One of the world’s most iconic paintings, James McNeill Whistler’s Portrait of the artist’s mother, 1871, has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Victoria in its Australian
It has been said that an ‘it bag’ is only an ‘it bag’ if you’re unlikely to eve
A provocative new NGV exhibition, Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes, will for the first time explore the Australian story of the 20th century’s most revolutionary art movement and…
Gilbert & George are among the world’s most iconic artists, and have been creating art together for fifty years.
What a marvellous invention man is! He can blow on his hands to warm them up, and blow on his soup to cool it down.
Sitting at a microscope in the textiles conservation studio at the NGV and looking at the intricately embroidered surface of the raised needlework panel of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria…
Exquisite Threads: English Embroidery 1600s–1900s, drawn predominantly from the NGV Collection, explores the role that professional and domestic needlework has played in the development and expression of English visual culture…
Some of the finest examples of embroidered accessories, garments and objects from the last four centuries of English design will feature in the NGV’s first embroidery-focused exhibition, Exquisite Threads: English…
For many, the streamlined aesthetic of Nordic design, with its functional yet humanist qualities, epitomises twentieth-century modernism.
The frame was originally displayed in a vertical format, judging by the location of hanging fixtures. The painting it once housed is not known.
This simple framing is completely intact, including the window matt, which is offset from the bottom, giving a broader margin than the top. The two sides are slightly smaller again….
From Henning Koppel’s iconic silver Fish dish for Georg Jensen to the egalitarian designs of Finnish clothing company Marimekko, the timeless and classic beauty of Scandinavian design will be celebrated…
10 days of free fun for kids and teens: Express Yourself! NGV Summer Children’s Festival 2015 A large-scale decorated billabong in the Great Hall inspired by opals and the stained…
From Henning Koppel’s iconic silver Fish dish for Georg Jensen to the egalitarian designs of Finnish clothing company Marimekko, the timeless and classic beauty of Scandinavian design will be celebrated…
Among the most mysterious items in the National Gallery of Victoria’s Renaissance collection are two walnut wedding chests (figs 1 and 2