Event
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Screentime
22 February 2015

Be inspired by the strong graphic quality found in Sidney Nolan’s paintings then learn about screen printing in the CMAG…

PULSE: Reflections on the body
Exhibition
18 October 2014—22 February 2015
PULSE: Reflections on the body

PULSE: Reflections on the body asks us to consider our bodies and ultimately, how  our views on the body inform what we think it is to be human.

Elioth Gruner: the texture of light
Exhibition
8 March 2014—22 June 2014
Elioth Gruner: the texture of light

In 2014 the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) mounted a survey exhibition of the art of Elioth Gruner (1882-1939), one of Australia’s most important painters of landscape.

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Big Bold Brave
Event
25 February 2014
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Big Bold Brave

View the exhibition Remembrances of my youth by Sidney Nolan and take visual cues for your own abstract composition. Create…

Lens Love:  the tender gaze of six Canberra region photographers
Exhibition
30 November 2013—23 February 2014
Lens Love: the tender gaze of six Canberra region photographers

Soak up the work of some of Canberra's established photographers in this survey exhibition spanning over thirty years of practice.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly…back in the Can
Event
10 October 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly…back in the Can

Ned Kelly and his friends are back in Canberra! Children aged 7 to 12 years celebrated CMAG’s iconic Nolan Collection…

2113: A Canberra Odyssey
Exhibition
13 July 2013—3 November 2013
2113: A Canberra Odyssey

Take a journey through time to explore dimensions of Canberra's future and past. A major Centenary exhibition that examines time, place and identity through the interplay of art, science and historical material.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Event
20 April 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s paintings and the whimsical work of his friend, artist Mirka Mora, children will design, create and…

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly in the Can
Event
8 April 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly in the Can

Kelly in the Can celebrates the Australian Government’s collection of iconic works by Sir Sidney Nolan, The Foundation Collection, together…

Exhibition
King O'Malley
29 October 2011—12 March 2012

Few politicians in Australia’s history have been as colourful, and none so enigmatic, as King O’Malley.

Fashioned Here
Exhibition
3 September 2011—22 January 2012
Fashioned Here

Fashioned Here unpacks the wardrobe of Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG). The exhibition shows the work of fashion designers and related private businesses that are represented in CMAG’s permanent collection, as well as selected current designers.

Caught in the ACT
Exhibition
19 September 2009—24 January 2010
Caught in the ACT

This exhibition explored the history of crime and punishment in the Canberra region since the early 1800s, exploring the growth of the ACT from rural settlement to capital city and the resulting change in both the types of crime and our methods of coping with it.

FLOOR TALK: Curators’ perspectives
Event
21 September 2016
FLOOR TALK: Curators’ perspectives

Listen to two different curatorial insights into the work of Michael Taylor and discover how one of the region’s most significant artists developed over the period of his career

FLOOR TALK: Adam Leavesley – fire in the landscape
Event
18 May 2016
FLOOR TALK: Adam Leavesley – fire in the landscape

Find out about fire science and how the ACT Parks and Conservation Service Fire Unit is helping to protect people…

Event
FLOOR TALK: Michael Desmond and Derek O’Connor
31 August 2016

Join curator Michael Desmonds and artist Derek O’Connor as they discuss the work of one of the region’s finest painters

Woodlands walk: Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
Event
13 May 2016
Woodlands walk: Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary

Investigate the ACT’s most iconic landscape – woodlands. Discover woodland wildlife, ecology and cultural heritage.

FLOOR TALK: William Yang
Event
Booked Out
23 April 2016
FLOOR TALK: William Yang
Booked out

Join photographer William Yang as he discusses his works in the exhibition William Yang: Breathing the rarefied air of Canberra. In association with the Canberra Theatre Centre.