The nine millionth visitor was Carl Schmidt, who visited “Australian portraits 1880–1960” at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum in Queensland, earlier this month.
Mr Schmidt, a 22-year-old air-conditioning technician from Gladstone wins a trip for two to Canberrato see “Renaissance: 15th and 16th century paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo”.
Since its official launch in 1988, the NGA’s travelling exhibition program has seen more than 117 travelling exhibitions in more than 730 venues in all states and territories and, occasionally, overseas.
It is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach program, Visions of Australia and ABC Local Radio.
Last year the gallery staged the retrospective “Fred Williams: infinite horizons”, which tours nationally this year, opening at the National Gallery of Victoria on April 5, and then travels to the Art Gallery of South Australia, opening on August 31.
“Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Remix” opens on April 19 at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, and then will tour nationally, the final finally returning to the NGA in July 2013.
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