Artists’ rich creative responses to the natural world and our place within it. Humans are indivisible from nature – we are dependent on its systems and rhythms, and subject to its whims. Artists have long engaged with nature as a place where we seek solace and meaning. This exhibition from the Art Gallery’s collection charts… Read More »Super Nature
Artists consider the mythical and controlling forces that organise time, space and galaxies. Proximate Cosmologies draws from the Art Gallery’s rich collection to consider the universe as undefinable, where different ways of thinking reveal porous boundaries between the spiritual and material worlds. Artists have long imagined the universe as dynamic, indeterminate, and continually unfolding through… Read More »Proximate Cosmologies
The newly renovated Brett Whiteley Studio opens in mid 2026 with Brett Whiteley: Chapters 1970–79, an exhibition showcasing ambitious works produced by Whiteley during the 1970s, including his 16-metre-wide autobiographical epic Alchemy 1972–73. Offering a rich array of 80 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, photographs and sketchbooks from the collections of the Art Gallery of… Read More »Brett Whiteley Chapters: 1970–79
Explore the immediacy and intimate power of drawing. Drawing is an intimate art form. Nimble, economical, universal and immediate, drawing can lay bare the bones of how we look, think and feel. The Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026 brings together 11 artists from across Australia who use a range of materials – pastel, pencil, watercolour,… Read More »Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026
The Australian Ballet return with the beloved festive ballet The Nutcracker. Sir Peter Wright’s magical production remains faithful to the 19th-century original and will fill audiences with the Christmas spirit. Tchaikovsky’s last ballet score, with its famous motifs and melodies, draws viewers into the story of Clara, a young ballet student celebrating with her family… Read More »The Nutcracker