Going wild #agnsw
Playground paradise at the big #mikehewson #thekeysunderthemat show in the tank #agnsw.
Super popular, & not just with the kids!
Great to see this space being used & seen in its entirety.
& great to be introducing an enthusiastic young audience to the art gallery
#publicsydney
Join Judith Nangala Crispin and Robbie Buck in conversation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Wednesday 26 November at 6 pm.
Thanks to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for partnering with us on this program.
Image credit: Judith Crispin
#headonphoto #judithcrispin #robbiebuck #agnsw
Struck by the pinks at Dangerously Modern
Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940. Art Gallery of NSW.
#housesitterslife
#AGNSW
four images from a film of a painter’s studio including six of his paintings and him giving a double thumbs up
Life-affirming works in the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu: indigenous works in the Yiribana Gallery 2/2 - still from a film from Vincent Namatjira’s studio.
two paintings by Indigenous artists plus details
three paintings by Indigenous artists plus details
four paintings by Indigenous artists
an old Indigenous wooden shield, a bark painting, and a collection of small colourful figures
Life-affirming works in the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu: indigenous works in the Yiribana Gallery 1/2 While I was looking at the old ceremonial shield a security officer came and stood so close to me that I could feel his breath.
four photos of artworks
three photos of artworks
four photos of artworks
three photos of artworks
Highlights from the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu #KaldorPublicArtProject 38: works in Thomas Demand ‘The Object Lesson’ 2/2
two photos of artworks
four photos of artworks
three photos of artworks
four photos of artworks
Highlights from the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu #KaldorPublicArtProject 38: works in Thomas Demand ‘The Object Lesson’ 1/2
eight views of a large display of twentieth century artworks
Life-sapping works in #AGNSW #NaalaBadu: despite the wonderful individual works in the #KaldorPublicArtProject 38: Thomas Demand ‘The Object Lesson’, I found the whole display energy-sapping, like being in a huge Bunnings. Thanks Thomas, nice try but get a curator 🙁
two colourful paintings, one with detail photos showing parents and children
three artworks, a domestic setting completely covered in visitors’ chalk marks, a painting of a family outdoors, and a photo of a child’s graffiti
A lovely little exhibition in the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu ‘It Takes a Village’, “a celebration of family and community”, including Marikit Santiago’s wonderful painting ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.
three views of a painting of a naked young man in a room with an open window and table full of objects, plus the 1930 inspiration painting
three views of a painting of a red room, with a lamp on a table
three paintings
two views of a shiny metal sculpture of a man in C18th clothes sitting on a table
Recent works in the #AGNSW #NaalaBadu (‘seeing waters’) wing: Louis Fratino, April (after Christopher Wood); Andrew Cranston, Moth; Michael Zavros, The new Round Room; Wendy Sharpe, Trapped in an allegory of my own making; Gajin Fujita, Southland standoff; Michael Pareköwhai, The English Channel
three photos showing two buildings and a reflective wall with two stones
At the #AGNSW, mediating between the #NaalaNura and #NaalaBadu buildings, is the new commission from 89-yo Korean minimalist sculptor Lee Ufan, ‘Relatum - dialogue’, 2025.
What is Dangerously Modern?
Hear from the Art Gallery of NSW
exhibition curators as they explore how a generation of trailblazing Australian women reshaped modern art on the world stage.
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-li... #art #globalmuseum #museums #Australia #AGNSW
Recycled pavers and found rocks and pebbles making hidden creatures
Slippers and towels outside the steam punk ham man
Chemical tubs repurposed as ceiling lights
Beautifully curated pieces of floor…
The crazy, joyous world of Mike Hewson …The Key is Under the Mat #AGNSW
A small stone statue of the Buddha on a cylindrical plinth, backlit in sky blue and sandy yellow. The installation rests inside an alcove with a semi-circular arch. Outside the archway is darkness.
Still no sign of the pebble.
#AGNSW
Dangerously Modern and Ron Mueck.
This October and December, the Art Gallery of New South Wales unveils two remarkable exhibitions – Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940 and Ron Mueck: Encounter.
#globalmuseum #art #AGNSW #artgallery
a hand breaks a glowing beam of light in smoke
a swirled glowing beam of light in smoke
the silhouettes of people inside a glowing swirled beam of light break its sides
#Sydney #AGNSW Pause, Turn, Touch, Reach - Bodies in Motion. Anthony McCall’s 2009 ‘solid light’ installation ‘Meeting you halfway II’ is an immersive hit. 2/2
a tall, skinny sculpture and a photo of a naked lady descending stairs
small sequential sepia photos of bodies in motion; a photo of two women with a length of tape; three half-naked men with arms entwined twist together
#Sydney #AGNSW Pause, Turn, Touch, Reach - Bodies in Motion. Fascinating little exhibition looking at movement, from Muybridge’s photos to Daniel Crooks, including Gerhard Richter, Gabriella & Silvana Mangano, and Sigalit Landau’s suggestive Three Men Hula. 1/2
collage of Indigenous Australian artworks created by scratching designs into enamelled metal signs
collage of Indigenous Australian artworks created by scratching designs into enamelled metal signs
collage of Indigenous Australian artworks created by scratching designs into enamelled metal signs
collage of Indigenous Australian sculptures created by scratching designs into enamelled metal signs
#Sydney #AGNSW ‘Yolŋu Power, the art of Yirrkala’. My favourite: repurposing of scrap metal and road signs, transformed by intricate scratched designs. 3/3
collage of Indigenous Australian sculptures
collage of Indigenous Australian sculptures
collage of Indigenous Australian sculptures
collage of Indigenous Australian sculptures
#Sydney #AGNSW ‘Yolŋu Power, the art of Yirrkala’. Amazing sculpted forms, ancient and modern. 2/3
collage of Indigenous Australian paintings
collage of Indigenous Australian paintings
collage of Indigenous Australian paintings
collage of Indigenous Australian paintings
#Sydney #AGNSW ‘Yolŋu Power, the art of Yirrkala’. Fantastic bark paintings and canvasses. 1/3
a photo of a vast subterranean tank full of thin columns, lit up mysteriously
a photo of a vast subterranean tank full of thin columns, lit up mysteriously - green light
a photo of a vast subterranean tank full of thin columns, lit up mysteriously - red light
a photo of a vast subterranean tank full of thin columns, lit up mysteriously - blue light
#Sydney #AGNSW #NelsonPackerTank ‘Yalu’, by The Mulka Project. Atmospheric lights in the subterranean tank, changing to a soundtrack suggesting Yolŋu country in the far north including an electric storm.
a statue of a gilt Bodhisattva, about 800 years old
a pair of elegantly painted screen and details, about 125 years old
various objects, many of which don’t look like vases
#Sydney #AGNSW #AsianLantern Some permanent exhibition highlights including avant guard Sogetsu ikebana vessels.
minimalist sculpture using rocks, and a photo of the arts in a rocky area
two views of a minimalist sculpture using rocks, pebbles, and a shiny metal curve
minimalist sculptures using rocks, one also with a rusty metal cylinder
a gallery of minimalistic painted works
#Sydney #AGNSW #AsianLantern Exhibition ‘Quiet Resonance’ of some of Lee Ufan’s minimalist sculptural work (first encountered recently in Japan!)
photos of an expansive and upmarket cafe and a meal of pie and coffee
#Sydney Lunch at the #AGNSW member’s room, much classier than the cafe! (and the #NGVI & #NGVA!)
a collage of photos of an installation showing calendars on teal walls and many red/orange boxes
photos of a letter sent to me and the letter I sent to someone else and the folded orange envelope they form
walk poster for the exhibition
#Sydney #AGNSW Hikoko Ito ‘Happy Birthday 2U2’ - Delightful, joyful installation where you can send a message to an unknown ‘twin’, someone who shares the same birth date as you. Thanks and happy birthday, Mitch! And happy birthday, unknown twin!
a collage of paintings
a collage of sculptures
a collage of photos of a sculpture
a collage of sculptures
#Sydney #AGNSW #WynnePrize The “best landscape painting [or] figure sculpture”… this year there were many impressive sculptures. Winner AND my choice: Jude Rae ‘Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal’. 2/2
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
#Sydney #AGNSW #WynnePrize The strange combination “best landscape painting [or] figure sculpture” usually produces great landscapes and a couple of laughable sculptures; the greater recognition of Indigenous paintings in the last decade has revolutionised the prize … 1/2
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
#Sydney #AGNSW The #ArchibaldPrize is for “the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics”. Winner: Julie Fragar ‘Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene)’; my choice: Adrian Jangala Robertson ‘Warwick Thornton’. 2/2
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
a collage of paintings
#Sydney #AGNSW The #ArchibaldPrize is for “the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics” and is hugely popular through I find it always a mixed bag (this year was good though). 1/2