MEDIA RELEASES
For all media enquiries, contact:
Meredith Dellar, Development & Communications Manager
Ph: 08 8999 8207
Ned Kelly arrives in Darwin
November 10, 2019
Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series – the most iconic group of paintings in Australian art history arrives at MAGNT Darwin for a limited time.
2019 Telstra People's Choice Award Winner Announced
October 23, 2019
Esteemed artist and senior Gija man Rusty Peters from Warmun in Western Australia was selected from 68 of Australia’s best Indigenous artists as this year’s Telstra People’s Choice Award Winner.
2019 Telstra NATSIAA Winners Announced
August 08, 2019
Distinguished Yolŋu artist Djambawa Marawili AM, from the remote homeland of Yilpara in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, has won the prestigious Telstra Art Award at MAGNT's 2019 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) in Darwin.
2019 Telstra NATSIAA Awards Ceremony and Opening Night
July 31, 2019
Locals and visitors alike are warmly invited to join Telstra and MAGNT to celebrate the effervescent Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) Opening Night on Friday 9 August at 6pm.
MAGNT announces Mantra as Official Accommodation Partner
July 18, 2019
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is proud to announce Mantra Hotels, now part of Accor, as their Official Accommodation Partner.
April 30, 2019
MAGNT and Telstra reach a significant partnership milestone for the Telstra NATSIAA, extending the agreement to a 30-year long collaboration.
April 28, 2019
Roam around Todd Street Mall with Dromaius arleyekweke, the dwarf emu and get up close to a Baru crocodile with the launch of MAGNT’s Megafauna Central Augmented Reality (AR) experience.
2019 Telstra NATSIAA Finalists announced
April 17, 2019
68 artists from across Australia have been selected as finalists in the 2019 Telstra NATSIAA, Australia's most illustrious and long standing Indigenous art awards.
Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia
April 06, 2019
Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia will take you on an experiential and intimate journey through Arnhem Land’s stringybark forests.
Between the Moon and the Stars
March 16, 2019
This exhibition is where art meets science.
June 25, 2018
The Northern Territory has always been a difficult land to master. From its monsoonal Top End to its arid Centre, it promises bountiful resources, but almost every attempt by governments to exploit them has failed....
April 25, 2018
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is delighted to announce 66 works have been selected from 308 entries to be part of the country’s most prestigious national Indigenous art awards, the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)...
April 18, 2018
The Kimberley is a rugged, remote and rich environment full of freshwater fish species. A new colour publication A Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of the Kimberley is now available detailing the fascinating freshwater fishes of the region including newly described species...
January 31, 2018
MAGNT celebrates the work of iconic Territory artist Franck Gohier with the much anticipated opening of the exhibition Franck Gohier: a thousand miles from everywhere...
January 24, 2018
The Exit Art: 2017 Year 12 Student Exhibition showcases an impressive range of contemporary artistic techniques including; painting, printmaking, photography, film and digital media and architectural modelling...