As a young man, the great Australian artist Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) was a prominent member of the “Heide Circle,” a group of modernist artists who lived and worked on a former dairy farm called Heide, owned by art collectors John Reed and his wife, Sunday. A fierce nationalist, Nolan painted images that were indelibly Australian, and created a beloved series based on the lawless bushranger Ned Kelly—imagery that is now iconic. In 1951, Nolan moved to London, where he designed for the stage and also produced the monumental mural Paradise Garden, which includes 1,320 floral designs. Paradise and the loss of paradise, Nolan’s continuing themes, are the subject of this exhibition. —Elena Clavarino