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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 · Jun 12, 2024

Collusion in a cafe: ACT company slapped with $1.5m fine for tender rigging

Delta is one of Canberra's largest in building automation.

The Canberra Times · Jun 5, 2024

Gina Rinehart denies approaching National Portrait Gallery to offer an artwork of herself

Hancock Prospecting says billionaire did not initially approach National Portrait Gallery offering portrait of herself, saying gallery first approached her

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024

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Gina Rinehart Has Donated A New Portrait — Like That’ll Make Anyone Forget The One She Hates

Gina Rinehart has donated a new portrait to the National Gallery, in a desperate attempt to replace the portrait she hates.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 1, 2024

Comedian drops plan for a billboard of Gina Rinehart portrait in Times Square

Dan Ilic wanted to project Vincent Namitjira’s work after Australia’s richest woman tried to have it removed from the National Gallery

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024

US intelligence agencies' embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent

U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they’ll otherwise be smothered by an avalanche of data as surveillance tech further blankets the planet

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Gina Rinehart tried to hide her portrait – it went global instead

Vincent Namatjira’s painting in the NGA of Australia’s richest woman has been seen by millions around the world, appearing on CNN and the BBC and getting the attention of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon

The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2024

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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

The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2024

How the National Gallery's first Latinx art curator aims to open spaces for Latinos in the US cultural scene

Natalia Ángeles Vieyra's designation is part of the Advancing Latinx Art in Museums initiative

Latin Times · Apr 24, 2024

Even Canberra's sculptures are heading to the coast

A feature sculpture at the NGA is being loaned to the coast for five years.

The Canberra Times · Feb 8, 2024

Art world split over NGA name change for one of Australia’s greatest female painters

Curators of new exhibition say decision was made in consultation with artist’s family and dismiss claims move is ‘paternalistic’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 22, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

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.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2023

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AAP · Nov 21, 2023

Club frustration growing over AFL's NGA rules at draft

The AFL's rules around Next Generation Academy players has been a talking point, with growing frustration at this week's national draft.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

Torres Strait artist brings Charm to National Gallery

Janet Fieldhouse is the first Torres Strait Islander artist to unveil a commission in the NGA's sculpture garden, and the process has been career-changing.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Increase in concerns over pupils self-harming reported by school governors

Neglect, domestic abuse and bullying, including cyberbullying, were highlighted as the top three concerns by school governing boards.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023

National Gallery of Australia hands back ninth-century Cambodian sculptures it believes were stolen

NGA investigation finds ‘on the balance of probabilities’ the three Cham sculptures bought from the notorious UK dealer Douglas Latchford were looted and sold illegally

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023

Investigation finds no ‘improper interference’ in paintings made by APY Art Centre Collective

Acclaimed Indigenous art group says attack on their integrity has been ‘thrown into the rubbish bin’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2023

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

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

The Canberra Times · Jun 7, 2023

NGA postpones blockbuster exhibition

The review panel has requested more time to complete its work.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Northern Territory arts minister calls for national probe into 'damaging' claims of white interference in Indigenous art

The Northern Territory arts minister is calling for a national investigation into allegations of interference by white assistants that are creating "reputational damage" to the Indigenous art industry.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2023

APY Aboriginal art centre denies any wrongdoing over claims white staff interfere with Indigenous paintings

Respected authorities on Indigenous art are dismayed by allegations that white staff at a major art centre are touching up Aboriginal artists' paintings, saying "it's not right" for them to interfere.

The Canberra Times · Apr 12, 2023

Tributes to John Olsen, the painter of the stark Australian landscape

His large oil paintings depicted different aspects of the wild Australian landscape and waterscape.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023

Authorship of APY Lands artwork subject to independent review ahead of national exhibition

The National Gallery of Australia has launched an independent review into the origins of the First Nations artwork in its Ngura Pulka – Epic Country exhibition after questions were raised about the role of non-Indigenous studio assistants in the creation of the art.

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