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Apply Now - The 25th Dobell Drawing Prize
Thursday 09 July 2026
Applications are now open for The 25th Dobell Drawing Prize. The Dobell Drawing Prize is Australia’s leading prize for drawing, and an unparalleled celebration of technique, innovation and expanded practice. Presented at the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, this biennial exhibition continues to highlight the enduring relevance and changing role of dra…
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Tuesday 17 March 2020
Tuesday 17 March 2020
Article by Marissa Ciampi This Concrete Playground article features ten artwork highlights across the 22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN, including Teresa Margolles’ large-scale installation. Read more through the link below. Image: Hannah Catherine Jones, Owed to Diaspora(s), 2020, mixed-media installation. Installation view (2020) for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, National Art School. Courtesy the…
Friday 13 March 2020
Friday 13 March 2020
NAS alumni and staff member Gary Deirmendjian has a work now showing at Wynyard Station’s Wynscreen. His work ‘presence’ is an ethereal visual experience that lulls viewers into the echoes of the work’s boundless fog. Catch a glimpse of this work throughout March from 6am – 3pm on odd-numbered days, and 3pm – 12am on even-numbered days. Find out more through the link below. READ MORE
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Article by Anna Westbrook “An accessible and provoking exhibition, Misfit is tender, refreshing, clever, and necessary.” ArtsHub reviews our Queer Contemporary 2020 exhibition, Misfit: Collage and queer practice. Read the full article through the link below. Image: Misfit: Collage and queer practice, installation view, Queer Contemporary 2020. Photo: Peter Morgan READ MORE
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Article by Neha Kale Art Guide reviews NAS alum Fiona Hall‘s exhibition, Afraid Cascade, on view at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Image: Fiona Hall, ALL STARS- drunk on power: myopic men of 2020, 2020, oil paint on glass and linoleum, 150 x 150 x 10 cm. Photo: Luis Power. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. READ MORE
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Tuesday 10 March 2020
OPENING HOURS Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3pm Saturday and Sunday 9am – 3pm Discover the secret courtyard bistro bar at the National Art School, in the heart of Darlinghurst. Eat outdoors under the palms and eucalypts, surrounded by the massive convict cut sandstone walls. Located in what was once the debtors’ quarters of the old Darlinghurst Gaol, Two Emus is where artists and art students come t…
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