This video introduces the art collection of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, which houses over 86,000 works of Australian and international art. While exploring the diversity of the National Collection, the video also investigates the relationships between various works on display. The Gallery’s outstanding collection of Australian art and its important contemporary works provide the focus of the video, which presents an informative and stimulating guide to ways of viewing the collection and understanding the role of the gallery.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
325079
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)