National Gallery of Australia
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The National Gallery of Australia is the country’s premier national art museum, housing an extensive collection of Australian, Indigenous, Asian, and international art in Canberra.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
art museum
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national museum → |
| architect |
Colin Madigan
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| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
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| collectionIncludes |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
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American art → Asian art → Australian art → European art → International modern and contemporary art → Pacific art → decorative arts and design → photography → prints and drawings → sculpture → |
| collectionSize |
over 150000 works of art
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| country |
Australia
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| establishedAsStatutoryAuthorityByAct |
National Gallery Act 1975
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| governingBody |
Australian Government
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| hasChairperson |
Ryan Stokes
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| hasCuratorialDepartment |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Department
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Asian Art Department → Australian Art Department → International Art Department → Pacific Arts Department → Photography and Contemporary Art Department → |
| hasDirector |
Nick Mitzevich
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| hasFacility |
auditorium
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bookshop → café → conservation laboratories → education spaces → permanent collection galleries → research library → sculpture garden → temporary exhibition galleries → |
| hasFocus |
Asian art
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Australian art → Indigenous Australian art → international modern and contemporary art → |
| hasMission |
to collect, preserve, promote and share the visual arts for all Australians
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| hasNotableWork |
Albert Namatjira works
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Andy Warhol works → Anish Kapoor works → Arthur Streeton paintings → Asian Buddhist sculpture → Auguste Rodin sculptures → Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by Jackson Pollock → Brett Whiteley works → Chinese ceramics → Claude Monet works → Constantin Brâncuși sculptures → Emily Kame Kngwarreye works → Fred Williams works → Gordon Bennett works → Grace Cossington Smith works → Henri Matisse works → Hermannsburg watercolours → Ian Fairweather works → Indian miniatures → James Turrell works → Japanese prints → Jeffrey Smart works → John Brack works → Lin Onus works → Margaret Preston works → Pacific barkcloths → Papunya Tula paintings → Piet Mondrian works → Ricky Maynard works → Ron Mueck sculptures → Rover Thomas works → Russell Drysdale works → Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly series works → The Aboriginal Memorial → Tom Roberts paintings → Tracey Moffatt works → Yayoi Kusama works → Yirrkala bark petitions → |
| hasOnlineResource |
digital collection access
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educational materials → online exhibitions → |
| hasWebsite |
https://nga.gov.au
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| inception |
1967
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| locatedIn |
Australian Capital Territory
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Canberra → Parkes, Canberra → |
| locatedOn |
shore of Lake Burley Griffin
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| offersProgram |
artist talks
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education programs → family programs → public exhibitions → public lectures → research fellowships → school programs → |
| openedToPublic |
1982
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| ownedBy |
Commonwealth of Australia
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| parentOrganization |
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
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| shortName |
NGA
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| significantEvent |
acquisition of Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles in 1973
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development of sculpture garden in the 1980s → major expansion of building in 2010s → major rehang of Australian collection in the 2000s → opening of dedicated Indigenous galleries → |