In late 2009 Mrs Alina Cade generously gave two extraordinary portraits by the renowned eighteenth-century British artist Joseph Wright of Derby: Self-portrait (fig.

The Tasmanian-born artist Robert Dowling (1827–1886) produced the most significant nineteenth-century paintings that depicted Aboriginal people as the subject of major composition

The National Gallery of Victoria mounted the exhibition Rebels and Precursors: Aspects of Painting in Melbourne 1937–1947 in 196

In recent years the Joe White Bequest has enabled the acquisition of significant early works on paper for the collection.

The recent donation of Arthur Loureiro’s Portrait of Marie Therese Smith, 1888–89, makes an important addition to the NGV’s holdings of this significant late-nineteenth-century artist�

In April 1877 Archibald Michie, during his term as agent-general in London for Victoria (1873–79), acquired at auction for the National Gallery of Victoria, for the moderate sum of 18…

Visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria often plan to see a specific exhibition they are interested in.

I have always been interested in how actions taken in the past could affect and echo in peoples’ lives in the presen

I have always been interested in how actions taken in the past could affect and echo in peoples’ lives in the presen

Intricate hand-painted portraits of women now grace the walls of Crossbar Café after Melbourne street artist Miso took up residency at NGV Australia last month

The National Gallery of Victoria, in association with Art Exhibitions Australia, today announced the next installment of the highly successful Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series, Monet’s Garden: The Musée Marmottan Monet,…

This summer’s must-see exhibition Radiance: The Neo-Impressionists will open at the National Gallery of Victoria on 16 Novembe

Something not often considered by our audience is that as the NGV Collection is of such high quality many of our great treasures are often lent to exhibitions both in…

Napoleon’s wife to be, Marie-Josèphe-Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie, was one of a small elite of remarkably gifted, charming and alluring young women around whom Parisian Society gathered at…

A group of young emerging artists will team up with established artistic mentors to occupy NGV Studio in September as part of HABITAT.