Tuesday 28 August 2018

The National Art School was thrilled to host the launch event for the stunning new Tim Storrier publication by the Beagle Press. The crowd was welcomed warmly by Wendy Whitely OAM and it was a an honour to celebrate NAS Alumnus and Fellow Tim Storrier AM. See our Facebook page for more photos.

Tuesday 21 August 2018

“Charles Blackman was an extraordinary artist who made work that helped forge an Australian visual language of the 20th century. As a National Art School alumni he will be sorely missed, but his enduring visual language and mastery of the medium will live on.” – Steven Alderton, Director and CEO, National Art School.   The National Art School would like to pay tribute to alumnus Charles Blackma…

Sunday 20 August 2017

The National Art School today announced a new partnership with APY Art Centre Collective, working together on the APY Photography Program, the APY Weapons for the Soldier program, and a collaborative APY and National Art School art skills development program. The APY Art Centre Collective is a group of ten Indigenous owned and governed enterprises. Located in the APY Lands, they work with a unit…

Thursday 17 August 2017

Congratulations to all the NAS community who have been announced as finalists in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. Archibald Prize: Alumni Andrew Bonneau, Mitch Cairns, Lucy Culliton, Ashley Frost, Jordan Richardson, what, Natasha Walsh and staff member Noel Thurgate. Wynne Prize: Alumni Lucy Culliton, James Drinkwater, Alan Jones, Juz Kitson, Guy Maestri, Ben Milne, Rowan Robertson, Alexan…

Thursday 17 August 2017

The National Art School is very fortunate to have an extraordinary sculpture in our collection created by Rayner Hoff in 1920. Hercules, Achelous and Deianeira is a rare and significant work made by Hoff in London when he was a student at the Royal College of Art. Based on the Greek myth of the mortal Hercules fighting the river God Achelous for the hand of the king’s daughter Deianeira, the reli…