Event
CMAG on Saturday: Big Art
6 August 2022

Have fun creating a collaborative abstract artwork on a larger than life-size scale. Children will explore the Life is Art: Works by John Nixon from the collection of Susan Taylor and Peter Jones exhibition and then participate in an artmaking session in the CMAG studio.

Continuous culture
Exhibition
2 August 2022—26 November 2022
Continuous culture

This display showcases works by Dr Danie Mellor, Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello OAM and Paul House -  established Indigenous Australian artists working in the Canberra region

Life is Art: Works by John Nixon from the collection of Susan Taylor and Peter Jones
Exhibition
30 July 2022—19 November 2022
Life is Art: Works by John Nixon from the collection of Susan Taylor and Peter Jones

John Nixon (1949-2020) was one of Australia’s foremost abstract artists, a prolific creator, experimenter, curator and teacher for over 50 years

SKI: from the CMAG collection
Exhibition
29 July 2022—3 September 2022
SKI: from the CMAG collection

Crisp winter days with snowfall on the ground can only mean one thing - get the skis out!

Heide and Nolan's Search for Paradise: Exhibition Tour with Lesley Harding
Event
15 July 2022
Heide and Nolan's Search for Paradise: Exhibition Tour with Lesley Harding

Join Lesley Harding, Artistic Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art, for a discussion on Sidney Nolan's time at Heide and a tour of the new exhibition Search for Paradise

Back to the Boombox Party
Event
Booked Out
8 July 2022
Back to the Boombox Party
Booked out

Experience Civic Square after dark with live music and performances, art, street food and drinks.

School Holiday Workshop: My Journey, Your journey
Event
6 July 2022
School Holiday Workshop: My Journey, Your journey

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, CMAG invites teenagers to learn from contemporary Aboriginal artist Sarah Richards in a studio workshop

Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour
Event
15 June 2022
Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour

CMAG is offering a creative workshop for people living with early onset dementia and their carer

Gathering Threads
Event
8 June 2022
Gathering Threads

Join us during lunchtime from 1pm on Wednesday 8 June, when CMAG will showcase the latest work by Canberra Dance Theatre’s GOLD Company

Event
CURATOR TALK: Riverbend
14 June

Join Virginia Rigney (Senior Curator, CMAG), Tim Bonyhady (Art Historian and Emeritus Professor, ANU College of Law), Tony Oates (Interim Director, Drill Hall Gallery) and Oscar Capezio (Curator, ANU Art Collection), for a conversation.

CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories
Event
4 June 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories

Explore the exhibition Connection Point to inspire a stitch story artwork of your own

Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt
Event
25 May 2022
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt

Join Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator Visual Arts, to discover more about the works and techniques of the artists featured in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW. 

CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting
Event
7 May 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting

Enjoy the sensory experience of painting with plasticine to create abstract colour compositions.

Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby
Event
27 April 2022
Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby

Join Kinloch Kilby in conversation with Dr Hannah Paddon, CMAG’s Senior Curator, Social History, to discover why boomboxes remain popular…

Event
School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
21 April 2022
Booked out

Let's rewind to 1989! Have fun with boomboxes under the guidance of 2022 Australian of the Year ACT Local Hero and contemporary sound artist Luke Ferguson.

Back to the Boombox
Exhibition
11 April 2022—16 July 2022
Back to the Boombox

This exhibition showcases Kinloch Kilby's private collection of boomboxes

Sidney Nolan: Inferno
Exhibition
9 April 2022—17 September 2022
Sidney Nolan: Inferno

Nolan immersed himself in the myths of the Greeks, reading the Iliad and visiting Gallipoli, so close to Troy. He…