The old Darlinghurst gaol is one of Australia’s oldest and best preserved examples of colonial sandstone architecture, which over the last two centuries has transformed from a place of abject misery to one of Australia’s premier arts institutes. According to legend, the building is haunted by the restless ghosts of some of the 76 people who were executed at the gaol’s gallows.

Join us for a lively historical tour, shedding light on the fascinating history of the site and exposing the dark, hidden corners which aren’t usually open for public access.  Scroll down to choose a date and book tickets.

Led by an expert historical guide, the tour takes approximately one hour and includes the historic Cell Block Theatre, the Chapel, the old Governor’s residence, the morgue, the flogging wall, the tunnel which was used to process and delouse prisoners and the site of the former gallows.

After the tour, guests will have an opportunity to enjoy the site.

Tours depart from the Forbes Street Entrance.

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

Louise Paramor, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro,
Wednesday 12 June, 1–2pm, Black Theatre 

A panel discussion with CAUGHT STEALING artists Louise Paramor, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro in conversation with Dr Jaime Tsai and Dr Michael Hill.

LOUISE PARAMOR
Louise Paramor is well known for her large-scale public art commissions, which often combine formal concerns with a pop-inspired sensibility. Paramor has exhibited her work nationally and internationally regularly since 1988, and has been awarded several grants and international residencies including an Australia Council Fellowship at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1999−2000). In 2010 she won the prestigious McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award with her work Top shelf. Recently the National Gallery of Victoria commissioned Paramor to create the installation Palace of the Republic, a series of new paper sculptures that reference her earlier artistic practice, in conjunction with a survey of her recent colourful plastic assemblages.

CLAIRE HEALY AND SEAN CORDEIRO
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro’s practice brings together ideas of home, movement and destruction. Their solo exhibitions include a survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia (2012); Are we there yet?, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC (2011); PREMS, La bf15, Lyon
(2009); The Paper Trail, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2007) and flatpack, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2006). Their installation Life Span was part of the Australian representation at the 53rd Venice Biennale. They have also participated in the Setouchi and Auckland Triennials. They are represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Image: Sean Corderio and Claire Healy, Cheese, 2016

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 13 June, 6–9pm
EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 14 June — Saturday 10 August 2019 

CURATOR: Dr Jaime Tsai

ARTISTS: Hany Armanious, Daniel Boyd, Peter Burgess, Destiny Deacon, Linda Dement, Virginia Fraser and Destiny Deacon, Fiona Hall, Shane Haseman, Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy, Andrew Hurle, Harley Ives, Nancy Mauro-Flude, Tom Nicholson, Lillian O’Neil, Louise Paramor, Philjames, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk and The Avalanches, Marian Tubbs, Gary Warner.

CAUGHT STEALING is an exhibition by contemporary Australian artists who mobilise theft as an artistic strategy in their work. A century after the first Dada photomontages, misappropriation continues in the diverse practices of artists demanding social justice, revisions of history, and ecological awareness. Motifs of piracy also signify resistance to the corporate control of the cultural sphere, as well as colonisation and its legacy in Australia.

Linda Dement and Nancy Mauro-Flude, ‘Cyberfeminist bed sheet transfigured’, 2018, courtesy the artists

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative