Exhibition
Elioth Gruner: the texture of light
8 March 2014—22 June 2014

In 2014 the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) mounted a survey exhibition of the art of Elioth Gruner (1882-1939), one of Australia’s most important painters of landscape.

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Big Bold Brave
Event
25 February 2014
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Big Bold Brave

View the exhibition Remembrances of my youth by Sidney Nolan and take visual cues for your own abstract composition. Create…

Lens Love:  the tender gaze of six Canberra region photographers
Exhibition
30 November 2013—23 February 2014
Lens Love: the tender gaze of six Canberra region photographers

Soak up the work of some of Canberra's established photographers in this survey exhibition spanning over thirty years of practice.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly…back in the Can
Event
10 October 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly…back in the Can

Ned Kelly and his friends are back in Canberra! Children aged 7 to 12 years celebrated CMAG’s iconic Nolan Collection…

2113: A Canberra Odyssey
Exhibition
13 July 2013—3 November 2013
2113: A Canberra Odyssey

Take a journey through time to explore dimensions of Canberra's future and past. A major Centenary exhibition that examines time, place and identity through the interplay of art, science and historical material.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Event
20 April 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s paintings and the whimsical work of his friend, artist Mirka Mora, children will design, create and…

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly in the Can
Event
8 April 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Kelly in the Can

Kelly in the Can celebrates the Australian Government’s collection of iconic works by Sir Sidney Nolan, The Foundation Collection, together…

King O'Malley
Exhibition
29 October 2011—12 March 2012
King O'Malley

Few politicians in Australia’s history have been as colourful, and none so enigmatic, as King O’Malley.

Fashioned Here
Exhibition
3 September 2011—22 January 2012
Fashioned Here

Fashioned Here unpacks the wardrobe of Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG). The exhibition shows the work of fashion designers and related private businesses that are represented in CMAG’s permanent collection, as well as selected current designers.

Exhibition
Caught in the ACT
19 September 2009—24 January 2010

This exhibition explored the history of crime and punishment in the Canberra region since the early 1800s, exploring the growth of the ACT from rural settlement to capital city and the resulting change in both the types of crime and our methods of coping with it.

FLOOR TALK: Curators’ perspectives
Event
21 September 2016
FLOOR TALK: Curators’ perspectives

Listen to two different curatorial insights into the work of Michael Taylor and discover how one of the region’s most significant artists developed over the period of his career

FLOOR TALK: Adam Leavesley – fire in the landscape
Event
18 May 2016
FLOOR TALK: Adam Leavesley – fire in the landscape

Find out about fire science and how the ACT Parks and Conservation Service Fire Unit is helping to protect people…

FLOOR TALK: Michael Desmond and Derek O’Connor
Event
31 August 2016
FLOOR TALK: Michael Desmond and Derek O’Connor

Join curator Michael Desmonds and artist Derek O’Connor as they discuss the work of one of the region’s finest painters

Woodlands walk: Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
Event
13 May 2016
Woodlands walk: Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary

Investigate the ACT’s most iconic landscape – woodlands. Discover woodland wildlife, ecology and cultural heritage.

Event
FLOOR TALK: William Yang
23 April 2016
Booked out

Join photographer William Yang as he discusses his works in the exhibition William Yang: Breathing the rarefied air of Canberra. In association with the Canberra Theatre Centre.

ARTIST TALK: Bernie Slater
Event
5 April 2016
ARTIST TALK: Bernie Slater

Power is a unique exhibition in which viewers take home a retail style product containing printed artworks that lampoon power…

FILM SCREENING: William Yang: My Generation (2013, M)
Event
16 July 2016—16 July 2016
FILM SCREENING: William Yang: My Generation (2013, M)

In the 70s and 80s, photographer William Yang captured his experience of Sydney’s emerging artistic, literary, theatrical and queer circles…