Past exhibitions 2021

Seven contemporary Australian artists pay tribute to our networked selves in an exhibition for the digital realm.

Step out of your social bubble and into more-than-human worlds via a digital exhibition exploring the vital ecologies that bind species together.

Discover the importance of printmaking in the art of Brett Whiteley.

A landmark exhibition celebrating 100 years of Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.

More than a century after she painted her most celebrated works, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint is taking centre stage as her art captivates audiences around the world.

The National 2021: New Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW presents 14 artist projects that consider the potential of art to heal and care for fragile natural and social ecosystems.

Six Aboriginal artists explore yearning, distance, time and space and their emotional connection to Country.

The first dedicated retrospective of one of the most important and dynamic, yet underrated, Australian sculptors of the 20th century.

This dynamic and popular exhibition features a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the art-making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2020.

In drawings, paintings and sculpture, Brett Whiteley expresses his joy, humour and love through birds.

Discover the collaborative, provocative, humorous and joyful art of Australian artist Pat Larter in her first solo exhibition in a public art museum.

Celebrate people, portraiture and the power of community with Archie Plus, a free program of art, music, performance and dance.

Through objects and short films by artists from across the Central Desert, Joy celebrates making and sharing culture and life together.

Explore the significance of water in Asian art through a range of works from the Gallery’s collection.

The most significant retrospective of Australian impressionist artist Arthur Streeton ever held.

Eight contemporary Australian artists have created extraordinary new worlds in distinctive drawings evolving from place, memory and imagination.

Contemplate stargazing and our understandings of the night sky through multi-facetted works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.

From large-scale video to intimate paintings, these works by Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi Sabsabi consider the connection between spiritual belief, culture and politics.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.

Drawn from the Gallery’s collection, Shadow catchers investigates the way shadows, body doubles and mirrors haunt our understanding of photography and the moving image.