Exhibitions
Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan
Australian nurses have been going to war for well over 100 years, but their important contribution to Australia's overseas military operations often goes unreported. Read more
On display until 17 October 2012.
Image: Sister Christina Strom. P04397.001
Orientation Gallery: Ivor Hele Centenary
On 13 June 2012, we celebrate 100 years since the birth of the artist Ivor Hele. During the Second World War, Hele’s artistic talents quickly earned him an official war artist commission, for which he was hand-picked by General Sir Thomas Blamey.
On display in the Orientation Gallery from 31 May 2012.
Image: Ivor Hele, Central Square, Tobruk, 1941, oil and black pencil on canvas on hardboard. ART22865
On tour
Read more about the Australian War Memorial's travelling exhibitions program.
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Of love and war
Of love and war, looks at the impact of war on the lives of our servicemen and women, the relationships and the ways in which Australians incorporated affairs of the heart into their wartime lives. Read more
On display at the Benalla Art Gallery, VIC, from 1 April 2012 until 10 June, 2012 .
Image: A wounded AIF soldier receives an affectionate welcome home at the ANZAC Buffet. H11574
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Perspectives: Jon Cattapan and eX de Medici
Presenting the unique insights of two contemporary artists responding to the subject of peacekeeping. Commissioned by the Australian War Memorial, Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor–Leste in July 2008 and eX de Medici went to the Solomon Islands in March 2009.
On display at QUT Art Museum (Brisbane) from 20 April 2012 until 24 June 2012.
Image: ART93992 Jon Cattapan Heading out (Gleno), 2008, oil and coloured pencil on paper
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Sidney Nolan: the Gallipoli series
81 striking and iconic drawings and paintings by one of Australia's most acclaimed artists. Read more
On display at the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art (Adelaide) from 20 April 2012 until 1 June 2012.
Image: Sidney Nolan, [Young soldier], painted in London, 1977, alkyd on hardboard. ART91435
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Framing Conflict: Iraq and Afghanistan - Lyndell Brown and Charles Green
In March 2007, collaborative artists Lyndell Brown and Charles Green travelled for six weeks through the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf as the Australian War Memorial's official war artists. Their works reveal new and strange configurations of landscape, culture, and technology.
On display at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery (NSW) from 4 May 2012 until 15 July 2012.
Image: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green, Portrait, Dr Jeff Brock, AME surgeon, Kandahar [lower panel], painted in Melbourne, 2007, oil on linen. ART93312
