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National Gallery of Art

museum, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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The National Gallery of Australia is located in Canberra and opened in 1982. It houses a vast collection of tens of thousands of works, notably the world's most significant collection of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The museum also features Western art, including contemporary pieces. Notable works include Jackson Pollock's "Blue Poles, Number 11, 1952," Eug\u00e8ne von Gu\u00e9rard's "North-east View from the Northern Top of Mount Kosciuszko" (1863), Arthur Boyd's "Paintings in the Studio: \u201cFigure Supporting Back Legs\u201d and \u201cInterior with Black Rabbit\u201d" (1973\u201374), Ian Fairweather's "Monastery" (1961), and Tony Tuckson's "White over Red on Blue" (1971).1

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