5 Interesting Paintings at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra
© Rafael Ben Ari/Dreamstime.com The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra opened in 1982, and its wide-ranging collection comprises tens of thousands of works, including the world’s most significant collection of art by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This list focuses on five paintings, mostly contemporary, from the museum’s works of Western art. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Blue Poles, Number 11,...