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Welcome to another edition of NGV Artbeat enews. We hope you are enjoying receiving information about upcoming NGV Artbeat events and programs. If you have any thoughts or ideas on how we can improve enews please email us at members@ngv.vic.gov.au |
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Members End of Year Party |
| Celebrate the end of the year with a party. Enjoy a special private viewing of Modern Britain with a brief introduction by Dr Ted Gott, Senior Curator, International Art, as well as canapes, drinks and great entertainment. Date Friday 23 Nov, 7.30–10pm Cost $65 NGV Member / $80 Guest Venue The Garden Restaurant, NGV International (enter North entrance via the Arts Centre forecourt) Limited tickets available. Bookings close Wednesday 21 Nov. Event code G231107 |
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Gordon Bennett |
 Gordon Bennett Born Australia 1955. Notes to Basquiat (The coming of the light) 2001. Collection of the artist, Brisbane. Photography John O’Brien. C Courtesy of the artist |
Take a powerful journey through the complex and layered work of Gordon Bennett, one of Australia’s most critically engaged contemporary artists. This retrospective exhibition will comprehensively present his work from 1989 to the present. Now showing at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia until 16 January. Admission fees apply. Floor Talk Consider aspects of Gordon Bennett’s art practice. Speaker Zara Stanhope, Senior Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art Date Sunday 11 Nov, 3.30pm Cost Free (exhibition fees apply) Venue Exhibition space, Level 3, NGV Australia Floor Talk: Home Sweet Home – Gordon Bennett & Post 9/11 Politics Speaker (Associate Professor) Jill Bennett, Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts, & Director, Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics, The University of NSW Date Friday 16 Nov, 12.30pm Cost Free (exhibition entry fees apply) Venue Exhibition space, Level 3, NGV Australia |
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Federation Square 5th birthday celebrations |
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Federation Square turns five on Thursday 25 October! Bring your friends and enjoy a night of great art, wine, food and music. NGV Australia will be open until 9pm and drinks will be half price between 5–7pm.
Highlight Tours Join the Voluntary Guides for a free tour of the NGV Collection. Date Thursday 25 Oct, 6pm Performance Mr Geoffrey, DJ, plays period music and film sound tracks layered with gentle beats and ambient sounds. Date Thursday 25 Oct, 5–9pm Cost Free Venue Foyer, Ground Level, NGV Australia |
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Special Movie ticket offer – 50 double passes to giveaway |
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Across the Universe |
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Members Lounge Rehang Talks |
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| NGV Members Lounge | As many of you will have noticed, new artworks have been installed in the Members Lounge at NGV International. Join us to hear an NGV Curator talk about the display. Born in the USA A survey of paintings, prints and sculpture (from 1801 to 2003) by artists who were born or worked in the United States of America. This display tells a story of American art, starting with neo-classical portraiture, through to the sublime landscape, social realism, regionalism and abstraction and ending with art inspired by the digital age. Date Tuesday 23 Oct or Tuesday 30 Oct, 11am Cost $16 (includes refreshments) Venue NGV International (enter North entrance via the Arts Centre forecourt) Event code G231007 (23 Oct) G301007 (30 Oct) |
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An incomplete world: Works from The UBS Art Collection |
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 Chuck Close American 1940– Self–portrait 1991 oil on canvas 254.0 x 213.36 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York Partial and promised gift of UBS, 2002 © 2007 Chuck Close |
 28 September 2007– 6 January 2008Bringing together a dynamic group of works from the last thirty years, this exhibition looks at how we have shaped the world and how the world we have created shapes us. Selected from The UBS Art Collection, one of the world’s finest corporate art collections, An incomplete world features over 50 paintings, photographs and sculptures by 31 artists. Leading international contemporary artists include; Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Sarah Morris, Ed Ruscha, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman. Now showing at NGV International until 6 January. Body and Portraiture Join exhibition curator Jason Smith as he discusses images of the fragmented body and concepts of the self as revealed in An Incomplete World. Speaker Jason Smith, Director, Monash Gallery of Art Date Thursday 25 Oct, 12.30pm Cost Free Venue Exhibition space, Level 3, NGV International Family Day: Complete the Picture Calling all contemporary kids! An opportunity for families to view An incomplete world: Works from The UBS Art Collection and enjoy talks, music and fun art activities in the Great Hall. Out of this world fun for the whole family. Date Sunday 9 Dec, 10.30am–3.30pm (Talks: 11am & 2pm) Cost Free Venue Great Hall & Grollo Equiset Sculpture Garden, NGV International |
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Joseph Beuys & Rudolf Steiner: Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition |
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 Rudolf Steiner Austrian 1861–1925 Physical body – Ether body 30 December 1923 chalk on black paper 86.0 x 138.0 irreg. (image), 91.0 x 138.0 irreg. (sheet) GA 233/12 Collection of Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland |
For the first time in Australia, view the connections between the art of Joseph Beuys and the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner in this important exhibition. The writings of Austrian philosopher Steiner influenced German born Beuys, one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century. Beuys was fascinated with Steiner’s teachings on politics, economics and intellectual freedom. Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition combines some forty blackboard drawings by Steiner with Beuys’ seminal installation of one hundred blackboards Directive forces (Richtkräfte) 1974–77. Now showing at NGV International until 17 February. Floor Talk Speaker Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator, Prints & Drawings Date Wednesday 14 Nov, 12.30pm Cost Free Venue Exhibition space, Ground Level, NGV International Performance: The Steiner Blackboard Drawings A concert of specially commissioned compositions to commemorate the display of Rudolf Steiner’s blackboard drawings in Australia for the first time. Composed by Eve Duncan and performed by Silo String Quartet with pianist Danae Killian. Date Wednesday 28 Nov, 1pm Cost Free Venue Great Hall, NGV International |
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NGV Shop |
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Visit the NGV Shop for all the latest art and design products. Some of the great new items available now are Crystal Shopping bags, available in acid green, khaki, red and black. NGV Members price $44.55 |
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