Canberra

A new survey of the Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray lets her community tell the story

The exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia singles the artist out as one of the great painters of the late 20th century

Tim Stone

Museums & Heritagenews

After years of wrangling, Australia commits $228m to build a landmark centre for Indigenous culture

Ngurra precinct in Canberra will provide a home for returned ancestral remains in the heart of the capital

Elizabeth Fortescue

Exhibitionspreview

Say my name, say my name: huge exhibition aims to put Australian women artists on the map

The show at Canberra's National Gallery of Australia spans the past 120 years and includes works by Nora Heysen, Tracey Moffatt and the Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Elizabeth Fortescue

Vincent van Goghnews

Van Gogh's Sunflowers will leave London for over a year as Australian show is added to unprecedented loan tour

Masterpiece from London's National Gallery is headed for Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia

Martin Bailey

Museumsarchive

Australia's ill-advised purchase of Indian artefact

The National Gallery of Australia bought the Shiva statue despite uncertainty over its provenance

Laura Gilbert

Collectorsarchive

Collector interview: Peter Fay, Australia’s champion of the outsider

The collector of works that are knotty, passionate, perverse and deeply personal talks about his tastes and his gift to the nation

Sebastian Smee