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Bilda Miburiji Kurrij (Seeing with Far Eyes): The Root of Kaiadilt Women’s Art
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.
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Ian Burns’s Down under where …
For several years Ian Burns has created sculptures assembled from an assortment of everyday objects which take on new resonance as live video feeds.
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Melbourne Now countdown – day 89
Hiding in plain sight: Polixeni Papapetrou and The Ghillies “My work is about how we define notions of childhood and how we see ourselves as adults in response to those…
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Extreme model making and the art of Melbourne Now The last couple of months have been about extreme model-making.
Melbourne Now countdown – day 92
Extreme model making and the art of Melbourne Now The last couple of months have been about extreme model-making.
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Melbourne Now countdown – day 95
A New Zealander who has been based in Melbourne since 2002, Jess Johnson is known for her drawing and installation practice that is inspired by the speculative themes of science…
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Index 1945–2010
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;…
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At the edge of empires: a Biedermeier portrait from Trieste by Jožef Tominc
The Biedermeier style, which arose in central and northern Europe (Austro-Hungary, Germany and Denmark) between the close of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the pan-European revolutions of 1848, has…
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Lynne Roberts-Goodwin Al Hammadi Desert Saqar #1 and Al Hammadi Desert Saqar #3
Set against a brilliant cloud-flecked azure sky, the subjects of Lynne Roberts-Goodwin’s portraits possess a quiet pride and intensit
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John Howley’s Monet
Australian artist, John Howley talks about his own work which captures Claude Monet in his garden. The history how this painting of mine came about in 1993 spans four decades̷
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Mum, Kate Nelson, brings her son to Robin Rhode: The Call of Walls
Robin Rhode: The Call of The Walls is one of many fantastic family friendly experiences the National Gallery of Victoria has on offer this Winter.
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RUNWAY 1 Piercing sound, lights hit, beat kicks in and the audiences attention was captured.
LMFF Runway 1 & 2
RUNWAY 1 Piercing sound, lights hit, beat kicks in and the audiences attention was captured.
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Ballet & Fashion
There’s nothing more delightful to me than sitting in a theatre waiting for a show.
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Top Arts 2013
From March 21, forty-three of Victoria’s freshest and most inspiring emerging artists will showcase their exemplary work in the annual exhibition Top Arts 2013 at the National Gallery of Victoria…
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Michel Blazy’s ‘Bouquet final 2’ as part of White Night Melbourne
While so many exhibitions and programs in the NGV’s large calendar of events are organised months, if not years in advance, occasionally great opportunities present themselves at comparatively short notice…
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A new breeze
Suspended according to the most basic laws of physics, and yet somehow defying nature’s gravitational pull, Žilvinas Kempinas’ Double O 2008 is a sight to behold… Two loops of videotape…