In the mid 1920s Margaret Preston embarked on a personal campaign to establish a national art that was distinctively Australian, arguing that the Indigenous art of Australia offered the ideal…

Dennis Nona is at the forefront of a group of contemporary Torres Strait artists who have invigorated printmaking with a visual language that articulates their relationship with the sky, sea…

A&D Projects with designer Philippa Abbott The A&D Design residency hosted in the Bolwell EDGE caravan at NGV International was an open studio project that explored the interface of design,…

Over the past few weeks flags designed by Melbourne artists were surreptitiously raised across the city.

Melbourne Now opens Friday 22 November.

The pre-contact art system of South-East Australia, which is embodied in men’s shields and other ritual objects of material culture, finds powerful and explicit expression in Melbourne No

Damien Wright is the founder of Wright Studios, a Melbourne-based furniture design and craft studio.

Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, Judith Ryan spoke to artist Maree Clarke about her kankaroo-tooth necklace that will feature in Melbourne Now. JR: Tell us about your production of kangaroo-tooth necklaces….

Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, Judith Ryan, spoke to Kent Morris about the Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community Pilot Progra

Artist Bonita Ely reflects on life in the 1980s and being a mother and artist.

When Isabella d’Este – marchesa of Mantua and one of the greatest collectors of her day – died in 1539, her belongings were divided among her heirs according to contemporary…

The National Gallery of Victoria has developed a rich and engaging Melbourne Now schools program to complement the largest and most diverse exhibition ever to be undertaken by the NGV….

Six years ago no one could have foreseen the explosion of art produced by senior women from the Kaiadilt tribe of Bentinck Island in north-west Queensland.

Senior Curator of Indigenous Art, Judith Ryan, spoke to Melbourne Now artist, Steaphan Paton, for the NGV Blog. JR: Your interdisciplinary practice often references customary Indigenous material culture and iconography….

Note to reader Throughout its life, the NGV’s scholarly journal has been published under various names as quarterly and annual editions: Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1945–58;…