SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art brings together over thirty of Australia’s most dynamic artists – from underground graffiti writers to celebrated contemporary artists – united by one charged medium: spray paint. Introduced as a commercial product in the mid-twentieth century, spray paint quickly caught the attention of artists who recognised its unique material potential. By the late 196…

I didn’t expect to live this long is an exhibition of large-scale sculpture and installation works that offers a personal and political queering of time, space, materiality, and ideas by NAS alum Liz Bradshaw. Integrating new works alongside a fragment of an artwork created at the National Art School in the 1990s, the installation folds together the artist’s personal experiences with the complex …

The National Art School (NAS) and the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) are proud to present Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth, a major survey exhibition of work by Sydney-based artist and NAS alum Mitch Cairns. Co-curated by Lucy Latella, NAS Curator, Exhibitions, and Robert Leonard, IMA Director, this will be the largest and most comprehensive presentation of Cairns’ work to date. It celebrates his twen…

Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste celebrates the legacy and significant achievements of Margaret Olley AC – National Art School alumna and one of Australia’s most beloved painters – through the lens of the European artistic tradition intimisme, which honours the quiet poetry of domestic life and the interior world.Drawing from significant public and private collections, Margaret Olley: Australian …