NGA Art Talks

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Visual Arts

From the National Gallery of Australia, NGA Art Talks connects you to the artists, creatives and ideas shaping culture today. Find out more at nga.gov.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 July

2026 Betty Churcher Memorial Oration: Quincy Houghton

Join Quincy Houghton, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and International Initiatives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as we revisit this year’s Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration, recorded live at the National Gallery for International Women’s Day in March 2026. Since 2022 this major annual event has honoured the legacy of Betty Churcher AO (1931–2015), a trailblazing Australian arts administrator and the first and only woman to lead the National Gallery. In this talk Houghton draws on her three decades of experience shaping exhibitions at two of the world’s greatest museums – the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Met – while reflecting on her own personal journey and the evolving role of art galleries around the world at large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Mar

After the Rain: Family and Legacy

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, hear highlights from the opening weekend of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain. Recorded outdoors in front of a live audience, Kamilaroi man and award-winning television and podcast host Matty Mills leads two panels exploring themes of Family and Legacy. These conversations featured Vincent Namatjira, Western Aranda people; Vanessa Inkamala, Western Aranda people, and Carita Coulthard, Luritja/Pitjantjara/Western Aranda peoples, from Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre; Thea Anamara Perkins, Arrernte/Kalkadoon peoples; Alair Pambegan, Wik-Mungkan people; Naminapu Maymuru-White and Bithar Maymuru, Maŋgalili people; and After the Rain curator Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples. The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain is on display at the National Gallery until 27 April 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Mar

After the Rain: Cleansing and Transformation

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, hear highlights from the opening weekend of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain. Recorded outdoors in front of a live audience, Kamilaroi man and award-winning television and podcast host Matty Mills leads two panels exploring themes of Cleansing and Transformation. These conversations featured Jimmy John Thaiday, Kuz/Peiudu peoples; Erin McDonald, Mandandanji people, and Troy Casey, Kamilaroi people, from Blaklash; Dylan Mooney, Yuwi people, Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait and South Sea Islander; Aretha Brown, Gumbaynggirr people; and Warraba Weatherall, Kamilaroi people. The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain is on display at the National Gallery until 27 April 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Feb

Women Photographers: Julie Rrap

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the Gallery, speaks to Julie Rrap as part of a series of conversations recorded for the exhibition, Women Photographers 1853-2018 – a celebration of how women have shaped and redefined the medium, that recognises the strength of Australian photographers in a global context. Julie Rrap, born in Lismore in 1950 and now based in Sydney, has been a central figure in Australian contemporary art for more than four decades. Emerging in the mid-1970s through body art and performance, she developed a practice that has since expanded to include photography, painting, sculpture, and video, all anchored in a sustained investigation of how the body is seen, represented, and interpreted. Her early engagement with performance laid the foundation for an oeuvre that often places her own body at the centre, using it as both subject and tool to question conventions of gender, identity, and power. Women Photographers 1853-2018 is on display at the National Gallery until 1 March 2026. This exhibition and podcast are supported by The Bowness Family Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Feb

Women Photographers: Brenda L. Croft

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the Gallery, speaks to Brenda L. Croft as part of a series of conversations recorded for the exhibition, Women Photographers 1853-2018 – a celebration of how women have shaped and redefined the medium, that recognises the strength of Australian photographers in a global context. Brenda L. Croft, born in Boorloo/Perth in 1964, of the Gorindji/Malangal/Mudbora peoples, is a leading figure in Australian contemporary art and a prominent advocate within her community, recognised equally for her work as an artist, curator, writer and cultural leader. She grew up in Canberra but moved to Gadigal Nura/Sydney where she built long and important connections to the urban First Nations communities of Redfern and surrounding areas and became a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in 1987. Women Photographers 1853-2018 is on display at the National Gallery until 1 March 2026. This exhibition and podcast are supported by The Bowness Family Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Feb

Women Photographers: Cherine Fahd

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the Gallery, speaks to Cherine Fahd as part of a series of conversations recorded for the exhibition, Women Photographers 1853-2018 – a celebration of how women have shaped and redefined the medium, that recognises the strength of Australian photographers in a global context. Born in Gadigal Nura/Sydney in 1974, Cherine Fahd has spent over two decades developing one of Australia’s most inventive photomedia practices. Her work moves fluidly between photography, performance, text and sculpture, yet remains grounded in a deep curiosity about what happens in the photographic encounter – how identity is read, how relationships form, and how images both reveal and obscure the complexities of lived experience. Women Photographers 1853-2018 is on display at the National Gallery until 1 March 2026. This exhibition and podcast are supported by The Bowness Family Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16/12/2025

Christmas Special: Trent Parke and Narelle Autio

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the Gallery, speaks to Trent Parke and Narelle Autio, two of Australia’s most lauded contemporary photographers. Recorded in front of a live audience as part of the National Gallery’s Friday Art Talks program, the pair reflect on family, collaboration, and the time in their lives that created the series, The Christmas tree bucket. Trent Parke was born and raised in Mulubinba/Newcastle, New South Wales. He started taking pictures at age 12, using his mother’s Pentax Spotmatic and the family laundry as a darkroom. He began his career as a press photojournalist and, in 2007, became the first Australian to become a full member of Magnum Photos. Narelle Autio was born and raised in Tarntanya/Adelaide and is one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary photographers, known for her explorations of landscape, leisure and family life through richly coloured, immersive images. Trent Parke: The Christmas tree bucket is on display at the National Gallery until 6 September 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08/12/2025

Angela Goddard on Estelle Creed

In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Angela Goddard, writer, curator and Director of the Griffith University Art Museum, discusses the forgotten modern artist, Estelle 'Stella' Creed. Born in Gaba Gaba/Rockhampton in 1904, Estelle Creed left central Queensland for Gadigal Nura/Sydney, then to Paris and rural France to follow her ambitions to explore and learn from cutting edge artists. As a student of Anne Dangar, André Lhote and Albert Gleizes, Creed found herself immersed in a world that challenged artistic norms, fostering a bold and experimental approach to her work. In this talk, recorded in front of a live audience as part of the National Gallery’s Friday Art Talks program, Goddard shares how her research led her to unearthing Creed’s archive of surviving works and letters, and how expatriate Australian artists, especially women, were taught and influenced by modern artists in Europe in the late 1920s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Artists' Artists: Trailer

Artists’ Artist is a podcast brought to you by the National Gallery of Australia. This season we’ll be speaking to artists whose work is featured in After the Rain, the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial that brings together commissioned work by established and emerging First Nations artists from across Australia, creating an important platform for art and ideas. Series Information: This series was produced by Audiocraft Theme Music by Ravi Gupta Segment Music is Hold Tight by Thalia Skopellos from Melodie Music 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain exhibition identity by Aretha Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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13 Ratings

Great podcast

03/12/2024

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Great podcast, I find it interesting to hear about works of art that artists’ themselves love!

From the National Gallery of Australia, NGA Art Talks connects you to the artists, creatives and ideas shaping culture today. Find out more at nga.gov.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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NGA
Creator

National Gallery of Australia
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

29
Rating

Clean
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