Current Exhibition Program
- MAGNT presents permanent exhibitions, temporary and travelling exhibitions.
Beautiful Beasts
21 November 2009 - 14 March 2010
Peggy Napangardi Jones, Yellow Bird, Synthetic Polymer paint on canvas, Shell Development Australia Aboriginal Art Acquistion Fund, 15th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
Aly de Groot, Dish Pig, 2007, steel and wire, Museum & Art Gallery Collection.
Rob Brown, Burke + Wills (after Nolan), 2005, oil on board, Museum & Art Gallery Collection.
Drawn entirely from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory's permanent collection, Beautiful Beasts will surprise and delight all ages with a celebration of the animal world in art. From the bold to the bizarre, Beautiful Beasts features artworks that have rarely been on display at MAGNT featuring Indigenous and non - Indigenous Australian artists, Indonesian and Papua New Guinean artists. Beautiful Beasts creates a conversation not only between artworks but across cultures.
A Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory exhibition
Supercrocodilians: Darwin’s ultimate survival story
12 February 2009 – 29 November 2009
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2009 marks a significant moment in the history of natural science. Two hundred years ago, one of the world’s greatest scientists was born, Charles Darwin. Famous for his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin reshaped the world’s perception on the origin of living organisms. Supercrocodilians: Darwin’s ultimate survival story demonstrates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution through crocodilians. Supercrocodilians will feature an array of crocodilian specimens from ancient fossils to modern examples. Come face to face with one of the largest crocodilians known to have ever existed, which may have measured over 12 metres in length. Other displays include Australian fossil species from the last 100 million years, which show a diversity of aquatic forms as well as species apparently better adapted for a life on land. Modern crocodilians, many from overseas, will be represented as well. Complimenting the exhibition are hands-on displays with interactive elements for a younger audience. What better place to stage such an exhibition than a city named after this most revolutionary scientist.
A Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory exhibition (Detail) MAGNT Curator, Dr Paul Horner with life size repulica skull of the extinct 'Supercroc', Sarcosuchus imperator. |
