National Gallery of Australia

Gallery in Other Metro Canberra Art Precinct Australian Capital Territory Australia

http://www.nga.gov.au/

The National Gallery of Australia is the major art gallery and museum in Canberra, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery.

The National Gallery of Australia is an Australian Government Agency.

Address
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra ACT
Other Metro Canberra Precinct
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
Postal Address
National Gallery of Australia GPO Box 1150 Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
Australia

Opening Hours
Open daily 10am–5pm CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY
Price
Varies.
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Phone
Recorded information +61 2 6240 6501 General information +61 2 6240 6411 For visitors with mobility difficulties +61 2 6240 6411

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Born in Germany in 1877, Hans Heysen emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia with his family at the age of seven and became a popular national figure during his seventy year career. This timely exhibition will be the first comprehensive survey of Sir Hans Heysen’s work, since the Gallery’s own centenary retrospective of 1977.

Hans Heysen

For the first time ever in Australia, audiences will have the opportunity to see an exhibition on one of the most important and admired Impressionist artists – Edgar Degas (France 1834-1917).

Degas

Pacific Arts from the NGA collection is the first major exhibition of Pacific Arts to be held in Australia for over twenty years. Embracing the diverse artistic traditions of Polynesia and Melanesia, studying the greatest works of mainly unnamed artists, the exhibition draws upon the world-class Pacific Arts collection of the National Gallery of Australia.

Pacific arts from the NGA Collection