jacques Emery

Events and programs Film Music

A control desk with multiple screens, buttons and switches.

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21st-century noise and sci-fi lullabies

This selection of new glitch symphonies, lo-fi dreamlike utopias and digital noise explosions is music from the future, delivered to the present.

Events and programs Music Together in Art

A dark-haired woman dressed in a swimsuit beats the water in a swimming pool with her hands, creating splashes.

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Looking at music and listening to art

As music becomes more accessible, it’s little wonder many artists make work that brings art and music together.

Collection Together in Art Music

Person squats among multiple vertical fabric tubes with coloured powder pooled at the base of each tube.

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The band name game

Our conservators love for inventing names for fictitious bands proves to be educational when it comes to learning about conservation.

Conservation Together in Art Music

Terrace house in a row of buildings, with a stylised Aboriginal flag painted on the front and the words 'Survive' above and 'Radio Redfern 88.9 FM' below.

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We have survived

In 1988, Brenda L Croft was working at Radio Redfern. With this playlist, she reflects on a moment that still reverberates.

Artists Together in Art Music Indigenous Australian

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You’re the voice

Critic Anwen Crawford considers the power of music and its intersection with art.

Collection Together in Art Music

A video chat screen of 24 windows, each with a different person against a different background. One of the people is represented by a stuffed toy animal.

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Young trax

Members of our Youth Collective have created a soundtrack of anthems by young Australian musicians.

Events and programs Together in Art Music

A person wearing a mauve hat and orange top, holding a light blue guitar, sings into a microwave.

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With warmth and love

A homage to Sydney musician Rainbow Chan from members of the New Age Noise Collective.

Events and programs Together in Art Music Performance

A blurred photo of a person wearing a blue baseball cap, which is obscuring most of their face, except for their mouth.

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Ruby slippers and purple sneakers

A playlist of Australian indie/folk artists who, as the videos of their live performances attest, are masters of their instruments.

Events and programs Together in Art Music

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Iso family dance party

During lockdown, micro dance parties in the kitchen have helped keep spirits up.

Events and programs Together in Art Music

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Sol LeWitt: Resonances

Nardean: the best of the West

A page of madness x Marcus Whale

21st-century noise and sci-fi lullabies

Looking at music and listening to art

The band name game

We have survived

You’re the voice

Young trax

With warmth and love

Ruby slippers and purple sneakers

Iso family dance party