National Gallery of Australia
Art gallery · Parkes ·
Vast national art museum with Indigenous & international works
Vast national art museum with Indigenous & international works
"A Canberra gallery opens its doors after hours for special events that pair marquee exhibitions with live performances by local creatives, food and drink pop-ups, and a more intimate, atmospheric way to experience the collection than a daytime visit." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeared in print or online for Travel + Leisure, Time, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many more. You'll usually find her in an airport. If you do see her there, please say hello. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Some of the National Gallery of Australia’s biggest attractions—just under 30 works in total—are scattered around patches of grass, concrete, and bushland on the southern banks of Lake Burley Griffin. The landscaping for the Sculpture Garden took years of planning, with the placement of the first sculptures beginning in the early 1980s. New works have been added since then, all taking advantage of their unique outdoor setting. There are some larger architectural pieces, such as Bert Flugelman’s reflective Cones and Clement Meadmore’s twisted metal Virginia. Alongside these are more intricate and detailed works, including lifelike nude human studies by renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the haunting sight of 66 bronze human heads floating in a pond in Dadang Christanto’s Heads From the North. Perhaps one of the most unique pieces is Foggy Wake in a Desert: An Ecosphere by Fujiko Nakaya. This fog sculpture wafts across some of the other outdoor artworks. It is only visible at certain times of the day, and responds to weather conditions and the number of visitors." - ATLAS_OBSCURA
"Inside the National Gallery of Australia I visited James Turrell’s "Within Without" installation and lay down inside the viewing chamber to watch the sky through a hole in the roof, a striking experience found along Lake Burley Griffin’s shores." - SilverKris
"One of the country’s largest art museums, it houses major European paintings by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet alongside extensive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections, offering a broad, high-quality survey of art." - SilverKris
"A leading national art gallery that houses extensive Australian and international collections, making it a central destination for lovers of fine art and major exhibitions." - SilverKris
