Vincent Namatjira with various portraits by him, including one of Gina Rinehart, third from left in the bottom row. ©Vincent Namatjira/Copyright Agency/Photo Iwantja Arts/Courtesy the artist and Iwantja Arts Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia, has reportedly called on Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia to take down a painting of her by Aboriginal artist …
The structure may have served as a tomb entrance.
The show, originally scheduled to open in May, has been postponed to November.
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The agreement was signed by museum director Max Hollein and Thailand’s director general Phnombootra Chandrajoti.
When the war ended, the family and heirs appealed to the German and Austrian governments for the painting’s return, with no luck.
If it sells for its estimate of $600,000, it will become the most expensive piece of ephemera related to the series ever auctioned.
More than 1,000 artists were boycotting the Arnolfini center, claiming that it had committed censorship.
The rights organization Justice For All claimed that Israel intentionally targeted the site.
The first memorial statue to Queen Elizabeth II remembers the queen’s softer side.
