Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart not only wanted two unflattering portraits of her removed from exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia<\/a>; she wanted them \u201cpermanently disposed of\u201d.<\/p>\n According to emails released by the museum under freedom of information laws on Thursday, Rinehart sought the assistance of the NGA\u2019s chair, Ryan Stokes, on 8 April, sending the following email: \u201cHi Ryan, I know [words redacted] but now that I\u2019m told you\u2019re chair of the national gallery can u pl permanently dispose of the 2 so called portraits of me below.\u201d<\/p>\n Included in the email chain were images of two portraits of Rinehart by award-winning Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira, which were part of his solo Australia in Colour exhibition that had opened at the NGA a month earlier.<\/p>\n