First published in 2014 by The Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia www.ngv.vic.gov.
What a marvellous invention man is! He can blow on his hands to warm them up, and blow on his soup to cool it down.
Knowledgeable Madarrpa elder Nonggirrnga Marawili learnt to paint on bark by assisting her late husband, Djapu clan leader and major artist Djutadjuta Mununggurr.
Invited to Utopia Station in Central Australia in 1982, Jackson incorporated the batik fabrics produced there into her first solo show, titled Bush Couture.
Invited to Utopia Station in Central Australia in 1982, Jackson incorporated the batik fabrics produced there into her first solo show, titled Bush Couture.
Terra Spiritus … with a darker shade of pale is a conceptual, artistic and technical tour de force and the culmination of Maddock’s extraordinary car
Art has been an integral part of Indigenous culture for more than sixty-five thousand years.
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When Margaret Preston returned to Australia in 1919 after living in Europe, she called for a truly ‘national art’ founded on the imagery of Australia’s Indigenous pe
Create Celebrate Melbourne This activity involves using found materials to create a playful commemorative ‘trophy’ to celebrate Melbourne. This activity could be done in pairs or a small gr
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The painting Weatherboard Creek Falls, Jamieson’s Valley, New South Wales, 1862, is one of Eugene von Guérard’s major paint
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First published in 2013 by The Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia www.ngv.vic.gov.