An exclusive from the Australian War Memorial and The Australian Weekend magazine
After years away, Harold Freedman's mural is back at the Australian War Memorial. Painted between 1968 and 1972, it remains one of the most ambitious works in Australian art history.
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Hidden from public view for over 25 years
‘The biggest painting since Michelangelo did the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was finished today,’ announced a newspaper in 1972, heralding the completion of Harold Freedman’s mural.
Carefully and meticulously restored by our AWM art conservation team, it will be on display on the walls of Aircraft Hall for the first time since 1999.
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