Discover the story of Canberra – the people, places and history that make up this city and region.
The Nolan Collection is an iconic group of paintings from 1945 to 1953 by Sidney Nolan that the artist gifted to the nation in 1974
Celebrate 50 years of Nolan’s cultural legacy with our year-long program of exhibitions, concerts, talks, and a symposium.
50 years…
Philip Agius is a Canberra-based visual artist working in the medium of contemporary jewellery. He is interested in the healing…
Step into a playful, hands-on exhibition designed for children aged 3–12 and their families.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso is internationally renowned for using unconventional and organic materials to consider nature and its links to culture…
Create your own colourful peacock spider on a stick, and then make it jump!
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
It’s not every day that you get to celebrate 50 years on the airwaves but that’s exactly what 2XX is…
Part nostalgia trip, part immersive art experience, RELICS: A New World Rises transforms forgotten…
Inspired by RELICS: A New World Rises, this creative competition invites participants to imagine a future Canberra in the…
2026 Stimulus Exhibition - Maria Fernanda Cardoso’s: Spiders of Paradise
Entrants were invited to respond to this visually striking exhibition…
Join local citizen scientist Stuart Harris for a special screening and discussion of Maratus
In conversation with Nicole Sutherland, Agius will discuss his creative process and the influence of ideas such as lacrimae rerum ("the tears of things") on his work.
Create, recycle, and bloom!
Gregory Hodge’s Suspension Painting marked the artist’s first monumental exploration of immersive suspended painting and sculpture
Join Dr Cathy Franzi, winner of the 2025 Lanyon Art Prize, for a talk exploring the ideas behind her award-winning work, Fine Open Grasslands.