Husi Bei Ala Timor Sira Nia Liman - From the Hands of our Ancestors Exhibition Opens at MAGNT - 20 November

The first international exhibition of traditional and contemporary art and crafts of Timor-Leste, Husi Bei Ala Timor Sira Nia Liman – From the Hands of our Ancestors, at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) will open to the public this Saturday, 22 November 2008. View media release (pdf 32Kb).

MAGNT Prepares for First International Timor-Leste Exhibition - 17 November

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) staff are busy putting the finishing touches on the world first exhibition of Timor-Leste art and material culture. View media release (30Kb).

25th Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award Closes this Sunday - 23 October

The 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) will close this Sunday 26 October 2008. View media release (54Kb).

Tri-lingual Catalogue to accompany MAGNT exhibition - 30 September
After many months of preparation the production of a 180 page, full colour, tri-lingual catalogue is coming to fruition in preparation for the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) exhibition Husi Bei Ala Timor Sira Nia Liman – From the Hands of our Ancestors. View media release (35Kb).

MAGNT Papunya Board Project - 11 September
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) has embarked on a $300,000 project towards an international tour of its collection of Papunya Tula Boards. View media release (pdf 29Kb)

Voting in Silver Jubilee People's Choice Award Closing Soon - 9 September

The public have until this Sunday, 14 September 2008 to select their favourite artwork for the People’s Choice Award. The winner will be selected from entrants in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 53Kb)

Supercroc Skull Arrives at MAGNT - 8 September

The two-metre long replica skull of an extinct supercroc, which would have been 12 metres in length and weigh up to eight tons when alive, has arrived at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) among a large shipment of crocodilian artefacts. View media release (pdf 37Kb)

MAGNT Supports Alola Foundation - 4 September
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is lending a helping hand to the Alola Foundation for their upcoming forum, market and exhibition focused on the traditional Timorese textile, tais, at St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne. View media release (pdf 32Kb)

Statement from Telstra Art Award Winner - 15 August

On behalf of Makinti Napanangka, Papunya Tula Artists would like to thank the judges for their wonderful acknowledgement of Napanangka’s vital contribution to Australian art. View statement (pdf 10Kb)

Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award Winners Announced - 15 August

Makinti Napanangka from Kintore in the Northern Territory has been awarded Australia’s premier Indigenous art prize at the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 56Kb)

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