Friday 05 February 2021

From the phenomenal parade to poignant talks, dazzling nights of live performance and visual feasts of fancy, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival returns in 2021 with a glittering program of events from Friday 19 February. Highlights of the 2021 Festival include National Art School’s Queer Contemporary: SKIN DEEP. Read the full article through the link below. Photo: Waded READ MO…

Wednesday 27 January 2021

View an exploratory exercise with artist Gary Warner’s first-year drawing students at the National Art School. Students were instructed to each select a socially-distanced location and stay on that spot, spending time drawing lines radiating around their body. Read the full article through the link below. Image courtesy Gary Warner READ MORE

Wednesday 27 January 2021

The Dobell Drawing Prize is a $30,000 acquisitive biennial art prize showcasing the expanded field of drawing, presented by the National Art School in Darlinghurst. This year’s prize received 942 entries, a record since it began in 1993, and 64 works were selected for the finalist exhibition showing from 25 March to 22 May 2021 in the NAS Gallery. Read the full article through the link below. …

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Article by Amy Campbell The Australian NAS alumni Lucy O’Doherty, Ebony Russell, Gemma King, Kirtika Kain, James Drinkwater and Joanna Gambotto, staff Dean Cross, and Head of Ceramics and alum Lynda Draper are all featured in The Australian’s inaugural summer exhibition, showcasing of the most exciting young Australian artists working today. Read the full article through the link below. Image…

Wednesday 20 January 2021