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Art of Western Australia from the national collection
8 July 2011 – 1 April 2012
Out of the West is the first exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia to present a large sample of artists living and working in Western Australia. It takes a unique look at the art from Western Australia from pre-settlement until today.
James W.R. LINTON Falls Road, late evening, 1926 (detail) Perth, Purchased 1980
15th & 16th Century Italian Paintings
from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
9 December 2011 – 9 April 2012 | CANBERRA ONLY
This unique exhibition offers audiences an unparalleled chance to see Early and High Renaissance paintings by some of the greatest European artists. Raphael, Botticelli, Bellini and Titian are represented among an amazing gamut of talent and creative splendour. More than 70 works on canvas and panel will be on display, made between 1400 and 1600 by painters in northern and central Italy.
Carlo Crivelli Madonna and Child c. 1482–83 (detail), Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
Photographs of Antarctica 1910–2010
23 December 2011 – 25 March 2012 | Photospace
Antarctica has long been a region that has fascinated and captivated imaginations, a place that is high in our national consciousness. The stories of the almost incomprehensively heroic and at times tragic early explorations have become the stuff of legends. The South Pole
Frank Hurley Penguins on the beach at The Nuggets and the remains of The Gratitude 1911(detail) Photograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
4 February - 24 June 2012 | Childrens gallery
Play embraces painting, photography, prints and sculpture from across the National Gallery of Australia’s remarkable collection. This exhibition reminds us of the importance of play in an artist’s practice, and in our lives.
Richard Tipping Sing 2004 print
Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, 2008
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Nature revealed
27 April - 15 July 2012
Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901) is arguably Australia’s, and certainly Victoria’s, most important colonial landscape painter. Born in Vienna and trained as a painter in the European art centres of Rome, Naples and Düsseldorf; von Guérard migrated to Australia in 1852.
Eugene von Guerard Lake Wakatipu with Mount Earnslaw, Middle Island, New Zealand (1877–79) (detail) oil on canvas Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1971
2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial
11 May - 22 July 2012
From May to July 2012, the National Gallery will inaugurate the second National Indigenous Art Triennial, unDisclosed. Over autumn and winter, Gallery visitors will have the opportunity to experience the dynamic visual expression of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. From across the country, 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists have been selected to represented Indigenous arts today.
Michael Cook Broken Dreams #3 2010 (detail) Inkjet print,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Purchased 2011