Artists’ Artists

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 administrato...

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 In...

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; E...

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...

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/P...

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,...

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 b...

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 o...

Aretha Brown is a young, queer, Blak artist. Her multidisciplinary practice is grounded in truth-telling and celebrates First Nations history, knowledge and empowerment. In 2019, Brown founded the **Kiss My Art Collective that champions young women and non-binary artists to create large-scale public murals. To date, **Kiss My Art Collective has completed more than 65 murals throughout Australia an...

Dylan Mooney shares stories of resilience, connection and love in his highly colourful and decorated portraits of First Nations peoples. Legally blind, Mooney works primarily with digital technology, backlit screens enable him to create complex images that can be reproduced on paper, canvas or multi-story buildings. His images are informed by community stories, current affairs and share a deep opt...

Thea Anamara Perkins’ paintings are imbued with strength, warmth and quiet determination. Family members and the artist’s Arrernte homeland are recurring subjects, often drawn from Perkin’s familial archives that include prominent fighters for social justice and First Peoples’ rights. An early career artist, Perkins has exhibited since 2018, and her paintings are held in numerous public collection...

Warraba Weatherall is an artist, lecturer and cultural scholar. His research-led practice seeks to regenerate Kamilaroi knowledge systems and critique museum and archival practices. Weatherall’s sculptures and installations appear minimal yet open complex dialogues on surveillance, incarceration, power and control. Weatherall has exhibited across Australia and internationally, including a solo exh...

Artistic Director for the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples, one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists. Albert is a renowned artist, writer, and curator. He has a longstanding interest in the cultural misrepresentation of Aboriginal people, explaining, ‘There is a tension between what is seen and unseen and that is the space in which...

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 serie...

To celebrate National Poetry Month, this episode of NGA Art Talks explores the intersection of text, poetry and art. In 2024 the National Gallery, together with Red Room poetry, commissioned Vietnamese Australian writer and poet Nam Le and Palawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg to respond to a work of art from the national collection. Nam Le’s debut poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese...

To celebrate National Poetry Month, this episode of NGA Art Talks explores the intersection of text, poetry and art. In 2024 the National Gallery, together with Red Room poetry, commissioned Vietnamese Australian writer and poet Nam Le and Palawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg to respond to a work of art from the national collection. A Palawa playwright from the northeast of lutruwita/Tasmania, Dyl...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations International Women's Year (IWY) the 2025 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration celebrates diverse voices and the contributions of artists internationally. Join us for a conversation between ground-breaking feminist artist Judy Chicago and award-winning author and art historian Katy Hessel. Recorded across two continents, delve into Chicago’s ex...

Join Director of Tate, UK, Maria Balshaw CBE, for an excerpt from her 2023 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration.  Painter, teacher, art critic, television host, author and gallery director, Betty Churcher AO (1931-2015) was part of the lifeblood of the visual arts in Australia. While her father believed ‘education spoiled a girl’, Churcher fought to complete her studies, further her educat...

Painter, teacher, art critic, television host, author and gallery director, Betty Churcher AO (1931-2015) was part of the lifeblood of the visual arts in Australia. While her father believed ‘education spoiled a girl’, Churcher fought to complete her studies, further her education in London, and to forge a path for women to take positions of authority in the arts in Australia. She was the fir...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Ben Quilty was born in 1973 in Sydney. He emerged in the early 2000s with a breakthrough series of 14 paintings of his beloved 1972 Holden LJ Torana. Working across drawing, printmaking, sculpture and installation, Ben exhibits prolifically both loca...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Jenny Watson is an Australian artist who has been painting for more than four decades. Born in Melbourne in 1951, her work is inspired by punk and feminism, her memories and dreams, fantasies and fears—and in particular her love of horses. She employ...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Urs Fischer was born in Switzerland in 1973. Now based in Los Angeles, he creates works of art from materials as varied as gesso, photography, latex, paint, bronze, clay, steel, dirt, and even food. His wildly original, often humorous images and obje...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Juz Kitson was born in Sydney, and divides her time between the Australian south coast and Jingdezhen the ‘porcelain capital’ of China. Her intricate, evocative sculptures—which she creates from materials including porcelain, fur, paraffin wax, silk,...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Archie Moore was born in 1970 in Toowoomba, Queensland and is of Kamilaroi and Bigambul heritage. He works across media in conceptual, research-based portrayals of self and national histories. His ongoing interests include key signifiers of identity...

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them. Julie Rrap is an Australian artist born in 1950 in Lismore, New South Wales. She has 15 works of art in the national collection, including Persona and shadow: puberty 1984 from her Persona and shadow series which is currently on display in the tourin...