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.

The World Turns Modern:
ART DECO from the National Collection

Swinging pendulums and spinning discs…
come and play with the Drawing Machines!

Drawing Machines

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.

The World Turns Modern:
ART DECO from the National Collection

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

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.

The World Turns Modern:
ART DECO from the National Collection