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Date night for Canberra couple ends in award win

It was a very special date night for the recently appointed 2025 ACT Senior Australian of the Year recipients.

ACT Young Australian of the Year shares passion for art, advocacy

Daniel Bartholomaeus, the 2025 ACT Young Australian of the Year, was taken by surprise when he received the award at the National Gallery of Australia last month, saying it “was a moment.”

2025 ACT Australian of the Year doing it for the kids

Megan Gilmour doesn’t know who nominated her, but the 2025 ACT Australian of the Year is grateful it puts a spotlight on children who miss school when they’re sick.

Australian ‘art royalty’ brings gallery entrance to life

Three years to manufacture, 60,000 hours and 200 people brought Canberra’s spectacular shiny new centrepiece to life.

Curiosity radiates as crowds reflect on NGA’s $14m artwork

The most expensive artwork commissioned for Australia's national collection has been drawing curious crowds day and night. Lindy Lee's sculpture Ouroboros is visible some distance from the forecourt of the National Gallery of...

Reflecting on National Gallery’s shiny new centrepiece

Lindy Lee’s $14 million Ouroboros sculpture has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia.

A newbies guide to Canberra’s arts and culture scene

Growing up in Melbourne, I had everything arts and culture related at my fingertips.

Kitchen by Mike to take up residence within the National Gallery of Australia

Kitchen by Mike, the award-winning Sydney restaurant led by chef Mike McEnearney, will pop up within the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra this July.

Canberra has the only priceless Gauguin art in Australia

There is not one single piece of Gauguin artwork in Australia and that is one good reason to go to the latest blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Gaugin’s World: Tona Iho, Tona Ao.

Mining mogul Gina Rinehart demands NGA remove her portrait

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has demanded the National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait from an exhibition by award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira.

Summer at the National Gallery of Australia: Body Sculpture

A lesson in patience, emotion and the human experience awaits visitors of the unique animatronic piece Body Sculpture.

Summer at the National Gallery of Australia: Emily Kam Kngwarray

In a first for the National Gallery of Australia, a First Nations woman fills the coveted summer blockbuster exhibition space as the works of Emily Kam Kngwarray are displayed until 28 April. Regarded...

Kngwarray masterpieces on show at National Gallery

Important artworks by one of Australia's foremost painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray, are going on show at the National Gallery of Australia.

Art of the body and heart exposed at National Gallery

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Charming sculpture blooms in NGA Sculpture Gardens

The second work commissioned in the National Gallery of Australia X Art Makers series has been unveiled as Janet Fieldhouse becomes the first Torres Strait Islander person to be represented in the...

Probe continues as NGA reschedules Aboriginal art show

The National Gallery of Australia will reschedule a major showcase of Aboriginal art, although a government probe into allegations of artistic interference is still under way.

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