The National Gallery of Victoria has opened its State collection and programming virtually to offer the public access to the NGV Collection during the temporary closure of the Gallery
‘O Auntie, I must tell you What Precious said today: I heard her tell the children While at their merry play She would not mind if Jesus Would send her…
Woken from this slumber arisen to this plunder my anger roars in thunder my command you are under I need no introduction yet your mind it cannot function you shut…
For as long as humans have been engaging in cultural and symbolic practice, the making and wearing of jewellery and body adornments have been central to the expression of identity,…
The works of contemporary Australian artist TextaQueen tackle questions of identity, particularly around ancestry and gender, which are unpacked in drawings in texta (felt-tipped pens).
This exhibition explores drawings and markings of figures, signs or text made on public surfaces across Indigenous Australia, from rock face to now.
All levels Mon – Fri, 9.30am, 11am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm Mark-making across Indigenous Australia spans the earliest drawings on rock faces to the screens and walls of contemporary lif
Our spirits lie in the water … We didn’t create this culture recently. It lies in the ground. It lies in the earth, but we are bringing it
Join Koorie Heritage Trust and artist Peter Waples-Crowe for reflection, conversation and stories about Koorie life and culture on the banks of Birrarung Marr (River of Mists – the Yarra…
Standing at the edge of a site and looking in, or standing in the middle and looking out? They are two very different starting points for design.
EXHIBITION TIMES: SAT 14 MAR, 11AM–6PM & SUN 15 MAR, 11AM–5PM Aurum is an essay film that traverses layers of history and mythology to examine our complex relationship with goldR
Presented by Information Office Beginning with the Seventies curator Lorna Brown and artist and possum-skin cloak maker Vicki Couzens discuss the reactivation of public and private archives in the resurgence of…
Presented by National Gallery of Victoria Join us for the launch of DESTINY a monograph celebrating the art and life of artist Destiny Deacon, published by the NGV.
NGV Australia | 27 March – 9 August 2020 | Free entry Destiny Deacon, one of Australia’s boldest and most acclaimed contemporary artists, will be celebrated in her largest retrospective…
Saturday 11 – Sunday 19 January 2020 | NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia | FREE Inspired by the NGV’s summer exhibitions, Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat:…