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NGV’S DROP-BY DRAWING PROGRAM GOES VIRTUAL WITH ONLINE DRAWING TUTORIALS FROM AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS
Friday 3 April: The National Gallery of Victoria is delighted to launch a new four-part virtual series of its popular Drop-by Drawing
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NGV LAUNCHES VIRTUAL AT HOME ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Tuesday March 31: The National Gallery of Victoria has launched dedicated online activities for children and families, and a suite of learning resources for students and teachers to utili
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SHE PERSISTS BOOK EXPLORING NARRATIVES OF WOMEN IN ART AND DESIGN RELEASED AS AN AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERIENCE
The National Gallery of Victoria has launched an audio and video series to accompany the She Persists publication, alongside essay excerpts from the book, in a newly dedicated
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NGV OPENS VIRTUALLY WITH COLLECTION AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ONLINE
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
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Drop-by Drawing with Minna Gilligan
A how-to series on sketching
Local artist Minna Gilligan explores hero works from our twentieth century galleries, including Andy Warhol’s Self-portrait no. 9 and David Hockney’s The second marri
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Fashioning identity: Madeline Green, Gwen John and Claude Cahun
In 1908, English-born, Paris-based artist Gwen John took a job as an artist model for the Swiss-German painter Ottilie Roederstein.
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Dancing on the edge: Sonia Delaunay and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
Although Sonia Delaunay and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth never met, if they had they would have found much in common. Both artists were highly educated, multilingual and visually astute.
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Aboriginal Feminism and Gender
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).
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Selling Suffrage: Visual culture and merchandise
Women in Britain had long used visual and material culture to make statements about social injustice.1 Deborah Cherry, Beyond the Frame: Feminism and Visual Culture, Britain, 1850–1900, Routledge, London, 2000…
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Claude Cahun
This essay was originally published in the 2019 July/August edition of NGV Magazine.
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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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The paper boy 1888
Florence Ada Fuller is an artist scarcely recognised today.
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Lady Elizabeth Hamilton’s hidden gesture
In 2019 the National Gallery of Victoria acquired a fascinating portrait by the unheralded eighteenth-century Scottish portrait painter Anne Forbes (1745-1834).
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Top Arts 2020
The annual Top Arts showcase returns for its 26th year presenting artworks from Victoria’s brightest emerging student artists at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from 13 March 202
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Away with the fairies. Edwin Landseer’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania and Bottom, 1848–1851
It is an enchanting scene.