Published on Saturday, 15 February 2025 at 10:39:35 AM
Image courtesy Shepparton Art Museum. Photograph: Christian Capurro
Art in Conflict
An Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition
OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY 23 May 2025 | 6-8PM
EXHIBITION DATES: 24 May - 10 August 2025
RSVP: Coming soon
Art in Conflict is a touring exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Three major bodies of work debut in this exhibition: two recent official war art commissions – Susan Norrie (Iraq, 2016) and Megan Cope (Middle East, 2017) – and a landmark commemorative work by Angelica Mesiti. The exhibition will tour nationally until 2026, before its display in the Australian War Memorial’s new galleries.
A showcase of diverse responses to war, the exhibition includes more than 70 paintings, drawings, films, prints, photography and sculptures. Leading Australian artists are represented such as Khadim Ali, Rushdi Anwar, eX de Medici, Denise Green, Richard Lewer, Mike Parr and Ben Quilty. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, a collection priority for the Memorial in recent years, is featured, with works by Tony Albert, Paddy Bedford, Robert Campbell Jr, Michael Cook, Shirley Macnamara and Betty Muffler.
Read more: Art in Conflict | Australian War Memorial
Thumbnail image detail: Ben Quilty, Lance Corporal M, after Afghanistan, 2012, oil on linen, Official War Artist, Afghanistan, 2011
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