Join National Gallery of Australia’s Curator of Photography Anne O’Hehir' for a Curator Tour of Nan Goldin’s The ballad of sexual dependency on Saturday 1 November at 11am.

The ballad of sexual dependency is a defining artwork of the 1980s. Nan Goldin’s extended photographic study of her chosen family – her ‘tribe’ – began life as a slide show screened in the clubs and bars of New York where Goldin and her friends worked and played. The slide show was then distilled to a series of 126 photographs, which has recently become part of the National Gallery’s collection.

This is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition presented as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Touring Photography Exhibition series.

Curator: Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography, National Gallery of Australia
Exhibition: Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency
Curator Tour: Saturday 1 November 10:30am for 11am
Exhibition: 31 October 2025–13 December
Where: BAMM Gallery
Cost: $15 – includes a glass of sparkling and chicken sandwiches
Viewer advice: Suitable for 15+

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