Ron Mueck: Encounter – at the Art Gallery of NSW
Ron Mueck’s exhibition ‘Encounter‘ is currently running at the Art Gallery of NSW.
A series of intricately crafted figurative sculptures that offer a profound observation of the human experience, Mueck is known for his hyper-realistic figures, complete with all the fine details of hair, wrinkles, and veins.
A Sydney-exclusive for summer, Ron Mueck: Encounter marks the artist’s first major solo exhibition in Australia in more than a decade. Featuring works gathered from across the globe, most never seen in Australia before, the exhibition draws the artist’s past sculptures into dialogue with new directions in his practice that speak with urgency to our troubling times.
It is the artist’s largest exhibition ever shown in Australia, opens in Naala Badu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and runs from Saturday 6 December to Sunday 12 April 2026.
Senior curator at the Art Gallery of NSW, Jackie Dunn joined Danny for a chat on 2SER Breakfast.