Before television dominated popular media from the early 1970s, colourful magazines were an ever-present fixture on the coffee tables and in canteens and waiting rooms across Australia. Their coverage was broad and diverse.
The arts were seen as an important regular feature of magazines such as The Australian Women's Weekly, targeting the housewife at home, the armchair traveller who read Walkabout, or the bloke who picked up Australasian Post or Pix during smoko. With a focus on the coverage of Sidney Nolan, this exhibition explores how magazines brought art and culture into the lives of their readers, drawing out the eclectic strategies that were used to present contemporary art to a wide audience.
As an expatriate living in London, coverage in Australian magazines kept Nolan in front of a home audience, while international coverage cemented a global reputation and a sense of an Australian national identity.
Curated by Dr Kate Warren, Senior Lecturer, Art History & Curatorship, ANU and 2022 Research Fellow at the National Library of Australia.
Dates & Times
- Fri 24 Jul 10am–4pm
- Sat 25 Jul 12pm–4pm
- Sun 26 Jul 12pm–4pm
- Mon 27 Jul 10am–4pm
- Tue 28 Jul 10am–4pm
- Wed 29 Jul 10am–4pm
- Thu 30 Jul 10am–4pm
- Fri 31 Jul 10am–4pm
- Sat 1 Aug 12pm–4pm
- Sun 2 Aug 12pm–4pm
Accessibility
- Actively welcomes people with access needs.
When
(Until 13 Sep)
Session times vary
Price
