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New commissions

Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree commissions

New commissions exploring eucalyptus histories, ecology and First Nations perspectives through photography, installation and film.

Environment

Eucalypts: A Story in Twenty Trees — an extract

A powerful reflection on eucalyptus trees, colonial science and conservation, drawn from Sophie Cunningham’s Eucalypts: A Story in Twenty Trees.

A velvet ant, a flower and a bird Commissions

Read about the works commissioned exclusively for the exhibition

Margaret Stones with Alisa Bunbury

Recognised internationally as one of the most important botanical artists of her era.

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art

The Art of Central and Western Desert

Join curator Shanysa McConville in the Art of Central and Western Desert gallery

The Art of Arnhem Land

Enter the Art of Arnhem Land gallery with curator Judith Ryan

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art Commissions

Read about the works commissioned exclusively for the exhibition