National Gallery of Australia
Editorial
Initially proposed for Capital Hill, where Parliament House now sits, the NGA's lakeside location was eventually favoured and the building is sited on one apex of a triangle, with Parliament House and the National Library of Australia on the other two.
The NGA now holds one of Australia's most significant cultural collections. In total over 100,000 works are held, divided into four major groups: Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art and International art.
The aim of the NGA is to document and treasure the work of Australian artists and that of its close neighbours, while collecting significant contemporary works from around the world. It does not attempt to collect a significant representation of international historical art works, however major international touring exhibitions are common, and in 2010 it hosted Australia's most-visited ever exhibition, Masterpieces from Paris, which brought almost half a million people into the gallery.
There are so many highlights it is difficult to distil just a few, however Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles (so controversially purchased by Gough Whitlam's government) and Sidney Nolan's iconic Ned Kelly series are both required viewing for anyone with an interest in Australia's cultural development.
Robert Stevenson, Citysearch
Event Listing
Music at the Gallery
National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place, Parkes 2011-07-03Start:03-Jul-2011
End:31-Jul-2011
2011-07-31Out of the West
National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place, Parkes 2011-07-08Start:08-Jul-2011
End:01-Apr-2012
2012-04-01Fred Williams Retrospective
National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place, Parkes 2011-08-12Start:12-Aug-2011
End:06-Nov-2011
2011-11-06Renaissance at the NGA
National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place, Parkes 2011-12-09Start:09-Dec-2011
End:09-Apr-2012
2012-04-09User Feedback
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January 03, 2011
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