Levels 7-12 Mon – Fri, 10am, 11.30am, 1pm,
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180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the oldest and most visited gallery in Australia.
A selection of framing and conservation terms explained. Apprenti French term used for an apprentice. Arabesque Type of interlacing, geometric ornament derived from Arabic designs.
Levels 9 – 10 Who decides what an artwork means? How is meaning generated and who (or what) has authority over it? In this session led by Dr Lenny Robinson,…
This essay was first published in NGV Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne In our season of Great Confinement, a spectre is haunting us – the spectre of speculation…
Prior to the broader introduction of synthetic colour pigments in the late nineteenth century, artists were not able to readily source the range and vibrancy of pigments and paints they…
NGV International | 19 December 2020 – 18 April 2021 | Free entry Thursday 17 December 2020: Opening this weekend, the NGV Triennial is a large-scale exhibition of international contemporary art, design…
First held in 1667, the annual Salon in Paris was the official exhibiting organ of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Academy)
When this lovely example of Regency fashion entered the collection in 2018, the NGV Textiles Conservation team went scrambling for their history books and Jane Austen novels.
NGV International | 19 December 2020 – 18 April 2021 | Free entry Thursday 8 October 2020: Exploring some of the most globally relevant and pressing issues of our time, including…
NGV International | 10 March 2022 to 21 August 2022 | Free entry “Queer” as a concept runs against all definitions, all fixed meaning, forever questioning, redeploying, twisting terms, texts…
Porcelaine is a beautiful example of French Haute Couture, whose design houses produce exquisite clothing that fit the wearers’ body like a glov
French painter Françoise Gilot is well-known for her decade long relationship with Pablo Picasso from 1943 to 1953
X-radiography: a long history With a history going back over a hundred years, X-radiography is one of the oldest technical examination methods for paintings and other cultural objects.