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Drift on the current of Margaret Preston's vision, line and colour.
Margaret Preston, The boat, Sydney Harbour., 1920?, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2004 © Margaret Rose Preston Estate/Copyright Agency searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object/133962
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'For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It’s a way of touching somebody—it’s a caress, I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.’ Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency
Opens 8 Jul
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'Dad was a landscape poet to the end, maybe a silent musician,” he said. “He didn’t use words or letters, he had his own vocabulary, his own marks, his own aesthetic in regard to what made up what Australia is.' Tim Olsen
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We are thrilled that our Cressida Campbell book is shortlisted for Illustrated Book of the Year at this year's !
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Do you need a project? 🔨
If you're a project manager who loves to see things made well and sustainably, and enjoys the team life. We have multiple roles now open.
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Haegue Yang: Changing From From to From is a solo presentation of Haegue Yang’s recent works.
27 May – 24 Sept
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Share with us. What do you love about museums and galleries? Answers please 💬
Installation view Jackson Pollock, Blue poles, 1952, purchased 1973 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency, Photographer: Rory Gardiner #IMD2023
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Constantly on the move, Seoul and Berlin-based artist Haegue Yang continually seeks out unexplored narratives, processes and materials.
Haegue Yang: Changing From From To From open 27 May
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‘There’s no particular subject that I prefer – the light is why I take photographs’. Olive Cotton
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Olive Cotton, Grass at sundown, 1939, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the artist 1987
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Artists' artists | Pakistani-American artist Huma Bhabha on Barnett Newman's Broken obelisk
'I also appreciate how this sculpture critiques Western cultures for using pirated artefacts, like the obelisks of ancient Egypt, as imperialist trophies.'
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Lest we forget
Barbara Hanrahan, Poppy Day., 1982, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Jo Steele 1992
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Celebrating the power and vitality of Aṉangu art and the strength of Aṉangu culture, community and country. Ngura Pulka – Epic Country opens 3 June.
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'I am in the landscape and the landscape is in me' John Olsen
Find Olsen's Dappled country on Level 2.
John Olsen, Dappled country, 1963, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1971
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We've got a Webby Award to win!
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'Everywhere I looked, everything I saw became something to be made, and it had to be exactly as it was, with nothing added. It was a new freedom’. Ellsworth Kelly
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May the Easter Bunny be ever in your favour ... 🐰🐣
Wayne Thiebaud, (Rabbit): from a portfolio. "Seven still lifes and a rabbit", 1970-71, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1977 © Wayne Thiebaud/Copyright Agency
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Our National Cultural Institutions are home to some of Australia’s more cherished pieces of history.
The Albanese Government is using this year's Federal Budget to secure their future - and restore them as a source of national pride after a decade of decline under the Coalition.
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Today , & join us at the Gallery to share details that the Albanese Labor Government will secure the future of Australia’s most cherished cultural and historical institutions in this year’s Federal Budget.
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NAVA is thrilled that , among other national collecting institutions, is set to receive $120m as part of May’s federal budget after years of underfunding.
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This weekend we'll be in Canberra for another Know My Name event at improving Wikipedia pages about Australia's women artists. Here's some of the impact of the project since 2020!
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Celebrate Australian women artists with us.
Find out more about our Know My Name initiative.
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Dropped in on the art museum to spy on installation of Spowers & Syme (a travelling exhibition) and #AMatterOfLooking — opening Thursday!
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Commissioned as a gift of Wesfarmers Arts to in 2020, a major new installation by Jonathon Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi people, has gone on display at NGA in Canberra.
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‘The name Djarraṯawun is a light that shines on the country. Keeping it warm, keeping everybody safe.' Ishmael Marika, Yolŋu people
Creative Director, The Mulka Project #Enlighten
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'Eucalypts deliver night-songs to the locked front door.
But we’re too afraid to open it'
A new poem and reading by Judith Nangala Crispin - commissioned for #PoetryMonth with in response to Project 3: Angelica Mesiti: ASSEMBLY
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Based in North East Arnhem Land, The Mulka Project is centred on sustaining Yolŋu cultural knowledge—and now their 60-metre projection will grace the National Gallery of Australia. #MulkaProject
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We proudly announce the 2023 Australian Awards for Excellence in Women's Leadership recipients. Congratulations to this incredibly talented group of women who have displayed inspirational leadership! You can find the full list here: wla.edu.au/awards #WlaAward
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Rose d’Or Award-nominated film, The Exhibitionists is both a playful and profound docu-comedy celebrating women in the arts. Here, watch a detailed excerpt on Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960).
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The is striving to elevate women artists and its first summer blockbuster featuring a woman - Sydney’s Cressida Campbell - has been a hit. I was fortunate to see this stunning show (with these trailblazing women) before it closes this weekend. #auspol
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Rose d’Or Award-nominated film, The Exhibitionists is both a playful and profound docu-comedy celebrating women in the arts. Here, watch a detailed excerpt on Dorrit Black (1891–1951).
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Rose d’Or Award-nominated film, The Exhibitionists is both a playful and profound docu-comedy celebrating women in the arts. Here, watch a detailed excerpt on Vivienne Binns (born 1940).
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We'll be in Canberra next month to run a Know My Name: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with and increase information about Australian women artists on #Wikipedia
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📢Our 2023 program is here ...
✨The Mulka Project: Djarraṯawun
✨Jonathan Jones
✨Haegue Yang: Changing From From to From
✨Ngura Pulka - Epic Country
✨Nan Goldin
✨Janet Fieldhouse
✨Emily Kame Kngwarreye
✨Jordan Wolfson: Body Sculpture
nga.gov.au/whats-on/?cate
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Rose d’Or Award-nominated film, The Exhibitionists is both a playful and profound docu-comedy celebrating women in the arts. Here, watch a detailed excerpt on Nora Heysen (1911–2003).
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Rose d’Or Award-nominated film, The Exhibitionists is both a playful and profound docu-comedy celebrating women in the arts. Here, watch a detailed excerpt on Jane Sutherland (1853–1928).
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“Project 2: Kara Walker” en hasta el 5 de febrero. Exposición monográfica de la artista norteamericana. Narrativas de género, sexualidad y raza. Para conocer sobre #KaraWalker en el 👉 bit.ly/3QqsxgQ
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Kara Walker's solo exhibition "Project 2: Kara Walker" at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra is still on view through February 5.
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Cressida Campbell is one of Australia’s foremost woodblock and printing artists, but did you know she was also inspired by traditional Japanese woodblock printing during her time in Tokyo at the Yoshida Hanga Academy? What a beautiful meeting of 🇦🇺 and 🇯🇵 creativity!
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Cressida Campbell's The kitchen shelf is a to scale woodblock painting of the kitchen shelf in her home.
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Cressida Campbell, The kitchen shelf, 2009, Collection of Rob and Jenny Ferguson, image courtesy Warren Macris © Cressida Campbell
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🚨 job alert 🚨
The is seeking a Marketing and Tourism Coordinator.
Full-Time, Ongoing.
Closes: 29 January 2023.
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