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Visions of Paradise
Indian Court Paintings
Visions of Paradise presents the NGV’s internationally important holdings of Indian court paintings and takes exhibition visitors on a journey to the opulent palaces, sumptuous lifestyles and cultural activities of…
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Del Kathryn Barton
The Highway is a Disco
The NGV presents a major solo exhibition of one of Australia’s most popular artists, Del Kathryn Barto
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Atelier
Viktor&Rolf for Kids
Fashion artists Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are the creative designers of luxury fashion house Viktor & Rolf.
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Bill Henson
FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Henson presents recent photographs by Bill Henson, selected by the artist, and encompassing themes including portraits, nudes, lush museum interiors and transcendent landscapes.
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David Hockney
Current
The NGV presents a major solo exhibition of one of the most influential living artists, David Hockney: Current.
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Luminous
Australian Watercolours 1900–2000
Luminous is the first exhibition in twenty-five years to feature the National Gallery of Victoria’s outstanding collection of watercolours and gouache
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Andy Warhol — Ai Weiwei
This major international exhibition features two of the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei
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Eighteenth-Century Porcelain Sculpture
The NGV has particularly rich holdings of eighteenth-century porcelain sculpture, including a number of rare and important works by Continental and English factories.
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Whistler’s Mother
The National Gallery of Victoria presents one of the most recognisable and iconic paintings in the world, the exceptional and historic Portrait of the artist’s mother 1871, painted by master artist…
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Studio Cats
Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei for Kids
As part of the exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, NGV Kids presents Studio Cats, a large-scale installation especially for children and families that draws upon creative connections between the…
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A Golden Age of China
Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795
Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795 tells the story of China’s foremost art collector Qianlong emperor, one of China’s most successful rulers and fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644
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Medieval Moderns
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The NGV’s holdings of works by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their close associates are world renowned. They are richly varied and represent all media in which this remarkable group of artists worked. The collection reflects the role of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, their place in the development of the illustrated book and their profound influence on later generations of artist
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Confounding
Contemporary Photography
Photography has the uncanny ability to make the strange, uncomfortable
and awkward seem plausible, to suggest a confounding alternative
reality. The photographers in this exhibition use found objects in
macabre still lives, propose perplexing narratives using models and
dolls, employ a variety of techniques to create disturbing portraits and
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Radiance
The Neo-Impressionists
Be inspired by the vibrant beauty of the luminous landscapes, glittering Parisian cityscapes and stunning portraits in this survey of the Neo-Impressionist movement. Forging a new path in the mid 1880s, Georges Seurat moved away from the earlier style of the French Impressionists, who had favoured the capturing of natural light and the first impression brought by a particular scene. Seurat preferred instead a more ordered and ‘scientific’ method of painting. This new method saw him place individual dabs of colour side by side on the canvas, rather than mixing colours together. When contrasting colours are placed side by side in this way, they oscillate against each other, creating an effect of shimmering light in the viewer’s eye. This regular repetition of colour touches brought an almost abstract visual rhythm across the painted canvas. Rejecting naturalism and the illusion of perspective, Neo-Impressionism later evolved towards ever more striking colour harmonies. The exhibition features spectacular paintings by Seurat, Paul Signac, Maximilien Luce and Théo van Rysselberghe among others, and is the first of its kind to be staged in Australia.
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Fred Williams
Infinite Horizons
A National Gallery of Australia Exhibition
Fred Williams pioneered a new vision of the Australian landscape, and became one of the most important Australian artists of the twentieth century. This exhibition highlights Williams’ strength as a painter including important oil paintings and luminous gouaches to reveal his distinctive approach. He sought inspiration from the unique landscapes of places such Upwey in Victoria, Tasmania’s Bass Strait and the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia, drawing on the abstract qualities of the distant horizons of this vast coun