Sunday 12 March 2023

VALE JOHN OLSEN, 1928-2023 The National Art School is deeply saddened by the loss of John Olsen AO OBE, esteemed alumnus and NAS Fellow who first studied then taught at the School, and one of Australia’s greatest and most respected artists. It was a privilege to be closely connected to John and his family, and to present the last major exhibition of John’s work in 2021, John Olsen: Goya’s Dog, wh…

Thursday 09 March 2023

The Sydney-based artist attributes her appreciation of buildings and design to her year of studying architecture at university in 2013. ‘Designing wasn’t for me, however the love for it has remained.’ Instead, Eliza decided to study fine art at the National Art School, where she started exploring architecture in her painting practice. ‘They began as houses I had seen; I would photograph …

Friday 03 March 2023

NAS alumnus Ali Tahayori talks about “My Thing is…” on the Art Show, sharing the inspiration he finds in the lyrical poetry of the master Hafez. Ali works with sparkling hand-cut mirrors that reference the traditional Iranian craft of Āine-Kāri. Through light and mirror, he explores transcendent moments and what it means to be queer and diasporic. He also discusses his work in Braving Ti…

Friday 03 March 2023

If you are LGBTQI+, there’s really no place to hang out now with other lesbians, just like circa 1980s hangouts. So Sydney’s National Art School (NAS) brought it all back. American artist Macon Reed arrived to dress up the NAS Cafe with their art installation Eulogy for the Dyke Bar, as part of the WorldPride festival, and the rest was a fantastic night of karaoke and nostalgia Interview…

Thursday 02 March 2023

Join us for our 2023 symposium exploring the special place drawing has in the conversations between artists about their work. The National Centre for Drawing’s 2023 symposium is based on this correspondence between artists and their ideas, and how drawing helps elucidate them. It celebrates the special role drawing plays in connecting people, thought, times and places. ‘Correspondence’ p…