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Perspectives on a collection: why you should explore New Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia

Displays of artworks from the permanent collections of state and national galleries are often overlooked. Critics tend to flock to a crowded calendar of blockbusters and temporary shows. These may offer greater novelty and relevance for current events. But this isn’t always true.

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After three years, investigations and now a $4.4m lawsuit, Australia’s most controversial art exhibition finally opens

Ngura Puḻka at the National Gallery of Australia is a landmark exhibition of 30 paintings by Indigenous artists in the APY Arts Centre Collective, which was investigated over claims white workers had interfered with First Nations art

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The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is a collage of an exhibition, and a work of wonder

When the rains end, creeks and rivers run full. Suddenly, deserts bloom with all the colours of the rainbow as new life emerges. As Tony Albert, artistic director of the Fifth National Indigenous Art Triennial, says, “After the rain there are always new beginnings.”

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Hope, heart and home leads at the National Indigenous Art Triennial: ‘We are going through a stage of enlightenment’

Curated by Tony Albert, After the Rain at the National Gallery of Australia explores cultural and familial legacies two years on from the referendum

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Repatriation or political theatre? How the return of stolen artefacts can distort history

In late July, during a visit to the National Gallery of Australia, three Buddhist bodhisattva statues caught my attention.

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The Jewish dealer who bought art hated by the Nazis – and created one of the greatest collections ever seen

A new National Gallery of Australia show draws on Heinz Berggruen’s collection to celebrate the spread of modernism around the world, despite the Nazis’ best efforts

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Intrepid artists get the retrospectives they deserve

Retrospectives at the National Gallery of Australia give Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar the attention they deserve, but time is running out to see them.

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How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion

A show at the National Gallery of Australia explores how 1980s fashion darlings Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee were inspired by French artist Sonia Delaunay.

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National Gallery Of Australia Covers Palestinian Flags In Artwork, Sparking Mass Backlash

The National Gallery of Australia has found itself at the centre of controversy after covering up Palestinian flags in a tapestry on display.

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Carol Jerrems captured Melbourne and Sydney of the 1970s, understanding photography as a collaboration

Australian photographer Carol Jerrems took an expansive approach to portraiture. She experimented with seriality – constructing narratives and meaning across multiple frames – and understood photography as a collaboration between her subjects, her camera and herself.

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Curiosity radiates as crowds reflect on $14m artwork

Lindy Lee's $14 million sculpture Ouroboros has been attracting onlookers and is setting tongues wagging outside the National Gallery of Australia.

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National Gallery of Australia’s $14m behemoth artwork unveiled – and it’s a showstopper

Lindy Lee’s 13-tonne sculpture, Ouroboros, the most expensive work in NGA history, is in place after three years of anticipation – and questions about cost

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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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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.

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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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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

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

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

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Gallery reveals $60m plans for 3ha of prime land in the parliamentary zone

Most have no idea how big the Sculpture Garden actually is.

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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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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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‘We never thought we’d have a Monet on our farm’: $174m artwork heads to regional Australian gallery

An impressionist masterpiece is being displayed in the Tweed Valley as the National Gallery shares its collection around the country

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A cultural reckoning: largest-ever survey of First Nations Australian art opens in New Zealand

More than 150 artworks – and some of the country’s biggest names – are represented in an exhibition that’s equal parts poignant and powerful

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Ecstatic, devastating, revolutionary: Nan Goldin’s seminal work debuts in Australian show

Record of queer life, love and chosen family is tinged with despair

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