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's ''Hill Arches'' in the Sculpture Garden]] The National Gallery of Australia is a major art gallery (museum) in Canberra , Australia . It is Australia's "national art gallery" funded by the Federal Government. Major Displays:
As of this writing, the Gallery is open daily, and closes at 5pm. The ''fog sculpture'' in the sculpture garden is only operated between noon and 2pm. This sculpture has been seen as a work of Gas Sculpture . Admission is free except to the visiting exhibits. There are a cafe and a gift shop on the premises. It takes about 2-3 hours to walk through the gallery with a cursory examination of all the displays, and longer to have a more detailed look. The most internationally famous work in the Gallery is '' Blue Poles '', painted in 1952 by American artist Jackson Pollock . The purchase, under the auspices of the Whitlam government, was politically extremely controversial, though history has shown that the painting's reputation (and value) has grown enormously. EXPENSIVE WORKS PURCHASED Although ''Blue Poles'' is the most well known expensive painting bought by the gallery, there have been more expensive works bought since.
In September 2005, the gallery refused the offer to buy ''Sketch for Deluge II'' by Wassily Kandinsky for $35 million. SEE ALSO
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