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19
Aug
2020

Vale John Nixon

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 ‘70s, those affiliations never hindered Nixon’s eclectic, speculative approach, nor his spirit of playfulness. In 2014 John’s EPW: Colour-music series of polychromes […]

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14
Apr
2020

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 […]

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14
Apr
2020

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 […]

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05
Mar
2019

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 Government’s 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 […]

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05
Mar
2019

Hassall Collection Catalogue Now Available

“When 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 […]

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23
Feb
2019

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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24
Oct
2018

Emil Viklicky Piano & Miroslav Bukovsky Trumpet Friday 2 November 7pm

Music in the Drill Gallery – 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 – 8.30 […]

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05
Jun
2018

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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