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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.
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Top Arts 2020
Top Arts 2020 showcases the artistic achievements of young Victorian artists
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Cybernetic Design Lab: Disruptive Design For Health
Presented by Health Transformation Lab
Cybernetics is the framework that considers the interface between humanity, technology and society.
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The New Bauhaus
Presented by Melbourne Design Week, curated by Richard Sowada
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…
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Earth (Erde)
Presented by Melbourne Design Week, curated by Richard Sowada
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…
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NGV Kids Summer Festival 2020
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:…
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Constructing Identity in Photography
Two Day Intensive
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…
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Andalusian farm, 1949, is typical of Tristram Hillier’s mature painting style, exemplifying his distinctively meticulous approach to materials and metho
Conservation Story for ID 4049
Andalusian farm, 1949, is typical of Tristram Hillier’s mature painting style, exemplifying his distinctively meticulous approach to materials and metho
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Emotions in art
Levels F-3 In this activity, students will develop their emotional vocabulary and visual literacy, practise expressing emotions from familiar situations, and develop their understanding of how emotion can be conveyed…
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Shirin Neshat: Dreamers
Dreams are incredibly powerful. I think only in dreams are we free and naked.