William Yang's Mardi Gras
Abstract shapes in various bright colours being help by up by people in a parade.
Exhibition
26
Jun
2024
1
Dec
2024
Treasures Gallery
Grit & Gold: Tales from a Sporting Nation
Image grid featuring (clockwise) Dawn Fraser, Warwick Capper, Shane Warne and Louise Sauvage
Exhibition
9
Jun
2023
28
Jan
2024
Exhibition Gallery
Joyce Evans
A windmill stands in a paddock surrounded by dry, yellow grass. Lake George in New South Wales is visible in the background.
Exhibition
4
Apr
2023
3
Dec
2023
Treasures Gallery
Viewfinder: Photography from the 1970s to Now
A person on a skateboard is in the air. Two people in the bottom right hand corner are looking up at him. One of them is wearing a cardboard crown. The background is a blue sky with white clouds.
Exhibition
16
Sep
2022
30
Apr
2023
Exhibition Gallery
Kenneth Rowell: Designer for the Stage
Costume designs for Cochenille, Spalanzani and Guests from 'The Tales of Hoffmann', State Opera of South Australia 1982
Exhibition
29
Jun
2022
2
Apr
2023
Treasures Gallery
Take a look
The front podium and colonnade of the Nationa Library of Australia, taken on an angle. On the podium are three huge letters; one 'N', one 'L' and one 'A'. The letters have blown up photographs on them.
Exhibition
1
Apr
2022
30
Sep
2022
Podium
On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts
Sir Robert Helpmann as Oberon
Exhibition
4
Mar
2022
14
Aug
2022
Exhibition Gallery
Circus: Roll up, roll up!
Poster of Bullen Brothers Circus, 1955
Exhibition
14
Dec
2021
19
Jun
2022
Treasures Gallery
Rivers: Lifeblood of Australia
A watercolour painting of Clarence River, near Dr. Dobie's, in New South Wales by Edward Thomson
Exhibition
15
Nov
2021
12
Dec
2021
Treasures Gallery
Illustrating the Antipodes
Exhibition
15
Nov
2021
30
Jan
2022
Exhibition Gallery
A Nation Imagined
Exhibition
12
Mar
2021
11
Jul
2021
Exhibition Gallery
Birds of Paradise - Ellis Rowan in New Guinea
Most likely The Empress of Germany's Bird of Paradise
Exhibition
8
Sep
2020
28
Mar
2021
Exhibition Gallery

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