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'Pretty speccy': Kerry Stokes gives $15m for NGA Sculpture Garden

The media mogul says the project was too exciting to turn down.

The Canberra Times

Holey moley! Massive Ouroboros sculpture eats limelight

A massive metal sculpture has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia, with artist Lindy Lee relieved it turned out better than she imagined.

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Australia's most expensive artwork is ready for its close-up

The $13 million Ouroboros lights up the parliamentary triangle.

The Canberra Times

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NGA acquires painting by 'nasty piece of work' Gauguin

The National Gallery of Australia has bought a significant artwork by Paul Gauguin, during its exhibition of works by the controversial painter.

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'Key moment': National Gallery of Australia buys Gauguin painting for $9.8m

It's the first Gauguin to enter an Australian public collection.

The Canberra Times

Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success

The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao acknowledges the French master’s misdeeds in the Pacific – but just as easily omits or distracts from them

The Guardian - AU

Paul Gauguin was a violent paedophile. Should the National Gallery of Australia be staging a major exhibition of his work?

Should the National Gallery of Australia be staging a major Paul Gauguin exhibition?

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The man is not the art? We need to talk about Gauguin

A great painter, but also a misogynist - should it matter?

The Canberra Times

Gina Rinehart gifted painting of herself to National Portrait Gallery, Senate estimates told

Visitors have been flocking to the National Gallery of Australia amid the controversy over Vincent Namatjira’s painting of Rinehart, director tells hearing

The Guardian - AU

'Complex problem-solving': how women are uniting art and IT

In the world of IT and art, the job market for women is growing.

The Canberra Times

Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery

"People don’t have to like my paintings," responded the award-winning artist after Australia's wealthiest tycoon, Gina Rinehart, demanded its removal. The post Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart 'demands' portrait removed from exhibition

The painting of Gina Rinehart is currently on display at the National Gallery of Australia

Evening Standard

Billionaire Baby Gina Rinehart Takes Time Out Of Destroying Planet To Cry About Painting Of Her

Gina Rinehart has tried to get a painting of herself, painted by Vincent Namatjira, removed from the National Gallery.

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Redone, hidden, burnt: seven famous subjects and the portraits they hated

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has asked the National Gallery of Australia to remove her portrait, painted by Vincent Namatjira. Others have gone much further

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Vincent Namatjira says ‘people don’t have to like my paintings’ after Gina Rinehart demands portrait be removed

The billionaire wants a painting of her removed from the National Gallery of Australia but the Archibald-winning artist says he hopes people think about what he is trying to say

AAP

Mining mogul demands NGA remove her portrait

The National Gallery of Australia has rebuffed demands from mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition.

The Canberra Times

New cafe to feed the National Gallery of Australia's art-hungry hordes

It's high time the art mecca has a proper cafe.

The Canberra Times

Tickets now on sale for French art blockbuster

It's the biggest Gauguin show ever to be staged in Australia.

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Monet, Kusama and very good dog art: regional Australia’s big summer exhibitions

In the 2023-24 summer period, a slew of major works and exhibitions is on offer in Australia’s regions, from big names to a blockbuster showcase of Yolŋu art

The Canberra Times

The $6.6m robotic sculpture that 'loses control' unveiled at NGA

Liken it to a film that cannot be judged before witnessing it.

The Guardian - AU

Emily Kam Kngwarray: stunning retrospective brings perspective – and agency – to an Australian great

The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition contextualises the artist away from the western market, bringing us ‘the old lady’ through the prism of her country, her culture and her community

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Kngwarray masterpieces on show at National Gallery

Important artworks by one of Australia's foremost painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray, are going on show at the National Gallery of Australia.

The Guardian - AU

From Tracey Emin to Kiki Smith: National Gallery of Australia puts art by women in the spotlight

A new exhibition in Canberra charts how women artists of the 20th century have been consumed with the body – and changed the way it has been depicted

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Art of the body and heart exposed at National Gallery

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Canberra Times

Tickets for gallery's Emily blockbuster now on sale

The major show runs from December 3 to April 21.

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