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Bamboo: Tradition in Contemporary Form
Bamboo groves are synonymous with the Japanese landscape, and crafting items from bamboo is one of the oldest technical skills developed in Japan.
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Adorned
Textiles and Jewellery from Central Asia
A National Gallery of Victoria exhibition in association with Ararat Regional Art Gallery Adorned: Textiles and Jewellery from Central Asia draws on the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria to…
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Ai Weiwei Chinese 1957– Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 1995 from the Study of Perspective series 1995–2011 gelatin silver photograph various dimensions Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei Over the past decade Ai Weiwei has emerged as an…
Beijing. Public Enemy Number 1.
Ai Weiwei Chinese 1957– Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 1995 from the Study of Perspective series 1995–2011 gelatin silver photograph various dimensions Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei Over the past decade Ai Weiwei has emerged as an…
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Friday Nights at NGV: Interview with Pet Conspiracy
We interviewed Pet Conspiracy, who will be headlining Friday Nights at NGV on 26 February 2016.
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Work of the Week: Seated female 700 AD–750 AD
In their search for immortality, the ancient Chinese believed in a life after death. Provisions for the afterlife were buried with the deceased.
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Chinamania is the name given to the affliction of Queen Mary II, evidenced by her 8000-piece collection of Chinese porcelain.
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Chinamania is the name given to the affliction of Queen Mary II, evidenced by her 8000-piece collection of Chinese porcelain.
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The Pyramidal flower vase, c. 1690
Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, or ‘delftware’, is one of the greatest artistic achievements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centur
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Chinese porcelains were valued highly in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries due to their relative rarity.
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Chinese porcelains were valued highly in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries due to their relative rarity.
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Ai Weiwei in Conversation at The National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria confirmed today that Ai Weiwei, artist, activist and one of the world’s most significant contemporary artists, will travel to Melbourne for the opening of the…
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The largest ever Friday Nights at NGV line-up launches with Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei
The NGV today announced the largest ever Friday Nights program with eighteen headline acts from December 2015 – April 201
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Blue: Alchemy of a Colour
Blue: Alchemy of a Colour explores Asian and European works of art from the seventh century to the present inspired by the colour blue.
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Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA NGV, Melbourne, 11 December 2015 – 24 April 2016 The Warhol, Pittsburgh, June – August 2016…
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Blue: Alchemy of a Colour
Blue: Alchemy of a Colour will explore the meaning and history of the colour blue through highly detailed textiles, ceramics, and exquisite works on paper from the 7th century to…
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After settling in Australia in 1990 following the student protests and subsequent events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, self-taught artist Ah Xian began to experiment with sculptural casts.
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After settling in Australia in 1990 following the student protests and subsequent events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, self-taught artist Ah Xian began to experiment with sculptural casts.
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Born in Scotland, Ian Fairweather was interned as a prisoner during the First World War and spent the subsequent decades travelling between Australia, China and Europe, before settling on Bribie…
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Born in Scotland, Ian Fairweather was interned as a prisoner during the First World War and spent the subsequent decades travelling between Australia, China and Europe, before settling on Bribie…