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Paul Cézanne, Portrait of Madame Cézanne, c 1885, Museum Berggruen, Neue Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, on loan from the Berggruen family. Photo: Jens Ziehe
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Art is for everyone. Donate to the National Gallery today to support bold ideas and exceptional Australian art and artists.
Our vision is to inspire everyone across our nation, and the world, encouraging life-long learning through creativity.
You can support this vision by helping us to share our exhibitions, collections, and programs with the widest possible audience.
Donations go directly towards commissioning artists, caring for the national collection, and presenting dynamic programs and exhibitions.
Any gift you make, no matter the size, makes a vital contribution.
Support our Annual Appeal Cézanne to Giacometti
Inspire a generation of art lovers through some of history’s greatest artists – support our 2024 Annual Appeal
In 2025, the major international exhibition Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie will be presented at the National Gallery in Kamberri/Canberra.
Featuring stunning highlights from Berlin’s Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie, the exhibition includes works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti. With more than 100 works, many of which will be shown in Australia for the first time, the exhibition will show European modernism in its most striking forms.
The National Gallery’s vision is for as many people as possible to experience and learn from this exhibition, particularly young Australians who will benefit from learning about this fundamental part of global art history.
With your help, we will be able to enhance the impact of the exhibition with:
- the creation of a new arts education program, offered free to all school children, to stretch their imaginations and build visual literacy skills, with a guided tour to lead engaging conversations.
- a complimentary copy of the exhibition publication for every school class who visits the exhibition, to facilitate learning and ongoing engagement long after they have experienced the artworks in person.
- the development of an artist-led activity space within the exhibition for the enjoyment of all visitors.
- A new Art and Dementia online program offered free for people living with dementia and their care partners.
If we reach our target of $200,000, we will be able to achieve our goal to offer free entry for all visitors under the age of 16.
Your donation will ensure as many people as possible can experience and learn from these seminal works of art visiting Australia for the first time.
About the Berggruen collection
Museum Berggruen/ Neue Nationalgalerie is one of the most important museums of modern art in Berlin. Its renowned collection features masterpieces by Paul Cézanne, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Alberto Giacometti, highlighting the development of modern art through styles such as cubism, surrealism, and abstraction.
During its period of building works, the Museum Berggruen has invited the National Gallery of Australia to present over 100 works from their collection. The opportunity to examine and display selections from the Museum Berggruen’s remarkable collection is once in a lifetime. With the works visiting Australia for the first time, they will be displayed alongside works from the national collection to explain new narratives and draw connections between artists in Australia and Europe.
Paul Klee, Part of G., 1927, Museum Berggruen, Neue Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: Jens Ziehe
Giving Areas
Learning and access
Help us to develop and deliver engaging learning programs, onsite, online and on tour for all Australians. Your support will go towards ensuring our programs are diverse, inclusive and accessible.
Hugh Ramsay Self-portrait c.1902, Purchased 1965.
Conservation
Care for our national collection by helping us conserve works of art and preserve our iconic heritage-listed building and Sculpture Garden, ensuring they can be enjoyed today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
Installation view of Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Fear eats the soul, 2003, Narrm/Melbourne, courtesy of Anna Schwartz and Morry Schwartz AM, Melbourne © Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley/Copyright Agency, 2021
Special Projects
Follow your passion and select one of our Special Projects to donate to, including the Australian Artists Film Fund and Touring programs. Alternatively, come together with fellow donors to acquire works collectively for specific areas.
