It was great to catch up with Denise Mimmocchi, Senior Curator of Australian Art of the Art Gallery of NSW, to talk about the exhibition Nolan: Origins which opened on the weekend.
We talk about the people, places and ideas that shaped Sidney Nolan’s work – from his time in the Wimmera and at Heide with John and Sunday Reed, to his experimentation with materials and the creation of his celebrated Ned Kelly paintings.
Nolan: Origins is showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 3 October 2026 to 7 February 2027.
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‘Boy and the moon’ c1939-40, oil on canvas on hardboard, 73.3 x 88.2 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976
‘Self portrait’ 1943, Ripolin enamel on hessian sacking, 61 x 52 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1997
‘Ned Kelly’ 1946, Ripolin enamel on hardboard, 90.8 × 121.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Sunday Reed 1976
Sidney Nolan ‘First-class marksman’ 1946, Ripolin enamel and alkyd on hardboard, 90.2 x 121.2 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds provided by the Gleeson O’Keefe Foundation 2010
