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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

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