WHAT'S ON

Exhibition |
Sidney Nolan
Polaroids

31 March - 14 May, The Library, Rodd Court

The polaroid photographs in this exhibition represent just a tiny fragment of Sidney Nolan’s extensive photographic archive, which is estimated to contain more than 30,000 images. The exhibition reveals Nolan’s experimentation with the polaroid format and gives an insight into our ongoing work to conserve this important photographic collection.

Selling Exhibition |
Daniel MacCarthy
The Peace Of Wild Things

31 March - 21 May, Gallery, The Rodd

The Sidney Nolan Trust is delighted to present a major solo exhibition by painter Daniel MacCarthy. The Peace Of Wild Things is the culmination of a year spent immersed in the natural surroundings of The Rodd. The work which seeks to depict as well as enact a kind of communion with the natural world becomes in the act of making a place of refuge in a time when such places are needed.

Sculpture |
Jim Carter

31 March - 29 October, Gardens, The Rodd

Jim Carter is an environmental artist working in sculpture, ritual, sound and photography to explore themes of loss, remembrance and regeneration in relation to animals and landscape. Carter presents several new site-specific artworks in the gardens and grounds of The Rodd in 2022.

Exhibition |
Sidney Nolan
The Celtic Image

26 May - 16 July, Gallery, The Rodd

Inspired by his ancestral home in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, Nolan created a series of large monochrome spray paintings which reveal his fascination with the ancient Celtic landscape and cultural symbols. This is the first presentation in the UK of Nolan’s complete Celtic Image series.

Selling Exhibition |
Fiona McIntyre
Dreaming The Land

26 May - 1 October, The Library, Rodd Court

In Dreaming The Land, McIntyre expresses an imagined landscape inspired by a synergy of objects drawn from the personal collection of Sidney Nolan. She is interested in his unique vision of landscape imagined, remembered and expressed from a perspective of separation and time.

Selling Exhibition |
Ngawiya. Ngubadi
(To Give With Love)

21 July – 1 October, Gallery, The Rodd

The Sidney Nolan Trust, in partnership with Aboriginal Art UK is delighted to present a major exhibition of Australian Indigenous artworks at The Rodd. The exhibition will feature artworks by some of Australia’s most established artists and communities as well as up and coming indigenous artists, including Gadigal artist Kate Constantine and Wiradjuri-British artist Jasmine Coe.

Selling Exhibition |
Mappa Marches

6 October - 29 October, Gallery, The Rodd

The Mappa Marches touring exhibition brings together 7 artists, 2 poets and an aerial filmmaker to celebrate the solace and magic of our landscape history and culture. Mappa Marches is co-curated by Adrienne Craddock and Helen Arthur.

Exhibition |
Work from the collection

31 March - 29 October, Rodd Court

We care for the world's largest collection of work by Sir Sidney Nolan. A changing display of artworks is presented in his former home, 17th century Rodd Court.