Exhibitions

King O'Malley

29 October 2011 - 12 March 2012
Gallery 2/3

King O'Malley, an insurance salesman from the United States of
America, injected colour into Australian politics from his election in
1896 until his death in 1953. He represented the Tasmanian electorate
of Darwin for sixteen years, acting as Minister for Home Affairs at the
time the competition to design Canberra was held, and the federal
capital was named. Displayed together for the first time, the physical
remains of the life of King O'Malley will be exhibited in an attempt to
better understand the man, the politician and the legend.

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3 December 2011 - 26 February 2012
Open Collection

Old bones, new insights - physics has joined palaeontology at the
ANU using 3D X-ray scanning to reveal new evidence of early vertibrae evolution. Over the past 40 years the Wee Jasper area has yeilded
fossil treasures which now showcase a once diverse coral reef - 400
million years ago.

Click to link to ABC 666 story and interview with Tim Senden,
Gavin Young and landholder, Ian Cathles.

Click to view: STVDIO ArtBreak Erica Seccombe on her
collaboration with ANU’s Department of Applied Mathematics

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11 February – 29 April
Gallery 5

Ruth Prowse was director of Gallery Huntly in Canberra between
1974 to 2005 and who developed an extensive and sophisticated
collection of contemporary art. This exhibition of works in print media
and painting has been selected from several hundred works of art
donated to CMAG by the heirs of Ruth Prowse in her memory.

17 December 2011 - 26 February 2012
Gallery 4

Peter Vandermark's installation of light sculptures - on the floor,
suspended from the ceiling and mounted on the walls - form a single
entity within the gallery space.