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
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
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
In 1908, English-born, Paris-based artist Gwen John took a job as an artist model for the Swiss-German painter Ottilie Roederstein.
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.
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).
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…
This essay was originally published in the 2019 July/August edition of NGV Magazine.
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…
Florence Ada Fuller is an artist scarcely recognised today.
In 2019 the National Gallery of Victoria acquired a fascinating portrait by the unheralded eighteenth-century Scottish portrait painter Anne Forbes (1745-1834).
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
It is an enchanting scene.
Top Arts 2020 showcases the artistic achievements of young Victorian artists
Cybernetics is the framework that considers the interface between humanity, technology and society.