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Art in Focus: Another side of Grace Crowley
Learn the story behind modernist Australian painter Grace Crowley’s Portrait (1939), including the incredible discovery of a second painting, uncovered by conservators during treatmen
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Louise Bouteiller’s Césarine de Houdetot, Baronne de Barante, reading Paul et Virginie
With Senior Curator of International art, Ted Gott
Bouteiller’s exquisite portrait depicts friend and artist Césarine de Houdetot, both were French women born outside of Fran
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Mother & Child
Explore the many aspects of motherhood, from tenderness and nurturing, to perseverance and grief, in a visual journey of works in the NGV Collection including Cornelis de Vos’s Mother and…
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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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Louise Bouteiller Césarine de Houdetot, Baronne de Barante reading Paul et Virginie
In 2017 the National Gallery of Victoria acquired an important portrait from the French Romantic period by a recently rediscovered artist, Louise Bouteiller.
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Pataikos, slayer of snakes
To speak of magic as a distinct sphere of activity, divorced from other aspects of life, both spiritual and practical, is to impose a modern construct over what, to the…
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End of school day, 3p.m.
Inspired by John Brack’s Collins Street, 5p.m.
Levels 3-6 In this activity students will explore the theme of urban Australian life by examining Collins Street, 5p.m., 1955, by artist John Brack.
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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).