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.
Senior Curator of Indigenous Art, Judith Ryan, spoke to Melbourne Now artist, Steaphan Paton, for the NGV Blog. JR: Your interdisciplinary practice often references customary Indigenous material culture and iconography….
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The Felton Commissions (The Barak Project) was conceived as part of an ambitious three-tiered program that celebrates the National Gallery of Victoria’s 150th anniversary through a specific focus on the…
Ngayartu Kujarra (Lake Dora), an immense warla (salt lake) of glittering whiteness, has a palpable presence in Punmu community.
The Drop-by drawing workshop at the NGV will enable participants to build a brief insight into the dynamic of drawing.
Kohei Nawa is one of Japan’s new generation of high-flying young artist
Senior Curator, Indigenous Arts, Judith Ryan, explains the significance of Reconciliation week.
Respected Indigenous playwright, poet and bureaucrat, John Harding, will be giving a talk at the NGV on Sorry Day to discuss sorry business, and how all Australians can move forward…
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
In recent years the Joe White Bequest has enabled the acquisition of significant early works on paper for the collection.
Masks are a very important part of Melanesian culture and in many ways are dramatic symbols of different Pacific Islander cultures.
In more than forty years of practice, Linda Jackson has played a significant part in the development of a distinctly Australian approach to fashion design.
The National Gallery of Victoria has recently acquired through the Felton Bequest Yunurr (Spring Creek), 1991, by Rover Thomas, an acknowledged leader of the Warmun School of Painting in the…