Event
TALK: A View from the Edge of England - The Rodd, home of the Sidney Nolan Trust
27 July

Join Canberra Museum and Gallery for an illustrated talk with Sophie Heath, Director of the Nolan Trust, as part…

CURATOR FLOORTALK: Public Impressions - Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Event
10 June
CURATOR FLOORTALK: Public Impressions - Sidney Nolan in Popular Media

Step inside the world of Sidney Nolan and discover how one of Australia’s most iconic artists became a household name.

Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Exhibition
6 June—13 September
Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media

Before television dominated popular media from the early 1970s, colourful magazines were an ever-present fixture on the coffee tables and in canteens and waiting rooms across Australia

TOUR: Nolan Unmasked
Event
14 October 2025—15 October 2025
TOUR: Nolan Unmasked

What lies beneath the mask?

Witness conservators and scientists turn detective as they investigate Nolan’s best-known Kelly paintings with cutting-edge…

WORKSHOP: Feathered Flock with Mariana Del Castillo
Event
11 October 2025
WORKSHOP: Feathered Flock with Mariana Del Castillo

Join Marianna Del Castillio in creating your own sculptural bird figure

FORUM: Visual Art + Design for the Stage
Event
19 September 2025
FORUM: Visual Art + Design for the Stage

Explore the rich intersection between visual art and theatrical design in Australia

KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland
Event
18 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s magnificent lyrebird, this hands-on workshop invites kids to design and make their very own wearable animal mask using cardboard and a mix of fun, recycled materials.

KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing
Event
7 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing

Do you love animals, costumes and drawing?

Dean Cross: Prologue
Exhibition
20 June 2025—29 June 2025
Dean Cross: Prologue

The title Prologue signals a beginning—this new moving image work by Canberra-born, Worimi artist Dean Cross marks the start of…

Event
CMAG Open Day
10 May 2025—10 May 2025

Join us for CMAG's Open Day and Celebrate 50 Years of the Sidney Nolan Collection!

KIDS WORKSHOP: Art in Action - Exploring Stage Design
Event
16 April 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Art in Action - Exploring Stage Design

For aspiring young performers and stage designers! Get inspired by the stage and costume designs by Sidney Nolan and create your own unique set design.

CONCERTS: Resonant Spaces at CMAG
Event
4 April 2025—4 April 2025
CONCERTS: Resonant Spaces at CMAG

A solo piano concert series featuring ARIA Award–winning artists David Bridie and Sophie Hutchings

A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and the Stage
Exhibition
13 March 2025—8 March
A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and the Stage

Sidney Nolan always understood artmaking could transcend the boundaries of a picture frame. Throughout his life, he worked with a wide circle of creative collaborators to produce striking designs for opera, ballet, and theatre.

Conserving Nolan 50|50
Exhibition
Conserving Nolan 50|50

Gifted to the people of Australia by Sir Sidney Nolan in March 1975, this nationally significant group of 24 early…

Event
FILM SCREENING: For The Term of His Natural Life (Reconstructed, 4K)
1 February 2025

Australia’s most famous silent film, lost for decades and painstakingly reconstructed from incomplete versions and NFSA stills.

PANEL TALK: Representing Convict History in Museums
Event
20 November 2024
PANEL TALK: Representing Convict History in Museums

A discussion about the changing perceptions and understandings of Australia's convict past and how museums deal with this confronting history.

Nolan: For the Term of His Natural Life
Exhibition
10 August 2024—23 February 2025
Nolan: For the Term of His Natural Life
Final weeks

In August 1978, Sidney Nolan created a series of 31 crayon pastel drawings based on the events of Marcus Clarke’s 1874 convict novel, For the Term of His Natural Life.