Event
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney
1 December 2021

Join Virginia Rigney, CMAG’s Senior Curator Visual Arts, as she charts six pivotal years in Mandy Martin’s early career

Finding the dry heart: Sidney Nolan’s early travels in Central Australia
Exhibition
27 November 2021—2 April 2022
Finding the dry heart: Sidney Nolan’s early travels in Central Australia

After completing the first Ned Kelly series in mid-1947, Sidney Nolan’s ambition to address the landscape and mythologies of Australia in a new way significantly expanded beyond his more familiar terrain of northern Victoria

The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore
Exhibition
22 May 2021—27 November 2021
The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore

The whimsical concept behind the imaginary microcosm presented within the glass walls of CMAG on the Square is that these creatures have, over time, evolved from discarded musical instruments

Threads of Policing
Exhibition
6 November 2021—8 February 2022
Threads of Policing
Revised closing date

Threads of Policing is a rare opportunity to explore the varied work of the Australian Federal Police as reflected by stories of its members

Spowers and Syme
Exhibition
29 October 2021—12 February 2022
Spowers and Syme

Celebrating the artistic friendship of Melbourne artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme, Spowers & Syme presents the changing face of interwar Australia through the perspective of two remarkable women artists

Mandy Martin From Queanbeyan to New York: 1978-1984 / Art & Life
Exhibition
29 October 2021—12 February 2022
Mandy Martin From Queanbeyan to New York: 1978-1984 / Art & Life

Mandy Martin From Queanbeyan to New York charts the shifts in Martin’s practice between1978 to 1984, from the sensitive gouaches of her near neighbours and friends, to the expressive drama of the paintings that speak to her deep concern for the environment.

Brenda L. Croft: ‘hand/made/held/ground’
Exhibition
29 October 2021—22 January 2022
Brenda L. Croft: ‘hand/made/held/ground’

Mixed media installation hand/made/held/ground’ (2019) metaphysically maps Croft’s patrilineal relationship to Country, reimagining customary objects jimpila (spearhead) and kurrwa (stone axe) originally created on Gurindji homelands.

CMAG on Saturday: Pattern Play
Event
7 August 2021
CMAG on Saturday: Pattern Play

Discover decorative details in the exhibition Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence and play around with pattern

Curator talk: with Margaret Betteridge
Event
Cancelled
14 July 2021
Curator talk: with Margaret Betteridge
Cancelled

Join Margaret Betteridge, curator of Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence, as she delves into Ruth’s early life, including her Irish connections to the Celtic Revival and the celebrated Yeats family

Exhibition
Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence
10 July 2021—2 October 2021

Ruth Lane-Poole’s articles on interior decoration in popular magazines in the mid-1920s introduced many homemakers to her ideas on good taste and practical design.

Studio workshop: Street Art with Byrd
Event
Booked Out
30 June 2021
Studio workshop: Street Art with Byrd
Booked out

Discover Sidney Nolan’s spray-painted works and explore a range of techniques and materials with contemporary street artist Byrd.

Natalie Rosin: Brutalism
Exhibition
21 June 2021—7 August 2021
Natalie Rosin: Brutalism

Natalie Rosin trained as an architect and following graduation began work in her profession while initiating an ambitious ceramics practice…

CMAG on Saturday: Creature feature
Event
5 June 2021
CMAG on Saturday: Creature feature

Create your own sculptural response to Hilary Talbot’s The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore exhibition.

Performance: HABITAT - Ways of living
Event
4 June 2021
Performance: HABITAT - Ways of living

Join us at CMAG for the HABITAT: Ways of living performance!

Event
Guest speaker: Liveability, urban renewal and public space
26 May 2021
Booked out

Join Ann Cleary as she discusses the liveability and social issues reflected in the HABITAT: Ways of living exhibition

In conversation: Indigenous architecture with James Tylor
Event
Cancelled
5 May 2021
In conversation: Indigenous architecture with James Tylor
Cancelled

Join us for a conversational floor talk with artist James Tylor and exhibition curator Mark Bayly about Indigenous architecture in Australia

CMAG on Saturday: A big Canberra sky
Event
1 May 2021
CMAG on Saturday: A big Canberra sky

Make a work of art inspired by the big blue skies of Canberra featured in the Seeing Canberra exhibition