Wang Yuanqi (1642–1715) and Daoji or Shitao (1642–1707) were born in the same year but led very different li
Folding screens are called byobu in Japanese, meaning protection against (byo) the wind (bu).
The National Gallery of Victoria will reopen its Asian Art temporary exhibition gallery with an exploration of the interconnections between poetry, calligraphy and painting in Chinese art.
The exhibition Three Perfections: Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting in Chinese Art explores the interconnections between poetry, calligraphy and painting.
I am delighted to share with you our exhibitions program for 2014. The selection reflects our desire to bring a dynamic program of innovative and engaging exhibitions.
As the entree to Melbourne Now, the NGV is hosting Melbourne’s Most Liveable Lunch, an iconic Melburnian culinary experience from 11–22 Nov. Chef Shane Delia has curated an incredible food experi
This exhibition launches the NGV strongly into international new media, featuring three large scale immersive video works from Wang Gongxin, who is a major force in Chinese video art.
This elegant Silver bowl is engraved on its exterior with birds, undulating palmette and peony scrolls against a granular background pattern.
Note to reader Throughout its life, the NGV’s scholarly journal has been published under various names as quarterly and annual editions: Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1945–58;…
千載具眼の徒を竢つ Sensai gugan no to o matsu [My work will wait 1000 years before
Yang Yongliang was born in Jiading, Shanghai, in 1980. From a young age Yang studied traditional Chinese ink painting (shuimo hua).
Three Perfections explores the interconnections between poetry, calligraphy and painting. In traditional China, scholars and scholar-officials were cultivated in these arts as vehicles of self-expression. Painting was regarded as ‘silent poetry’ and poetry ‘painting with sound’. Scholars trained in the ‘art of handwriting’ or calligraphy at an early age used calligraphic brushstrokes in their paintings.
This exhibition consists of paintings and calligraphy from the Asian Collection. Works dating from the fourteenth century to the present will show the uniqueness of Chinese art and the contrast between traditional and contemporary art in the continuity of a living tradition.
The National Gallery of Victoria has collected art from the countries of Asia since 1862, one year after the gallery was established.
Chinese New Year begins on 10 February 2013. It is the year of the Water Snake. The snake represents transformation and healing.
Introduction The National Gallery of Victoria holds Australia’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Chinese archaeological treasures, which consist of jades, bronze mirrors, ritual bronze vessels, pottery vessels and figurines…