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Within today’s museum environment some exhibitions are not entirely ‘PC’ (politically correct). We look at the role of the ‘add-on’ exhibition.

An Australian-first exhibition of French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) provides a unique opportunity to see over 140 of his iconic works of art at the National Gallery in Canberra.

The NGA's recently announced 'Gauguin World' exhibition raises questions, but also proposes new answers.

Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath (1893). Robert A. Waller Fund. Courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago. When Mother’s Day was proposed as a holiday in 1913, American-French artist Mary Cassatt was not particularly keen on the idea. “As a staunch supporter of women’s suffrage, she thought granting women the right to vote was a far more pressing issue than a single day celebrating mother,” explained Kimberly A. Jones, curator of the National Gallery’s 2014 exhibition “Degas/Cassatt.”  The lack of enthusiasm might come as a surprise. Cassatt and motherhood are nearly synonymous in t...