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Footy comes to the NGVFooty and art have come together in The Spirit of Football exhibition, which opens today at the NGV. Last night, during a live cross to Channel Nine's The Footy Show, Gallery Director, Dr Gerard Vaughan, announced the winner of The Spirit of Football $40,000 acquisitive prize, David Wadelton for his work titled Show them you want it. This great celebration of football that combines art and our national code in a most innovative and inspiring way is on at The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia at Federation Square. Sponsored by Geoff Slattery Publishing, the exhibition also invites visitors to vote on their favorite artwork. On the eve of the AFL Finals in September, the winner of the People's Choice award - a $5000 prize - will be presented to one of the exhibiting artists. Come and see the varied works of the 21 artists who were invited to take part. They include Brook Andrew, Jon Campbell, Kate Daw, Greg Creek (who was
awarded a special $5000 prize for capturing the community's engagement with
the game), eX de Medici, Kim Donaldson, Mark Galea, Stephen Haley, Gary James (aka Spook), Tim McMonagle, Vera Möller, Danny Moynihan, Peggy Napangardi Jones, Louise Paramor, Anthony Pelchen, Gareth Sansom, Kathy Temin, Ray Thomas, Martin Tighe, David Wadelton and Ross Watson. And don't forget to vote! |
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On sale at the NGV Shop, Australia Post outlets and other bookstores is The Spirit of Football book. This outstanding publication includes essays, photos, interviews with heroes of the game, as well as the 21 works in the exhibition and artist interviews. Buy it online today! The judging panel for The Spirit of Football art award included: Dr Gerard Vaughan, Frances Lindsay (NGV Deputy Director) and Kelly Gellatly (NGV Curator of Contemporary Art), Mike Sheahan of The Herald Sun, and Channel Nine presenter, Eddie McGuire. The Spirit of Football Presented by
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Impressionists after darkCome and enjoy the National Gallery of Victoria until late on Wednesday nights through to 26 September as the magnificent exhibition, The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, is open until 9pm. Then join us for a glass of wine, perhaps. (Students can get $10 entry to The Impressionists on Wednesday nights, on presentation of their student ID card.) Remember, you can become an NGV Member and beat the queues at the ticketing desk. The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Principal Sponsor
Organised by the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Exhibitions Australia Limited in collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Indemnified by the Australian Government.
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Enigmatic nudes
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John Glover's whole new world...NGV Director, Dr Gerard Vaughan says the John Glover exhibition (to open on 13 August at NGV Australia) will offer visitors "an exciting journey of discovery". John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque is the most extensive exhibition of Glover's work ever undertaken. Dr Vaughan says that other exhibitions of European artists in Australia have focussed on the Australian work alone and "therefore presented only half the history". "Being able to present such a broad selection of Glover's work allows the viewer to appreciate how much Glover evolved as an artist, and to understand the dramatic impact the Australian landscape had on his life and work." Regarded as the most important artist working outside Europe in the 1830s, British-born John Glover produced numerous historically valuable images showing the unspoiled Australian landscape. His images also provide an understanding of early Australian colonial life. John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque Principal Sponsor
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Allan MitelmanNext Friday, Allan Mitelman: Works on Paper 1967-2004 opens at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. The Melbourne artist has a distinguished reputation as a painter, draughtsman and printmaker. This exhibition comprehensively surveys his works on paper across three decades from the late 1960s to the present. Some 160 works feature in the exhibition ranging from the most ephemeral and fugitive of images, to works that are dense and painterly. Join us for Curators in Conversation when Elizabeth Cross (Exhibition Curator) and Terence Maloon (Curator of Special Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW) lead a guided tour. This is a wonderful opportunity to speak to these two experts and see the exhibition on the opening weekend. Allan Mitelman
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Dancing tutus for all to seeVisit our stunning display of pretty ballet tutus in Tutu: Designing for Dance. The exhibition features12 tutus, each created by Australian designers including Akira Isogawa, Balarinji, Collette Dinnigan, Dinosaur Designs, Easton Pearson, Scanlan & Theodore, Toni Maticevski and Richard Tyler. In early 2003, The Australian Ballet commissioned 17 of Australia's top designers to create their interpretation of a tutu to be worn by a dancer of The Australian Ballet. The TUTU project culminated in a one-off performance at the Sydney Opera House in 2003. The NGV has extended the life of this innovative project with this special exhibition. Tutu: Designing for Dance Principal Sponsor
Presented in association with The Australian Ballet.
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Cross cultural tiesComing soon (August 27) is Living Together is Easy - an exhibition that presents a wide variety of works - videos, sculptures, paintings, installations and photographs. The exhibition brings together six Australian and six Japanese artists. Living Together is Easy is an ambitious collaborative project and product of cultural exchange. It seeks connections between regional specificity and cultural identity, global politics and interpersonal relationships, biodiversity and sustainable ecologies and the natural and constructed environment. The exhibition features the work of: Fiona Hall, Rosemary Laing, Kaoru Motomiya, Tetsuya Nakamura, Samuel Namunjdja, Susan Norrie, David Rosetzky, Taro Shinoda, Ricky Swallow, Tabaimo, Tadasu Takamine and Akira Yamaguchi. Living Together is Easy
A joint project between Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, the Japan Foundation, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Asialink Centre of the University of Melbourne.
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