Thursday 24 November 2022

By Gina Fairley This time of year, art schools across Australia are unveiling their graduate shows. For the National Art School (NAS) in Sydney, this year’s calendar of exhibitions comes at a moment when the organisation celebrates the 100-year anniversary of moving to its historic Darlinghurst Gaol site in 1922 (the school’s origins go back to 1843). The school now looks to the next 100 years…

Friday 11 November 2022

Qtopia Sydney and the National Art School (NAS) are proud to announce a partnership to realise a restaging of St Vincent’s Hospital’s Ward 17 South. The installation will be curated to coincide with Sydney WorldPride 2023 from 17 February – 5 March 2023 at NAS’ Darlinghurst campus, featuring historical and archival objects, imagery, video, and audio to tell some of the stories of this significan…

Friday 11 November 2022

By Angus Thomson “I’m preparing for a show that I’ve been working towards for two years, but I’m carrying with me the grief and heartbreak and hurt of what I’m witnessing happening in my country,” he said. “I’m so supportive of [the protests] because I think it’s a movement of a minority – women. For the first time after 43 years [since the Iranian Revolution], we see these voices coming out of …

Thursday 10 November 2022

NAS is proud to present the work of our 2022 Master of Fine Art (MFA) graduate students, Graduate Diploma of Fine Art (GDFA) students, and Doctor of Fine Art (DFA) graduates, who have completed their three-year degree to attain their doctorates. Each year, the NAS Grad Shows buzz with anticipation and excitement to see the next wave of Australia’s best emerging talent. Come and join us as we cel…

Tuesday 01 November 2022

By Indira Naidoo   NAS Head of Undergraduate Studies and Art historian Lorrraine Kypiotis from the National Art School joined Indira Naidoo in This Week in History to tell the story of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel was unveiled for the first time on All Saints Eve 1512, and is one of the most famous works of art in the world. But did you know that the man most associ…