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PROOF: Contemporary Australian Printmaking explores the variety of techniques available to artists today - from traditional methods such as wood engraving and etching, to the latest developments in digital printing technology.
Chilean-born Davila creates complex and challenging paintings that are known for their interrogation of cultural, sexual and social identities, within an international context. Juan Davila is the first major museum exhibition to feature work from the full span of the artist’s career.
Sneakers explores the evolution of sneakers from functional sportswear to cult fashion. From classics like the Converse All Star and Dunlop Volley to one-off customised designs, the exhibition includes 300 sneakers from 28 collections and presents the first exhibition of sneakers to be held in an Australian art museum.
Howard Arkley (1951–1999) was popularly conceived as the foremost painter of Australian suburbia. This retrospective survey looks at the evolution of his career, his influences and milieu, including punk music, the club scenes of the 1970s and 1980s, fashion, feminism and masculinity, and the volatile art world itself.
In Japan, TEZUKA Osamu is acknowledged as an artistic master in the field of Japanese manga. Tezuka features black-and-white ink drawings for Tezuka’s manga, as well as colourful designs for covers and posters. Over 200 original works are presented, from the late 1940s to the late 1980s.
The newly designed Grollo Equiset Garden has opened at NGV International. Made possible by the generous support of the Grollo family and Equiset, the refurbished garden will provide excellent public facilities and great sculpture for Gallery visitors.
Picture to Print: Reproductive prints in the NGV collection explores elements of the fascinating and complex history of reproductive prints – prints based on another work of art – from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth centuries.
The NGV announced the approach the Van Gogh Museum in Amst erdam will adopt in analysing the NGV’s Van Gogh painting, Head of a Man 1886.
After Image brings together 38 images by American, Australian, British, European and South African photographers active from the 1870s to the early 1980s. During conflicts of the twentieth century, photographs in print were one of the most important means by which people around the world could see what was happening.
Ikat: Asian resist-dyed textiles explores an Asian tradition of textile embellishment that is employed throughout the region, from the Central Asian Republics in the west, to the outer Indonesian islands in the east, including mainland Southeast Asia, India and Japan.
Thomas Harrison, Milliner presents an impressive selection of 51 hats from the NGV’s extensive Harrison archive, spanning the 1930s to the 1970s. Many of the works included in the exhibition have not been seen en-masse publicly in three decades.
A new view of one of Australia’s most famous and iconic paintings, Tom Roberts’ Shearing the Rams, was revealed at the National Gallery of Victoria’s Painting Conservation Lab today. During the restoration, x-ray examination has revealed what lies beneath the finished work, showing how Roberts originally constructed the painting.
Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund features a major exhibition of work by early to mid-career Australian photographers. The exhibition comprises 65 photographs by 38 photographers in NGV’s permanent collection.
The Clemenger Contemporary Art Award brings together a broad selection of Australian artists, including a dialogue between the works of both indigenous and non-indigenous artists. This year see Robert Baines, Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Imants Tillers, Judy Watson, the late Bronwyn Oliver and more.
One of the 20th century’s most passionate and tumultuous artistic relationships between Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar is the subject of a fascinating exhibition exclusive to the National Gallery of Vicoria.
Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland celebrates the 50th anniversary of the series and reunites 43 of the 46 paintings in the series, as well as a representative selection of preparatory works on paper from public, corporate and private collections throughout Australia, some of which haven’t been seen in public for decades.
Beaten metals, baked enamel, carved plastics, blown glass and taxidermy – these are just some of the varied techniques and materials used by this year’s exhibitors in the fourth Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award. In 2006 the exhibition is dedicated to contemporary jewellery and carries a prize of $30,000.
The top end of Melbourne’s Collins Street is known as ‘The Paris End’, with its boutiques, cafes and tree-lined streets. From the 1900s to the 1950s it was also the home to artists, writers and performers. The Paris End looks at what was a thriving creative and artistic precinct.
The top end of Melbourne’s Collins Street is known as ‘The Paris End’, with its boutiques, cafes and tree-lined streets. From the 1900s to the 1950s it was also the home to artists, writers and performers. The Paris End looks at what was a thriving creative and artistic precinct.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, one of the greatest artists in European history. To celebrate this occasion, the National Gallery of Victoria presents Rembrandt 1606-1669: from the Prints and Drawings collection a special exhibition of the artist’s etchings.
American Beauty: Photographs of the American Social Landscape 1930s-1970s will include works from the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection that critically or affectionately investigate the American ‘social landscape’.
From the delicate patterns of nineteenth century dress to the futuristic 1960s style of Pierre Cardin, an upcoming exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria will explore the use of geometry in fashion and textiles.
More than 80 works by secondary school students from throughout Victoria will be on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, showcasing the ideas and attitudes of young people.
One of Melbourne’s most loved and iconic works of art, Deborah Halpern’s Angel, has today been installed on the banks of the Yarra River at Birrarung Marr.
Drawing on works from the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection of Chinese art and paintings, this exhibition will look at the period from the 14th century until the present day and will examine the worship of mountains as sacred places in China.
For the first time in Australia, 9 Drawings for Projection, a series of short animated films by internationally renowned South African artist William Kentridge will be brought together chronologically and in 35mm for a special performance at the National Gallery of Victoria
Pissarro: The First Impressionist is Australia’s first solo exhibition devoted to the art of Camille Pissarro and brings together more than 100 works from collections around the world.
To coincide with the staging of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the NGV is presenting Land Marks, a major exhibition that looks at the history of Indigenous art. The exhibition will feature more than 200 works dating from 1875 until 2005, including drawings, paintings, ceramics, sculptures and fibre works.
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