The National

‘The National 2019: New Australian Art’ is a series of three biennials that survey Australian art ‘now’. In this second iteration, practices from across Australia are on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Carriageworks and the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). Heralded by its dramatic title, ‘The National’ sets a challenge for curators and artists to respond to past and present conceptions of Australia as a ‘nation’.

Evoking the atmosphere of today the AGNSW