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The Latest Breaking News from The National Gallery of Australia

Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart 'demands' portrait removed from exhibition

The painting of Gina Rinehart is currently on display at the National Gallery of Australia

Evening Standard

Billionaire Baby Gina Rinehart Takes Time Out Of Destroying Planet To Cry About Painting Of Her

Gina Rinehart has tried to get a painting of herself, painted by Vincent Namatjira, removed from the National Gallery.

Pedestrian.tv

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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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

Mining mogul demands NGA remove her portrait

The National Gallery of Australia has rebuffed demands from mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition.

AAP

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

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

The Canberra Times

Tickets now on sale for French art blockbuster

It's the biggest Gauguin show ever to be staged in Australia.

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Monet, Kusama and very good dog art: regional Australia’s big summer exhibitions

In the 2023-24 summer period, a slew of major works and exhibitions is on offer in Australia’s regions, from big names to a blockbuster showcase of Yolŋu art

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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

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

Art of the body and heart exposed at National Gallery

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

AAP

Tickets for gallery's Emily blockbuster now on sale

The major show runs from December 3 to April 21.

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Morning Mail: ‘Looted’ art returns to Cambodia, consultant advises on consultants, Brazil crash out of Cup

Cambodia hails decision to hand back priceless bronzes from ancient civilisation, and federal finance department pays $32,000 for advice on advisers

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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

The cost of addiction to love and intimacy

She pioneered the spontaneity of the visual diary, but nothing about her images was ever accidental.

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The Canberra Times

'Not quite human': How AI features in the latest National Gallery exhibition

An AI-created monologue discusses the 'absurd human urge' to name typhoons and cyclones.

ABC News

South Australian government to lead national review into origins of First Nations artwork

The South Australian government will spearhead a national review into the origins of First Nations artwork following allegations non-Indigenous workers have interfered in works by Aboriginal artists.

The Guardian - AU

National Gallery of Australia to halt promotion of Aboriginal art exhibition over authenticity concerns

Review under way to determine if Indigenous artists ‘exercised effective creative control over the creation of the paintings’

ABC News

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 Guardian - AU

NGA commissions review of Aboriginal art show after alleged contributions by non-Indigenous workers

Gallery’s decision follows investigation which claims white workers interfered in the making of artworks by black artists

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

National Gallery of Australia among institutions to receive $535m to avert funding crisis

National gallery, library and museum among organisations to be thrown financial lifeline after years of underfunding

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