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The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is a collage of an exhibition, and a work of wonder

When the rains end, creeks and rivers run full. Suddenly, deserts bloom with all the colours of the rainbow as new life emerges. As Tony Albert, artistic director of the Fifth National Indigenous Art Triennial, says, “After the rain there are always new beginnings.”

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Hope, heart and home leads at the National Indigenous Art Triennial: ‘We are going through a stage of enlightenment’

Curated by Tony Albert, After the Rain at the National Gallery of Australia explores cultural and familial legacies two years on from the referendum

The Guardian - AU

'All eyes on us': triennial spotlights Indigenous art

Ten immersive, large-scale artworks are featured in the fifth iteration of the Indigenous Art Triennial, focused on themes of renewal, resistance and rebirth.

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A decade of Tarnanthi: how a festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art creates a new national art history

The Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art began in 2015. The title of the exhibition celebrating Tarnanthi a decade on, Too Deadly, underscores the level of excellence Tarnanthi has achieved in terms of the sheer number of artists involved, new work commissioned and its reach to…

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‘A young fella like me doesn’t want to make traditional paintings’: how Indigenous art swept the UK

From distinctive dot paintings to ‘unflattering’ portraits of billionaires, via bloodstained reindeer skulls piled up outside parliament, the diverse work of Indigenous artists is thrilling the art world

The Guardian - UK

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

It's good to be King: Vincent Namatjira opens new show

Gina Rinehart can rest easy - the new paintings by artist Vincent Namatjira are self-portraits based on his cheeky character King Dingo.

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'Me and my powerful butt': Benjamin Law on portraits and power

The writer has had his portrait in the Archibalds - twice.

The Canberra Times

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

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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.

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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

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

How the Streisand Effect came to haunt Australia’s richest woman

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s attempt to have portrait by Vincent Namatjira removed from National Gallery exhibition backfires

The Independent UK

Gina Rinehart portrait saga: largesse comes at a peculiar cost for Australia’s swimmers

To understand why some Olympians would go into bat for the mining magnate on a matter unrelated to the pool, one need only look at the financial hold she has over the sport

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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 - UK

Too bald, too mad, too red … How royal portraits get it so wrong

Jonathan Yeo’s divisive painting of the king raises the question of whether paintings of the monarchy have become irrelevant and anachronisitic

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A Second, Arguably Funnier Portrait Of Gina Rinehart Has Emerged & She Wants This One Gone Too

Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart reportedly wants to oust yet another portrait of herself from Australia's National Gallery.

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Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery

"People don’t have to like my paintings," responded the award-winning artist after Australia's wealthiest tycoon, Gina Rinehart, demanded its removal. The post Australia’s Wealthiest Tycoon Demands Removal Of Unflattering Double Chin Portrait From Gallery first appeared on Bored Panda.

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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

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Can you control your image? Gina Rinehart, King Charles and ‘moral portraits’

“She’s no oil painting”.

The Guardian - AU

Swimming boss defends athletes lobbying national gallery to take down Gina Rinehart portraits

Swimming Queensland chief Kevin Hasemann says ‘I’ve never been to a gallery’ and furore has ‘evolved into something I could never have imagined’

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

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