QUEER CONTEMPORARY | Opening Night
Join us at the National Art School to celebrate the opening of Queer Contemporary, as part of Mardi Gras 2026.
6.00pm – Galleries open
6.25pm – Welcome to Country
6.30pm – Speeches
9.00pm – Event close
Liz Bradshaw: I didn’t expect to live this long
13 February – 7 March 2026
Building 25 Project Space
NAS alum Liz Bradshaw presents an exhibition of large-scale sculpture and installation works that offer a personal and political queering of time, space, materiality, and ideas. Integrating new works alongside a fragment of an artwork created at the National Art School in the 1990s, the installation folds together the artist’s personal experiences with the complex histories of the NAS site and the broader Darlinghurst area, which served as an epicentre of Australian queer history.
Join us at the National Art School to celebrate the opening of Queer Contemporary, as part of Mardi Gras 2026.
6.00pm – Galleries open
6.25pm – Welcome to Country
6.30pm – Speeches
9.00pm – Event close
Liz Bradshaw: I didn’t expect to live this long
13 February – 7 March 2026
Building 25 Project Space
NAS alum Liz Bradshaw presents an exhibition of large-scale sculpture and installation works that offer a personal and political queering of time, space, materiality, and ideas. Integrating new works alongside a fragment of an artwork created at the National Art School in the 1990s, the installation folds together the artist’s personal experiences with the complex histories of the NAS site and the broader Darlinghurst area, which served as an epicentre of Australian queer history.
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Highlights
- 3 hours
- In person
Location
National Art School
156 Forbes Street
Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
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