Brook Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist who comments on racial, social and political issues in Australia and internationally. He is known for his particular perspective in unveiling different historical ‘truths’. This Melbourne International Arts Festival commission is inspired by his screen print portraits of boxer Anthony Mundine.
This is the first large-scale exhibition of Man Ray’s photography to be presented in Australia. Reflecting the most influential and productive years of Man Ray’s photographic output, most of the 200 works in the exhibition comprise vintage photographs made between 1917 and 1939.
This comprehensive exhibition of Edvard Munch’s art assembles more than 80 works from across the artist’s entire oeuvre – including paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours. Seminal and well-known images of Munch’s early maturity are featured together with a substantial body of work made from the early 1900s until before his deat
This exhibition features print publications by some of the most acclaimed artists working in Britain over the past two decades including Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Marc Quinn, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie and Langlands & Bell.
One of the world’s finest collections of 19th and 20th century art will come exclusively to Melbourne this June as the seventh exhibition in the hugely popular Melbourne Winter Masterpieces…
This exhibition pays tribute to Rembrandt, an artist of unequalled stature in the history of art who is renowned for his paintings but also for his prints and drawings. Presenting Rembrandt’s most celebrated prints, the exhibition enables audiences to fully appreciate the artist’s extraordinary vision and exceptional and experimental techni
Despite the photo-rich days we live in, large-scale surveys of Australian photography are relatively rare. Light Sensitive seeks to address this by presenting a major exhibition of work by Australian photographers including Brook Andrew, Patricia Piccinini, Simon Cuthbert, Cherine Fahd, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Simon Obarzanek, Selina Ou and Deborah Paauwe.
Black in fashion is a perennial topic of discussion. Throughout history the wearing of black clothing has had multiple and often contradictory meanings. At times, it has signified death, power, elegance, urbanity, subversion and sex appeal. This exhibition explores the symbolism and enduring use of black in Australian and international fashion.
The sixth exhibition in the NGV’s Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series, Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire brings together more than 200 stunning works by Salvador Dalí in all media including painting, drawing, watercolour, etchings, sculpture, fashion, jewellery, cinema and photogra
This exhibition offers audiences the richest survey of 17th century Dutch art ever staged in Australia. The exhibition brings together more than 100 works and decorative objects by great artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch and Jan Steen.
This exhibition explores the diversity and continuity of drawing practice from the 15th century until the present day. It traces the different ways drawing has been used by painters, sculptors and designers and highlights both formal and conceptual connections between drawing practices across time.
Australian Impressionism seeks to redefine and introduce this important movement in Australian art history to a new generation. More than 240 works are included, from famous iconic images to the lesser-known, with a focus on five major Impressionist artists: Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, and Jane Sutherland.
Drawn from one of the finest corporate art collections in the world, this exhibition presents work by leading international artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman.
Portrait photography is a complex area of photographic practice that involves a dynamic process of collaboration between the sitter, viewer and camera operator. This exhibition creates a provocative interchange between historical and contemporary photography to suggest how photographers work to construct, question or reflect the notion of ‘role playing
On 22 January the National Gallery of Victoria will present a major exhibition of the work of internationally renowned sculptor Ron Mueck.