NAS Galleries

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The dynamic NAS Galleries program enhances the School’s role as a leading centre for visual art education in the Asia-Pacific, with ambitious group and solo exhibitions by Australian and Art, Artists and Community international artists that foster critical appreciation of art and innovative art practice. The NAS Gallery is one of Sydney’s most well-appointed and distinctive exhibition spaces, housed in a former cell block of the historic Darlinghurst Gaol, located in the heart of the campus. The NAS Galleries offerings expanded in 2021 with the launch of a dedicated Drawing Gallery, developed with the School’s National Centre for Drawing to focus on innovations in contemporary drawing practice. Special projects are also exhibited in the Rayner Hoff Project Space. NAS Galleries exhibitions are accompanied by scholarly publications and a dynamic range of public programs that provide a rich context for the interpretation and understanding of art.

CONTACT

+61 2 9339 8686
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OPENING HOURS

24th Dobell Drawing Prize now open

Friday 11 April – Saturday 21 June 2025
Monday to Saturday, 11am–5pm
NAS Gallery
Free admission

 

Holiday Hours:

  • Good Friday CLOSED 18 April 2025
  • Easter Saturday OPEN Sat 19 April 2025, 11am – 5pm
  • Easter Sunday CLOSED Sun 20 April 2025
  • Easter Monday CLOSED Mon 21 April 2025
  • Anzac Day CLOSED Fri 25 April 2025
  • Kings Birthday CLOSED Monday 9 June 2025
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Opening night: The Neighbour at the Gate 

Join us on Thursday 10 July for the opening night of The Neighbour at the Gate, a major exhibition at the National Art School Gallery, curated by a guest curatorium led by Clothilde Bullen (Wardandi Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji), with Micheal Do and Zali Morgan (Whadjuk Balladong and Wilman Noongar).

Bringing together newly commissioned works by leading Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay), Jenna Mayilema Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, KarraJarri), James Nguyen and James Tylor (Kaurna, Thura-Yura language region), the exhibition reckons with the echoes of immigration policies and the legacies of Colonialism in Australia, unravelling how these forces continue to shape First Nations and Asian Australian experiences and relationships.

Across various mediums and perspectives, The Neighbour at the Gate charts the entangled legacies of exclusion and resilience, drawing vital parallels between the past and present, memory and nationhood.

The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.

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Burned trees build no homes. 

Today we acknowledge World Environment Day with this work by alum Una Foster, now in the National Art School Collection.
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Una Foster, ‘Burned Trees Build No Homes’, c.1945, commercial print on paper; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Una Foster. From the National Art School Collection.
This end of financial year, support the next generation of artists through the National Art School’s Pathways Program.

Your donation will be vital in helping us build a more inclusive and vibrant arts community — creating crucial pathways for talented artists to become leading international artists, regardless of their background.

Support our EOFY campaign via the link in bio and help us to break down barriers to art education.
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