2026 exhibitions loading… ⏳ Headlining major exhibitions will celebrate culture and explore the epic and the imaginative. Highlights include Arthur Boyd: tapestries, presenting for the first time 20 monumental works by the artist, and Full Throttle, bringing together contemporary artists who challenge the myths and meanings built around cars while confronting themes of gender, power, performance and national identity. Other highlights celebrate contemporary art from across the country and artist

Milŋiyawuy (Milky Way) Naminapu Maymuru-White’s Milŋiyawuy (Milky Way) invites audiences into deep time, sharing the artist’s Yolŋu perspective of the universe from her Maŋgalili homeland, Djarrakpi, on the western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria. For Maŋgalili people, Milŋiyawuy has a dual reference as the mayaŋ’ (river) of stars that crosses the night sky in the Milky Way and the mayaŋ’ on earth that flows out into Blue Mud Bay. Featuring major bark paintings held in the national collection an

Still I Rise Still I Rise invites audiences to experience Thea Anamara Perkins’s dynamic storytelling, drawn from her deep observation of family history and the world around her. Viewed collectively the paintings provide an ‘everywhen’ portrait. Perkins’s generous practice asserts resilience and refutes the misrepresentation of Aboriginal people. The title references the spirit of unwavering perseverance expressed in the poem of Maya Angelou and echoes the famous quote of the artist’s maternal g

Now open! Trent Parke: The Christmas Tree Bucket Collection Display 1 Nov 2025 – 6 Sep 2026 Level 1, Gallery 14 Free | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

See differently ✨ So much to discover at the National Gallery this spring! Explore our permanent collection and over six collection displays opening today, including: • Hermannsburg • Heavens Above • Yuk Wuy Min Ngantamp – Aurukun’s Artistic Legacy • Hot Tropics • Talking Blak • Women Photographers 1853–2018 Open daily 10–5 | Free entry https://nga.gov.au/whats-on/ | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

‘My work would not be an attempt at closing the gap, more an effort carefully to trace around its exact dimensions.’ Anne Ferran, ‘Longer than Life’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, vol 1, no.1, 2000, p.164 Works by Anne Ferran are currently on display in Women Photographers 1853–2018. Free collection display. | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra