Monday 23 September 2019

By Christopher Allen We are accustomed to thinking of decades, especially in recent history with which we are more familiar, as having distinct characters, in rather the way that we think of cities or quarters and suburbs within a city as having an ethos, typical classes or categories of inhabitants and businesses. Image: Paul Worstead Settlement Dance – Sports and Annual General Meeting, 1978.…

Thursday 19 September 2019

Terese Casu will take up the newly created position of Head of Advancement at the National Art School in Darlinghurst from 21 October 2019 as an integral member of the School’s Executive Leadership Team. Securing the future of the National Art School earlier this year, the Hon. Don Harwin, NSW Minister for the Arts announced a 45-year lease on the Darlinghurst Gaol site, the School’s recognition…

Monday 16 September 2019

By Charlotte Middleton The halls of one of the country’s oldest most reputable tertiary public art institutions The National Art School (NAS) will open to the public once again in November/December 2019 to showcase the talent of this year’s outgoing cohort. Family, friends and fellow students are joined by art world professionals, gallerists and savvy collectors to check out the culmination of …

Monday 16 September 2019

By Linda Morris The National Art School is pleased to be a venue for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney – NIRIN. The artistic program for the Biennale’s 22nd edition foregrounds unresolved anxieties around the climate crisis and the quest for sovereignty and self-determination among Indigenous peoples worldwide. Image: Artists Arthur Jafa, Gina Athena Ulysse, Barbara McGrady, S.J Norman, Nicholas Gal…

Friday 06 September 2019

By Javier Encalada NAS alumni Jumaadi has a new exhibition at Lismore Regional Gallery. Indonesian artist Jumaadi brings his new exhibition Comes from the Shadow to the Northern Rivers. Jumaadi said one of his major influences is the Indonesian art of shadow theatre, or wayang kulit. Although there is darkness in the work, this is constantly offset by light, whimsy and humour. Image: Jumaadi …