COMING SOON – Behind the Lines 2024
Our annual exhibition of political cartooning.
Location
Lower floor
Opening on November 29, Behind the Lines 2024 celebrates the year's best political cartoons.
Featuring established and emerging cartoonists from across Australia, this exhibition highlights the significant contribution they make to cultural and political debates through witty, insightful and often poignant satirical drawings, paintings, GIFs and sculptures.
For 2024, our Behind the Lines exhibition theme is 'No guts, no glory', reflecting a year where the Olympic and Paralympic Games were held, and in Australia's daily news sporting analogies were drawn between politics and the issues affecting our everyday lives.
Visit past Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
Travelling exhibition
In 2025, Behind the Lines will travel to venues around Australia, proudly supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
Dates and venues
- Pinnacles Gallery, QLD: 8 March to 11 May 2025
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, QLD: 17 May to 28 June 2025
- Old Treasury Building, VIC: 17 July to 28 August 2025
- The Hawke Centre, SA: 4 September to 31 October 2025
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