The new Australian Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, attracted international attention when it opened in May. Fiona Hall was commissioned to be the first artist to represent Australia in the new building with her exhibition Wrong Way Time, curated by Linda Michael. So far the exhibition has been seen by more than 250,000 people.

National Gallery of Australia director Gerard Vaughan said, "We are delighted to be able to offer all Australians the chance to see the work which represented our country at this major global arts event.

"We are proud to be exhibiting Fiona Hall's Venice installation along with a selection of her works from the National Gallery of Australia's collection. We hope this will become a regular feature of the Venice Biennale process, with each Australian exhibit returning to a major public gallery in this country."

Fiona Hall has said of her work that, "The world is such an amazing place, yet sadly we are living in troubled times and that sense is reflected in a lot of the works, as suggested by the title of the exhibition Wrong Way Time. I am really very happy to have this exhibition, created for the Venice Biennale, travel to Canberra and hopefully seen by many people from around the country."

In Wrong Way Time Hall has brought together hundreds of disparate elements which find alignments and create tensions around three intersecting concerns: global politics, world finances and the environment. Hall said she saw these as failed states, as "a minefield of madness, badness and sadness" stretching beyond the foreseeable future. Hall's lifelong passion for the natural environment can be felt intensely in works that respond to humanity's persistent role in its demise, or to the perilous state of various species.

Wrong Way Time opens on April 22, 2016, and will be free.