Snake is an artwork by Australian artist Sir Sidney Nolan.

[1] Nolan is believed to have created the work after "he saw a mural in a Beijing palace that moved him to create an Australian version, inspired by the desert in springtime"[2] Nolan developed a gestural language for Snake in the same way that most artists work.

He composed and executed a little picture, influenced, as we all know, by aboriginals and their art, and New Guineans, and their snake dances.

He then painted similar scenes with a quicker hand and fewer gestures, and he repeated this thousands of times, till the paintings were made by muscle memory.David Walsh, MONA's owner, purchased the work in 2005 for AUD$2m.

[3] Walsh modified his initial design for MONA to make space for the work.