Research the Gallery collection

Use our online database to research the entire Gallery collection, including detailed information and images of many works.

Locations of artwork

You can view artworks on display at the Gallery during opening hours or through the study room and archive by appointment or online anytime.

Using images of the collection

The Gallery supplies photographic materials and digital images of artworks from our Australian, Aboriginal, Asian, Western, contemporary and photography collections for a range of uses. Find out how you can reproduce fine-art images in your research, publication, website, film or product.

Borrowing artwork

The Gallery has an active loans program, making our collection accessible to a large and diverse audience both nationally and internationally. Find out who can borrow artworks and how to go about it.

Get information on works you own

The Gallery provides a free artwork information service to members of the public.

Provenance

Information about the history of ownership of works in the Art Gallery of NSW collection.