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National Gallery of Australia is a museum in Canberra, Australia, and currently connected to 7 active stories.

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National Gallery of Australia to open Rosalie Gascoigne retrospective

Image: Rosalie Gascoigne, Suddenly the Lake 1995, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Given by the artist in memory of Michael Lloyd 1996, © Rosalie Gascoigne/Copyright Agency

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National Gallery of Australia to open Rosalie Gascoigne retrospective

The National Gallery of Australia will open ‘Rosalie Gascoigne’ on 24 October 2026. The exhibition will run through 14 February 2027 in Level 1, Galleries 2–7, in Canberra, and admission is free.

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National Gallery of Australia launches ‘The Art of Mathematics’ with Eddie Woo

The National Gallery of Australia has launched ‘The Art of Mathematics’, a multimedia project created with mathematics educator Eddie Woo for National Science Week 2026.

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Image: Hon Tony Burke MP and Nick Mitzevich, Director, National Gallery, 2026 with Jackson Pollock, Blue poles, 1952, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1973, © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency

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Jackson Pollock’s ‘Blue poles’ set for Western Australia loan

Jackson Pollock’s 1952 painting ‘Blue poles’ will go on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth from April to September 2027, on loan from the National Gallery of Australia through the Australian Government’s Sharing the National Collection program.

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Image: David Hockney (artist), Tyler Graphics (printer and publisher), An image of Celia, 1984-86, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002, © Estate of David Hockney / Tyler Graphics Ltd

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‘David Hockney: Portraits in Print’ opens in Canberra

‘David Hockney: Portraits in Print’ opens at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on 5 September 2026.

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Monet’s ‘Haystacks, midday’ enters dialogue with Australian Impressionism in Geelong

Claude Monet’s ‘Haystacks, midday’ (1890) is being shown alongside works by Australian plein air painters at Geelong Gallery in an exhibition examining shared approaches to light, atmosphere and seasonal change.

Read full story Canberra · 2 Sept 2026 [REPORT]

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National Gallery of Australia to present world-first full display of Arthur Boyd’s 'Tapestries'

The National Gallery of Australia will open 'Arthur Boyd: Tapestries' on 20 June 2026, presenting the full cycle of 20 monumental tapestries by Arthur Boyd in what the Gallery describes as a world-first opportunity to see the series complete.

Read full story Canberra · 3 Jul 2026 [REPORT]