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THE ART OF GIVING Directors of the National Gallery’s Foundation Board

PARTNERSHIPS

GARDEN OF TREASURES The history and highlights of our Sculpture Garden

A CHAPTER IN PRINT Retiring Senior Curator Roger Butler reflects on helping founding Director James Mollison form the print collection

VALE JAMES MOLLISON, AO

POLES APART

LOANS IN LOCKDOWN What happens when an artwork on loan is temporarily stranded in lockdown?

COVID ON COUNTRY Coronavirus has left an economic, social and emotional impact on vulnerable Indigenous communities and their arts centres

OUT OF THE BLUE

WHEN VIRTUAL BECOMES REALITY Jess Johnson, in New York, and Simon Ward, in New Zealand, collaborated virtually during lockdown

CREATION IN ISOLATION From embracing TikTok and producing art on toilet paper to virtual galleries, how some Australian artists responded to the pandemic

NEW ACQUISITIONS

DIRECTOR’S WORD

HEART IN THE DARKNESS Bill Henson, who released new works of a pre-pandemic Rome during lockdown, talks isolation and artistic process

#MUSEUMFROMHOME

ART CLASS

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED The Vincent family became an Instagram

EDITOR’S LETTER

APPLAUSE Artist Angelica Mesiti, who spent the lockdown in her home studio in Paris, reflects on connection in isolation

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