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December

• National Gallery of Australia announces special 2013 winter exhibition
  The National Gallery of Australia today announced it will host a major international exhibition, Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master during winter 2013, as a highlight of the Centenary of Canberra. | More
  

October

• New Vision for the National Gallery of Australia
  The National Gallery of Australia today announced the Gallery's ambitious new strategic vision for the next four years. | More

September

• National Gallery of Australia to loan Ned Kelly series to Irish Museum of Modern Art
  The National Gallery of Australia today announced a major international loan: the iconic Ned Kelly series by Sidney Nolan will travel to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin. | More

August

• Media statement
  
  
• National Gallery of Australia pays tribute to Australian art critic Robert Hughes
  

  The National Gallery of Australia today paid tribute to Australian art critic Robert Hughes, who was a significant contributor to the development of the national art collection in the 1970s.  |  More

• Sydney Long: the Spirit of the land opens at the National Gallery of Australia 17 August–11 November 2012
  The National Gallery of Australia today opened Sydney Long: the Spirit of the land, the first major gallery retrospective of this important Australian artist. |  More
  

May

• Announcement of the National Gallery of Australia's summer exhibition Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge
  The National Gallery of Australia today announced that it will present Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge as the forthcoming summer blockbuster exhibition, opening on 14 December 2012.  |  More
• Second National Indigenous Art Triennial Opens at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  The National Gallery of Australia today opened unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial a showcase of contemporary Indigenous
  art practice.  |  More

April

• von Guérard retrospective opens at the National Gallery of Australia 27 April–15 July 2012
  The National Gallery of Australia today opened Eugene von Guérard: Nature revealed, an exhibition, one of the most important retrospectives of Australian colonial landscape art.  |  More
• Renaissance a resounding success with australian audiences
  The National Gallery of Australia today announced that the Renaissance exhibition of 15th and 16th century Italian paintings from Accademia Carrara, Bergamo was a resounding success attracting almost 213,000 visitors from all over Australia to Canberra. |  More
• National Gallery of Australia and Google bring art to everyone
  The National Gallery of Australia and Google announced today that viewers with an internet connection anywhere around the world can access and explore selected artworks from the national art collection in incredible detail, creating a rich and immersive experience around each work of art.  This is part of a broader initiative known as the Art Project, which inspires people to discover and explore the power and beauty of art.  |  More

March

• Nine million visitors to National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibitions
  The National Gallery of Australia announced today that nine million visitors have attended its travelling exhibitions across the country since the touring program commenced in 1988. |  More

• National Gallery of Australia acquires portrait by William Duke of Maori Chief Hohepa Te Umuroa
  At the National Gallery of Australia today His Excellency Michael Bryce AM AE unveiled a portrait by colonial artist William Duke of Maori chief Hohepa Te Umuroa, 1846. Mr Bryce is the great great grandson of the artist.  The portrait was purchased with the generous assistance of the Catherine Frohlich Memorial Fund. |  More

February

• National Gallery of Australia unveils major international acquisition Matisse – Oceania, the sea
  The National Gallery of Australia today unveiled a major international acquisition; a stunning large scale work titled Oceania, the sea (1946) by Henri Matisse (1869–1954). The work was purchased with funds generously provided by National Gallery of Australia Council Member Mr Timothy Fairfax AM. |  More

 

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