Media Releases
Archived press releases 2008
National Gallery of Australia presents a major retrospective exhibition on Australian artist Richard Larter
Featuring approximately 90 works from public and private collections and brought together for the first time, the exhibition opens at the National Gallery of Australia this Friday, 20 June 2008. | More
Turner to Money, a $28 million Economic Triumph for Canberra
Attractting 180,700 visitors Turner to Monet provided an economic injection of over $28 million to the local economy. | More
Printsandprintmaking.gov.au a winner
National Gallery of Australia website Prints and Printmaking announced a winner in the “Best Web” awards 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2008. | More
National Gallery of Australia announces acquisition of a Fredrick McCubbin painting
The Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford AM, announces the significant new acquisition of Frederick McCubbin’s Violet and gold, 1911.
The Creative Australia stream of the 2020 Summit will visit the National Gallery of Australia on Saturday 19 April
Guests, including Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman, will begin to arrive at the National Gallery of Australia from 7.10 pm.
The Creative Australia stream of the 2020 Summit will visit the NGA for dinner and a private viewing of Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape.
National Gallery of Australia announces a $2 M gift from the family of Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne
Ben Gascoigne and the family of the late Rosalie Gascoigne, one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, have donated her last major, series Earth 1999, to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
Sculpture Garden Sunday
By the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Gallery of Australia’s Sculpture Garden comes alive this weekend with a program of free creative art workshops for children.
James Gleeson Oral History Collection
The National Gallery of Australia Library’s James Gleeson Oral History Collection inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register 2008. More information 
Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape
The National Gallery of Australia proudly presents Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape, the most comprehensive survey of 19th century landscape paintings ever assembled. More information
Australian Surrealism: the Agapitos/Wilson collection
The National Gallery of Australia unveils the exhibition Australian Surrealism: the Agapitos/Wilson collection on Saturday 16 February 2008. The exhibition showcases over 170 works of the recent 25th Anniversary acquisition, the Agapitos/Wilson collection. These works will be seen for the first time in Canberra with this exhibition. More information
Australian Surrealism: the Agapitos/Wilson collection
NGA acquires significant Australian Surrealist collection through generous act of benefaction
Ms Roslyn Packer AO generously assists 25th Anniversary acquisition of 2nd century Seated Buddha
National Gallery of Australia acquires major work by Giorgio de Chirico
Ocean to Outback: Australian Landscape Painting 1850–1950
National Gallery of Australia acquires major painting by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
National Gallery of Australia to open gallery dedicated to the Pacific arts
National Gallery of Australia announces major sponsorship of new National Indigenous Art Triennial
A New National Sculpture Gallery
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