China – The past is present juxtaposes the NGV’s historical and contemporary collections of Chinese art and design, emphasising the legacy of cultural and artistic traditions and their ongoing resonance…
Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795 tells the story of China’s foremost art collector Qianlong emperor, one of China’s most successful rulers and fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644
Since the 1990s, there has been an extraordinary flourishing of contemporary photography in China.
A Fairy Tale in Red Times: Works from the White Rabbit Collection presents works by 26 Chinese artists, an exciting collaboration between the NGV and arts patron and philanthropist Judith…
Continuing the National Gallery of Victoria’s engagement with contemporary art and design from China, SO – IL: Viewing China presents a large group of porcelain items from the NGV Collection…
In a dual presentation of Chinese art and culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of Victoria presents China’s ancient terracotta warriors alongside an…
The National Gallery of Victoria and Latrobe Regional Gallery are proud to present Writing in the rain: contemporary Asian video art from the NGV.
Established in 2011, Broached Commissions was founded as a creative agency whose purpose is to commission designers to produce ambitious and finely crafted, collectable design pieces with the capacity to…
A National Gallery of Victoria exhibition in association with Ararat Regional Art Gallery Adorned: Textiles and Jewellery from Central Asia draws on the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria to…
Cobalt blue pigment and indigo blue dye are two of the most distinctive and influential colourants employed by artists worldwide.
The Horse is a playful and enlightening exhibition celebrating the role this majestic animal has played in the development of human civilisation throughout the millennia.
This exhibition launches the NGV strongly into international new media, featuring three large scale immersive video works from Wang Gongxin, who is a major force in Chinese video art.
Three Perfections explores the interconnections between poetry, calligraphy and painting. In traditional China, scholars and scholar-officials were cultivated in these arts as vehicles of self-expression. Painting was regarded as ‘silent poetry’ and poetry ‘painting with sound’. Scholars trained in the ‘art of handwriting’ or calligraphy at an early age used calligraphic brushstrokes in their paintings.
This exhibition consists of paintings and calligraphy from the Asian Collection. Works dating from the fourteenth century to the present will show the uniqueness of Chinese art and the contrast between traditional and contemporary art in the continuity of a living tradition.
The NGV’s newly opened Contemporary Asian & Pacific Art gallery focusses on art practice that is part of a global art world, yet geographically closer to Australia than Europe or North Americ
Visit our newly refurbished Asian art galleries dedicated to displaying the art and culture of Chinese, Japanese and South and Southeast Asia.
Thanks to the support of the Felton Bequest, The Art Foundation of Victoria, the Supporters of Asian Art and many generous donors, the NGV’s Asian Art collection has grown to be one of the most revered collections in Australi