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ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Australian National University, Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive), Acton 2601 - http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Drill_Hall_Gallery/index.asp
Tel 02 6125 5832 Fax 02 6247 2595
Director: Nancy Sever
The gallery supports the arts in the Canberra region by providing link exhibitions developed in conjunction with the university's wide ranging academic interests or to coincide with major conferences and public events. National and international exhibitions, and works from the university's own extensive collection are features of the gallery's program.
7 August 21 September: Recovering Lives - forgotten or hidden lives can be recovered through unusual archive sources and creative practices such as visual art, filmmaking and performance. Artists included in this exhibition are Julie Dowling, Janenne Eaton, Janet Laurence and Dadang Christanto.
25 September 2 November: Etched in the Sun - prints made by Indigenous artists in collaboration with Basil Hall and Printers 19972007. Over the last fifteen years there has been a printmaking revolution in the north of the country. This exhibition represents a selection of original works made by Indigenous artists.


Beaver Galleries
81 Denison Street, Deakin 2600 - www.beavergalleries.com.au
Tel 02 6282 5294 Fax 02 6281 1315
Canberra's largest private gallery. Regular exhibitions of contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture, glass and ceramics by established and emerging Australian artists.
4 22 September: Helen Geier Strange Plants, paintings & works on paper; Claudia Borella Land Of The Long White Cloud, studio glass
16 October 3 November: Warlukurlangu Artists, paintings; Avital Sheffer Terra Intima, ceramics
6 - 24 November: Kirrily Hammond, paintings, prints and drawings; David Pottinger, ceramics
Gallery and liicensed cafe open daily 10-5


National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra 2600 - www.nga.gov.au
Tel 02 6240 6502 Fax 02 6240 6561
The National Gallery of Australia collection contains more than 100,000 works. In 2007 the gallery celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, with new displays of the Asian art, international art and sculpture collections.
Daily 10-5

National Portrait Gallery
Old Parliament House, King George Terrace, Canberra 2600 and Commonwealth Place, Canberra 2600 - www.portrait.gov.au
Tel 02 6270 8236 Fax 02 6270 8181
The National Portrait Gallery is located at two sites; the galleries at Old Parliament House are home to both the permanent collection and changing exhibitions, while the gallery at Commonwealth Place displays exhibitions of contemporary portraiture. Old Parliament House: daily 9-5 Commonwealth Place Wed- Sun 10-5

Solander Gallery
10 Schlich Street, Yarralumla 2600 - www.solander.com.au
Tel 02 6285 2218 Fax 02 6282 5145
Canberra Investment Gallery
Established 1974 by Joy Warren OAM
Advice on collecting, large stock of significant Australian artists, gazetted valuer. Fri-Sun 10-5 or by appointment