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The secret of the doll’s dress
During the conservation condition assessment in 2006 of a Victorian doll’s dress,
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The door the bone dress opened
This essay was first published in NGV Triennial 2023, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
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Artist Profile: Frank Lloyd Wright
‘Study nature, love nature, stay close to natur
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Framers in Focus: Artistic Stationery Company (James Buxton)
Framers in Focus: A series of essays on 19th century Melbourne frame makers produced by the NGV Centre for Frame Research.
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DESTINY: the art of Destiny Deacon
Ordinarily I would insist on referring to any artist — woman, man or other — by their last name: Picasso, Monet, Warhol, Kngwarray and so
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Woven air: Reviving a regency dress
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.
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La Petite, Evening Dress
Danielle Whitfield, Curator, Fashion and Textiles, and Susan van Wyk, Senior Curator, Photography, share their perspectives of a dress that first found its way into the NGV Collection via a…
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A scrap album worthy of a fancy dress
Victorian’s, both in England and in the colonies, were enamoured with donning fancy dress costume when attending events such as parlour games, theatricals and balls, and would go to extreme…
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Elsa Schiaparelli and the art of illusion
In his 1956 autobiography, Christian Dior reflected on ‘the miracle of fashion’, commenting that ‘in the world today haute couture is one of the last repositories of the marvellous and…
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Japanese modernism: between earthquake and war
Glamorous department stores, fashionable cafes, popular movie theatres, swinging dance halls and high-tech transportation.
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Artistic souls: Edward Burne-Jones and his portrait of Baronne Deslandes
The celebrated nineteenth-century British artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) is well represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Victor
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Encountering art in the people’s gallery: Grant and Mary Featherston and the interior furnishing and fit-out of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1966–68
On 20 August 1968 the National Gallery of Victoria’s much-heralded building on St Kilda Road opened amid a fanfare of publicity acclaiming the completion of what all agreed was a…
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Dion Lee Vein sleeveless dress
Since establishing his label in 2009, Sydney-based fashion designer Dion Lee has pioneered a distinctive aesthetic based on material exploration and innovative tailoring.
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Dream on: Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art goes to Paris
From 30 September 2011 to 12 February 2012 the National Gallery of Victoria and Museum Victoria presented Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.
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Artists in society: a Melbourne circle, 1850s–1880s
A recent acquisition of watercolours and drawings by Georgiana McCrae (1804–90), Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–95) and Edward La Trobe Bateman (18157–97) has greatly enriched the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection of works…