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.
Australian premiere LIDO: TUE 17 MAR, 7PM & SUN 22 MAR, 4PM CLASSIC: FRI 20, 7PM & SAT 21 MAR, 4PM Then radical Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy moved to Chicago…
Australian premiere LIDO: THU 19 & SAT 21 MAR, 7PM CLASSIC: SUN 15 MAR, 4PM & WED 18 MAR, 7PM A portrait of the Earth at seven locations that humans…
Saturday 11 – Sunday 19 January 2020 | NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia | FREE Inspired by the NGV’s summer exhibitions, Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat:…
Inspired by the photography of Polixeni Papapetrou and Petrina Hicks on display at NGV Australia, NGV curators, lecturers from Deakin University and special guests guide participants through the approaches and…
Andalusian farm, 1949, is typical of Tristram Hillier’s mature painting style, exemplifying his distinctively meticulous approach to materials and metho