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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

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

The Guardian - AU

The three hectares between the NGA and Lake Burley Griffin is getting a $60m glow up

The National Gallery of Australia hopes to start construction in 2026.

The Canberra Times

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Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart wanted ‘so-called’ portraits ‘permanently disposed of’

Freedom of information documents reveal mining magnate lobbying National Gallery chair over Vincent Namatjira portraits

The Guardian - AU

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

Our big silver landmark emerges from the fog

Lindy Lee's epic artwork is now here to stay.

The Canberra Times

Epic journey: Canberra's scrap metal masterpiece is nearly here

Lindy Lee's $14m sculpture has literally dominated the roads.

The Canberra Times

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Ouroboros: NGA’s polarising new four-year $14m artwork to close roads on its journey to Canberra

Lindy Lee told ‘to be as ambitious as you possibly can’ and to not even consider the cost of her project to ‘announce the NGA is here’

The Guardian - AU

Mark of ambition: will the NGA's $14m commission win our hearts?

It's the most expensive artwork in the NGA's history.

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

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

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

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 Canberra Times

NGA to stop promoting Indigenous exhibit after fraud allegations

The review will assess if Indigenous artists had "creative control" over the paintings.

The Canberra Times

Farewell to John Olsen, one of the Hunter's cultural greats

Both this city and art lovers will miss him, but his work endures.

Newcastle Herald

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The Guardian - AU

Labor’s new cultural policy ‘first step’ in addressing National Gallery of Australia’s $265m shortfall

Funds needed to keep doors open, exhibitions free and carry out urgent repairs to protect $7bn worth of art, director says

The Canberra Times

Cressida reaches a crescendo as exhibition closes soon

The National Gallery of Australia says the Cressida Campbell exhibition has contributed to its "busiest summer in three years".

The Canberra Times

Indigenous art and female artists dominate NGA for 2023

A survey of works by Anmatyerre artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye will feature next summer.

AAP

Gallery's art collection open for travel

The National Gallery of Australia will expand its lending program as part of the country's new cultural policy.

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The Canberra Times

NGA may close two days a week to cut costs

Years of efficiency dividends are now biting harder than ever.

Newcastle Herald

A new art world order

"The hang requires you to do the work, you're making the connections."

ABC News

Cressida Campbell exhibition at National Gallery of Australia cements underrated Australian artist's place in the canon

Cressida Campbell is one of the most successful Australian artists you've never heard of — but that's about to change, with a major exhibition covering her four-decade 'journey of beauty'.

The Canberra Times

Blockbuster Cressida Campbell exhibition opens in Canberra, National Gallery acquires one of her works

Cressida Campbell the exhibition is at the National Gallery from September 24 to February 19.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter brothers prepare for double celebration at University of Newcastle graduation

BROTHERS Jordan and Cameron Shaw-Carmody will double their family's pride when both are celebrated at the University of Newcastle (UON) for their mathematical aptitude.

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