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Pieces of paper laid out on the floor on top of each other.
Exhibition
  • 27 Oct 2022 - 17 Sep 2023
Free

Artists making books: poetry to politics

This intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books.
Find out more about Artists making books: poetry to politics
Black and white print showing map of Venice with chreub-like heads in clouds and boats in the water surrounding Venice.
Exhibition
  • 23 Jan 2023 - 21 May 2023
Free

Venice 1500: Jacopo de’ Barbari and the rise of printmaking

This display showcases the innovation and variety of printmaking in Venice during the High Renaissance.
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Watercolour in pale green, red and brown with view of camp with huts, watchtower and telegraph poles, vegetation and mounds.
Exhibition
  • 23 Jan 2023 - 21 May 2023
Free

Klaus Friedeberger: drawings from an Australian Internment

The drawings and watercolours in this display record daily life in an internment camp in outback Australia in the 1940s.
Find out more about Klaus Friedeberger: drawings from an Australian Internment
A close up photograph of a silver griffin. The griffin has curled horns, a beak and gold details including its wings.
Exhibition
  • 4 May 2023 - 13 Aug 2023
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Luxury and power: Persia to Greece

Drawing on dazzling objects, this exhibition explores how luxury shaped the political landscape of Eurasia in the first millennium BC.
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Ink and colour picture showing the head and shoulders of an elderly Chinese woman with her hair tied back. She is wearing green earings and a blue jacket decorated with gold leaves around the neck.
Exhibition
  • 18 May 2023 - 8 Oct 2023
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China’s hidden century

In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed through the stories of its remarkable individuals.
Find out more about China’s hidden century

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