NGA Art Talks

Aretha Brown is a young, queer, Blak artist. Her multidisciplinary practice is grounded in truth-telling and celebrates First Nations history, knowledge and empowerment. In 2019, Brown founded the **…

Dylan Mooney shares stories of resilience, connection and love in his highly colourful and decorated portraits of First Nations peoples. Legally blind, Mooney works primarily with digital technology,…

Thea Anamara Perkins’ paintings are imbued with strength, warmth and quiet determination. Family members and the artist’s Arrernte homeland are recurring subjects, often drawn from Perkin’s familial …

Warraba Weatherall is an artist, lecturer and cultural scholar. His research-led practice seeks to regenerate Kamilaroi knowledge systems and critique museum and archival practices. Weatherall’s scul…

Artistic Director for the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples, one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists. Albert is a renowned artist, w…

Artists’ Artist is a podcast brought to you by the National Gallery of Australia. This season we’ll be speaking to artists whose work is featured in After the Rain, the 5th National Indigenous Art Tr…

To celebrate National Poetry Month, this episode of NGA Art Talks explores the intersection of text, poetry and art.

In 2024 the National Gallery, together with Red Room poetry, commissioned Vietnames…

To celebrate National Poetry Month, this episode of NGA Art Talks explores the intersection of text, poetry and art.

In 2024 the National Gallery, together with Red Room poetry, commissioned Vietnames…

To mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations International Women's Year (IWY) the 2025 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration celebrates diverse voices and the contributions of artists internationa…

Join Director of Tate, UK, Maria Balshaw CBE, for an excerpt from her 2023 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration. 

Painter, teacher, art critic, television host, author and gallery director, Betty Church…

Painter, teacher, art critic, television host, author and gallery director, Betty Churcher AO (1931-2015) was part of the lifeblood of the visual arts in Australia. While her father believed ‘educati…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Ben Quilty was born in 1973 in Sydney. He emerged …

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Jenny Watson is an Australian artist who has been …

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Urs Fischer was born in Switzerland in 1973. Now b…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Juz Kitson was born in Sydney, and divides her tim…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Archie Moore was born in 1970 in Toowoomba, Queens…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Julie Rrap is an Australian artist born in 1950 in…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

The Indonesian ceramic artist Albert Yonathan Sety…

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Bridget Riley is a British artist who was born in …

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Danie Mellor is an Australian artist of Ngadjon an…