Hilda Rix Nicholas
Une Australienne 1926 (detail)
Oil on canvas.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2014.
© Bronwyn Wright

Comprised entirely of works selected from the NGA collection, this exhibition provides superb examples of the diverse expressions of Art Deco.

ART DECO
from the National Collection:
The World
Turns Modern

Margarete Heymann-Loebenstein
Tea set c.1926
glazed earthenware: slip cast
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased with the assistance of Diana Woollard 1988

Comprised entirely of works selected from the NGA collection, this exhibition provides superb examples of the diverse expressions of Art Deco.

ART DECO
from the National Collection:
The World
Turns Modern

Welcome to Construction Site where you can play, build, collaborate, problem-solve, make, demolish, imagine, design and create.

Construction Site Building Blocks

Madeleine Kelly
Axis of dream 2019 (detail)
oil on polyester, 152 x 111.5 cm.
Courtesy of the artist

What the centre cannot hold:
New work by Madeleine Kelly

Hilda Rix Nicholas
Une Australienne 1926 (detail)
Oil on canvas.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2014.
© Bronwyn Wright

Explore the vitality and innovation of the Art Deco period with your school group on a self-guided tour of this exhibition of works from the National Collection.

The World Turns Modern:
ART DECO from the National Collection
(for School Groups)

Napier Waller
Christian Waller with Baldur, Undine and Siren at Fairy Hills 1932 (detail)
oil and tempera on canvas mounted on hardboard
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1984

Comprised entirely of works selected from the NGA collection, this exhibition provides superb examples of the diverse expressions of Art Deco.

ART DECO
from the National Collection:
The World
Turns Modern

Vivienne Goodman
Design for Queensland Arts Council Ontour Directory cover 1995
1994 (detail)
Gouache, collaged maps, pen and ink on illustration board,
63 x 50 cm framed.
Courtesy of Arthur Frame AM

Featuring work by Bronwyn Bancroft, Drahos Zac, Graeme Base, Gregory Rogers and many more.

Cover Story:
Qld Arts Council cover art and poster collection 1981-2008