National Gallery of Australia
Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection
The painting is on loan for two years from the National Gallery of Australia as part of a program designed to bring visitors to regional galleries.
- by Nick Dent
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First look inside the 13-tonne, $14 million artwork coming to the National Gallery
A $60m revitalisation of the National Gallery of Australia will circle the building in gardens. Pride of place will be Lindy Lee’s massive Ouroboros.
- by Julie Power
Ouroboros by Lindy Lee
Lee's $14 million dollar sculpture will be unveiled on October 25. CREDIT: National Gallery of Australia
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Art
Rinehart asked National Gallery to ‘permanently dispose’ of portraits
Documents released under freedom-of-information laws reveal Australia’s richest person appealed directly to the National Gallery’s chair Ryan Stokes.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
A dunny. A yabby. A puffer jacket … Sculptor Alex Seton’s making his mark – in marble
Australian artist Alex Seton made his name turning the mundane into the poetic. Now he’s off to the traditional home of marble sculpting: Italy.
- by Gabriella Coslovich
Opinion
French Polynesia
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
As Paris holds the world’s gaze, France’s continued meddling in the Pacific paints a less-than-golden picture of colonial neglect and the price of imperialism.
- by Malcolm Knox
Editorial
Editorial
Our National Gallery must continue to stand up to Gina Rinehart
New documents revealing how Gina Rinehart sought to influence the National Gallery of Australia should ring alarm bells.
- The Herald's View
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Art
Inside the campaign to take down Gina Rinehart’s portraits
Rinehart lobbied Seven chief executive Ryan Stokes in a campaign the National Gallery of Australia feared would be weaponised by Peter Dutton in parliament.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Review
Master or monster: The artist equally loathed and revered
Call it charisma, presence or personal magnetism. Paul Gauguin had it in abundance.
- by John McDonald
Police escorts, angry drivers: Australia’s most expensive art commission has arrived
An immersive, public sculpture by Australian artist Lindy Lee has arrived at the National Gallery of Australia, after its epic journey from Brisbane on the back of a truck.
- by Linda Morris
Two of Australia’s great artists lead exhibition full of echoes
Cutting Through Time explores affinities between Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and Japanese printmakers.
- by John McDonald
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