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Vale John Nixon Since the 1970s John Nixon explored the legacy of non-objective art and geometric abstraction. Inspired by the twentieth-century constructivists as well as minimal and conceptual art of the 1960s and â70s, those affiliations never hindered Nixonâs eclectic, speculative approach, nor his spirit of playfulness. In 2014 Johnâs EPW: Colour-music series of polychromes […]
Propellor by Ham Darroch: a conversation with Anthony Oates
ANU Alumni and Canberra based artist Ham Darroch speaks with Drill Hall Gallery Curator Tony Oates about his current exhibition Propeller. Ham Darroch Propeller launched the Drill Hall’s 2020 program with a dynamic ensemble of colour, geometry and object based form. In his paintings and sculptures Darroch investigates the visual traditions of hard edge abstraction […]
Drill Hall Playlist Series: #3 by Ham Darroch
In these times of change the Drill Hall team is compiling a series of playlists by artists, staff and Friends of the Gallery. We hope they will be a source of contemplation, creative inspiration and simple enjoyment in your day. Our third playlist has been compiled by Artist Ham Darroch, who’s exhibition Propeller would still […]
Naata Nungurrayi Panels now on display in Kambri Cultural Centre
Naata Nungurrayi (c.1932-) 10 panels from the Iconography series 2011-2014 Each panel 183 x 244 cm Acrylic on canvas ANU Art Collection Donated through the Australian Governmentâs Cultural Gifts Program by Craig Edwards in memory of Edmund Charles Edwards and Alan Edmund Edwards, Teachers. These ten panels are part of an epic cycle of […]
Hassall Collection Catalogue Now Available
âWhen we chose the works for this exhibition at the Drill Hall, Tony Oates and I wanted the selection to acknowledge the social and cultural engagement of the collector, Geoffrey Hassall, not just his aesthetic acumen. For us, the collection forms a sort of imaginary utopia, a model of community where all the works are […]
Sidney Nolan mural of Eureka Stockade now on display in Kambri Cultural Centre
The Drill Hall Gallery and ANU Art Collections team have worked together with Kambri project managers for the monumental install of Sidney Nolan’s Eureka Stockade 1966. The Kambri precinct was officially opened on 11 Feb 2019 with a grand reveal of this seminal work. You are now able to visit the Kambri Cultural Centre in […]
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Emil Viklicky Piano & Miroslav Bukovsky Trumpet Friday 2 November 7pm
Music in the Drill Gallery â a very special event. Visiting Czech pianist, Emil Viklicky, celebrated throughout Europe and also well known in the USA and Asia, will be joining the great jazz trumpeter Miroslav Bukovsky for an evening of duets at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery on Friday 2 November at 7 â 8.30 […]
Hilarie Mais in Conversation SATURDAY 9 JUNE 12 NOON
Join the artist in conversation with Manya Sellers co-curator of the exhibition and Terence Maloon ⢠Saturday 9 June ⢠12 noon Also an opportunity to purchase the superb MCA publication Hilarie Mais Hilarie Mais was born in the UK and lives and works in Sydney. Her work is characterised by a deep interest in […]
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