Joy Hester, a key member of the Heide circle of artists and the only woman in the Angry Penguins group, is best known for highly expressive figurative drawings, typically executed…
In 1999, J. G. P. Delaney’s biography of Glyn Philpot used the ‘H’ word for the first time in writings on this prominent British portraitist, and religious and genre painter
Now more than ever we are appreciating the way art can connect us to what it means to be human.
The National Gallery of Victoria is home to four paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–97), one of the most talented and innovative English painters of the eighteenth centur
Traversing Chinese philosophies, spiritual beliefs, associations with nature, art practices, use of materials and social and political movements, China – The Past Is Present emphasises the legacy of Chinese cultural…
From the sixteenth century onwards, global trade transformed the market for luxury goods in Europe.
Lavinia Fontana of Bologna (1552 -1614) is considered the first professional woman painter of Renaissance Italy, and proved an inspirational role model for her compatriot, the painter, printmaker, draughtswoman and…
Melbourne-born Ashley Gilbertson has crafted a career from his human, empathetic approach to photojournalism, most recently channelled through his images of New York City in 2020, when the metropolis was…
Held annually, and now in its twenty-eighth year, Top Arts celebrates the artistic dynamism and achievements of young Victorian artists.
The origins of Kai-awase Kai-awase (貝合わせ), the game of ‘matching shells’, is included among a number of aristocratic pastimes belonging to the category monoawase (物合わせ), a ‘competitive comparison among things’…
The universality of Goya’s art lies in his pursuit of truth, making his observations of society and human nature as relevant today as they were in his own tim
The historical portrayal of women in art often prioritised the artist’s role, usually a male, rather than the female subject’s lived experiences and accomplishme
Dutch writer and curator Charles Dumas introduces us to a skilled young artist from a family of painters, who struggled to assert her identity in the male-dominated world of eighteenth-century…
Dr Maria Quirk investigates the events and people behind one of the biggest global activist movements, through a range of works in the NGV Collection connected to women’s suffrage, the…
A frame maker’s label provides important historical information about the frame as an object, and also enhances our understanding of the relationship between a frame and the artwork withi