Event
Guest speaker: Sidney Nolan’s encounters with popular culture
10 March 2021

As an emerging artist in the early 1940s, Sidney Nolan returned to his childhood haunts of St Kilda and began…

Family Floor talk: Nolan and St Kilda
Event
20 February 2021
Family Floor talk: Nolan and St Kilda

Explore the extraordinary little-known story of the connection between the Civic Merry Go Round and Nolan's art practice

Matthew Thorne: Jingo was born in the Slum
Exhibition
1 October 2022—16 April
Matthew Thorne: Jingo was born in the Slum
Season extended

The exhibition features photographs and costumes from Justin Kurzel’s film, True History of the Kelly Gang, alongside Sidney Nolan’s iconic Ned Kelly paintings that influenced the film

Nolan school holiday workshop: Merry Go Round
Event
7 October 2020—8 October 2020
Nolan school holiday workshop: Merry Go Round

View the world through the eyes of Sidney Nolan, make sketches, take photographs then go for a ride

Sidney Nolan and St Kilda: Memory and Modernism
Exhibition
22 August 2020—13 March 2021
Sidney Nolan and St Kilda: Memory and Modernism

For Sidney Nolan, his boyhood home of the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda was ‘My kitsch heaven’

CMAG on Saturday: ShapeShifter
Event
1 August 2020
CMAG on Saturday: ShapeShifter

Calling all creative kids to be part of a practical workshop exploring the work of Sidney Nolan

In Conversation: Threads and Connections with Dr Antonino Nielfi
Event
27 February 2020
In Conversation: Threads and Connections with Dr Antonino Nielfi

Discover the visual and poetic influences of French painter Paul Cézanne and poet Arthur Rimbaud on the artist Sidney Nolan

Floor Talk: Mandarin Tour of The Nolan Collection
Event
3 October 2019
Floor Talk: Mandarin Tour of The Nolan Collection

Join a Mandarin language tour and discover one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists Sidney Nolan

Guest Speaker: Unmasking Nolan's hidden paintings with Dr Paula Dredge
Event
12 September 2019
Guest Speaker: Unmasking Nolan's hidden paintings with Dr Paula Dredge

Dr Paula Dredge shares her ground-breaking research on Sidney Nolan’s innovative use of household paint in the mid-1940s

Event
In Conversation: Mark Fraser and Virginia Rigney
19 August 2019

Explore the new Nolan Collection exhibition with Senior Curator Virginia Rigney in conversation with Mark Fraser, Curator for the estate of Lady Nolan, widow of Sir Sidney Nolan

Guest Speaker: Lucy Trench, Sidney Nolan Trust UK
Event
3 June 2019
Guest Speaker: Lucy Trench, Sidney Nolan Trust UK

Lucy Trench, Board Member of the Sidney Nolan Trust UK, will present an illustrated talk on Nolan’s life in the UK

Curator Floor Talk: Marion Hall Best: Interiors
Event
23 May 2019
Curator Floor Talk: Marion Hall Best: Interiors

Interior Designer, Marion Hall Best was an enthusiastic supporter of emerging Australian artists, including a then up and coming Sidney Nolan.

Screening and Panel: Nolan, The Man & the Myth
Event
31 January 2019
Screening and Panel: Nolan, The Man & the Myth

Sidney Nolan is one of Australia’s most acclaimed but enigmatic artists.

Printmaking Workshop: Black Square
Event
10 November 2018
Printmaking Workshop: Black Square

 Participants will be guided through the process of designing a multi-coloured linocut print

Event
CMAG on Sunday: Kelly’s bushland
1 July 2018

Join us for an afternoon of structured workshops, led by local artist Jacqueline Bradley

School Holiday Workshop: Facetime
Event
Booked Out
18 April 2018—19 April 2018
School Holiday Workshop: Facetime
Booked out

Study faces and figures in the Nolan Collection Gallery and then pose for a black and white photoshoot in the CMAG studio

Printmaking Workshop: Intaglio
Event
Booked Out
3 February 2018
Printmaking Workshop: Intaglio
Booked out

Participants will be guided by educator Kay Whitney to develop simple line drawings into an edition of prints