Past exhibitions 2020

Begun in 1999, this scholarship for young Australian painters is celebrating its 22nd year. This year’s judge is artist Lucy Culliton, who selected this year’s recipients and finalists from 129 entries.

The 22nd Biennale of Sydney is an expansive artist- and First Nations-led exhibition of contemporary art that connects local communities and global networks.

Curated by Gallery director Michael Brand, Some mysterious process presents 50 years of collecting international contemporary art at the Gallery and looks at how a collection evolves through curation and philanthropy.

This dynamic and popular exhibition features a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2019.

The allure of harbour and home.

Discover the story behind the Gallery’s unfinished front facade.

Discover a fascinating world in an exhibition like no other, featuring over 180 wildly imaginative works by Japanese artists past and present.

Celebrates one of the world’s most ambitious public art initiatives and revisits some of the most iconic large-scale artworks to have been presented in Australia.

In projects involving Australian artists Ben Quilty and Claudia Nicholson, young people who have experienced displacement and upheaval share their stories through art.

These visually minimal works by Rusty Peters, Phyllis Thomas and Peter Newry allude to an exceptionally complex layering of philosophy.

The first major survey exhibition in a decade of one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists.

A fantastical, immersive journey from death to rebirth set in the streets and lush river landscapes of Vietnam.

Take a journey through 2000 years of figurative sculpture from the Gallery’s collection of Asian art.