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Prior to renovations, in 2004
Lobby area of the National Gallery of Australia in 2005, before the major extension completed in 2010.
Ouroboros, Canberra
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Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952, is an abstract expressionist painting by the American artist Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973
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…that had already been assembled of mainly Australian paintings by purchasing icons of modern western art, the best known were the 1974 purchases of Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock ($1.3m), and Woman V by Willem de Kooning ($650,000). These purchases were very controversial at the time, but are now generally…
Blue Poles
"Blue Poles" on sticker art in Sydney. 2025