November 2020
Rotary Cartoon Awards – Exhibition
Featuring all the best entries from the 2020 Rotary Cartoon Awards (RCA) this exhibition is a favourite now in its 32nd year. The RCA is an Australia-wide competition open to all cartoonists; professional and enthusiasts. This year’s special category recognises the past 12 months of hardship across the entire country with the special topic “Crisis, Which Crisis?” along with the usual themes: Caricature, Comic Strip, Political, Sports and Open, with one standout prize for the Cartoon of the Year Award. …
Find out more »February 2021
Bill Leak Exhibition
To open our new exhibition space, the National Cartoon Gallery is excited to welcome the wittiest set of cartoons you’ll ever see from the late Bill Leak, master of non-politically correct satire and his son Johannes Leak. These cartoons and caricatures cover the political and social life of Australia over the past 30 years. His friend and fellow cartoonist, Warren Brown speaks of Leak as “The cartoonist’s cartoonist”. (Leak’s) exquisite artistic talent, a curious agile mind and a ruthless, rapier…
Find out more »Official Opening
The official opening of our completed building will be carried out by The Hon. John Barilaro, MP Deputy Premier, NSW & Leader of the National Party in NSW on 23 February at 11:00am with a plaque unveiling to commemorate the event. This is an invitation only event, if please contact the gallery to RSVP.
Find out more »March 2021
Behind The Lines
The National Cartoon Gallery will once again be hosting bi-annual favourite Behind The Lines in the Bunker gallery. This travelling exhibition is curated by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House in Canberra and celebrates the role of political cartoonists in Australia and the power their drawings have in contributing to our daily political and social discourse. This year’s theme ‘a dog’s breakfast’ politely describes 2020’s mix of disruption and uncertainty via a collection of 104 cartoons from 36 cartoonists…
Find out more »April 2021
Sandwich-bag Dad – Exhibition
This dad’s morning ritual of drawing on his 3 daughter’s lunch-bags has been the highlight of the school day for teachers and students at his local school for 8 years (and counting). Recently, via Instagram this quirky tradition has also been found to be entertaining 1,000’s of families across the world and now form the foundation of this fun, pun filled exhibition. Dave Blumenthal aka The Sandwich-bag dad and his family will join us at the official opening night on…
Find out more »Sandwich-bag Dad
This dad’s morning ritual of drawing on his 3 daughter’s lunch-bags has been the highlight of the day for teachers and students at his local school for 8 years (and counting). Recently, via Instagram this quirky tradition has also been found to be entertaining 1,000’s of families across the world and now form the foundation of this fun, pun filled exhibition. Dave Blumenthal aka The Sandwich-bag dad and his family will join us at the official opening on Friday 17 April…
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