NGV Magazine

‘While these virtual resources could never replace the real thing, there are certainly benefits to these new forms of engagement. Audiences across the globe are now able to deep dive into information about the art and ideas represented in the collections of the world’s museums and art galleries like never before.’

by Meg Slater

‘The attribution of this painting was unclear, but it was believed to be an early work by the Australian modernist artist Constance Stokes, sparking me to lead a program of technical investigation to help understand the condition of the painting and the context in which it was made.’

By Raye Collins

‘The first and most important step is the mixture of the materials. I then determine the shape of the seat and the places where the chair legs should go and put the well-mixed material in the pan that is inside my machine. After that, the gravity power takes over.’

by Jólan van der Wiel

‘What I fall in love with in Hester’s work is the sense of strangeness and melancholy that, to me, suggests an ‘outsider’ view of the world, a sense of not belonging that I have often felt myself, and for which art offers the only real salve.’

By Emily Bitto

‘The legacy of Keith’s work is significant, not least that it greatly contributed to Western cultural perceptions of Asia during the early twentieth century. Outside of the missionary community, she was one of the first Western women to travel throughout many parts of Asia.’

by Annika Aitken

‘What is life? In a time when we can grow both human and artificial cells in a lab, and mechanical intervention can keep a human heart alive – at what point does life constitute living matter, self-sustained by a biological system?’

by Myf Doughty