Image: NGV@rt banner, January 2007

 

Heading image:
TEZUKA Osamu
Japanese 1928–89
Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu)
title page for His Highness Deadcross (detail) 1961
Shonen, published by Kobunsha
gouache
39.3 x 25.6 cm
© Tezuka Productions

 

Happy New Year from NGV

Start your new year with a visit to one of many exciting free and paid exhibitions now showing at NGV. Relax in the refurbished Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International or entertain the kids at one of the many school holiday programs now on offer.

Hurry! Last weeks to see Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga

There’s still time to catch Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga before it closes on 28 January. This exciting exhibition honours TEZUKA Osamu, heralded as an icon of the Japanese manga movement. Tezuka created over 700 manga titles during his lifetime, and is best known in the West for his characters Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Space Firebird.

Date Until 28 Jan 2007
Cost $12 / $6 NGV Member / $8 Concession
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd
Principal Sponsor MINI
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/tezuka

 

Program highlights for Tezuka include:

  • Demonstration: Manga Drawing with Oztaku artists
    Saturday 13 Jan, 11am–1pm
  • Workshop: Introduction to Manga Drawing*
    Sunday 14 Jan, 10.30am & 1.30pm (ages 16+ years)
  • Free Great Hall Art
    Monday 15 – Saturday 20 Jan, 12noon–3pm (ages 3+ years)
  • Lecture: Introduction to Tezuka with Philip Brophy, exhibition curator*
    Saturday 20 Jan, 12.30pm
  • Free Films: Anime Mini Film Festival
    Sunday 21 Jan, 10.30am

Image: Howard Arkley, Dining in a glow, 1993

Image:
Howard Arkley
Dining in a glow 1993 (detail)
Private collection, Melbourne
© The Estate of Howard Arkley.
Licensed by Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

 

 

Howard Arkley

Australian suburbia and society, design and decoration, intense colour and popular culture combined to inspire the iconic works of Howard Arkley. Explore more than 120 works from the three decades of this great Australian artist’s career.

Date Until 25 Feb 2007
Cost $10 / $5 NGV Member / $7 Concession
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/arkley

 

 

Program highlights for Howard Arkley include:

  • Free Film Program with an Australian suburbia theme
    Every Saturday from 6–27 Jan, 2pm
  • NGV Kids Artcart: My Suburban Block
    Sunday 7, 14, 21, 28 Jan & Tuesday 23 – Friday 26 Jan, 12noon–3pm (ages 3+ years)
  • Workshop: Loud Plates* Tuesday 23 Jan, 10.30am & 2pm (ages 5+ years)
  • Workshop: Stencil Mania*
    Wednesday 24 Jan, 10am (ages 8+ years)

 

Image: Converse All Star High

Image:
Converse All Star High,
Chuck Taylor Rummage
2006 (1917)
Collection of Converse

 

  

Sneakers: Classics to Customs

Sneakers are a world-wide phenomenon and one of the most dynamic areas within fashion and design today. From functional sportswear to cult fashion, Sneakers features many of the most coveted examples of sneakers that have become emblems of style over the past three decades.

Date Until 8 Jul 2007
Cost Free
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd
Principal Sponsor Volley
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/sneakers

 

Program highlights for Sneakers include:

  • Performance: Nikki Ashby and the Hip Hop Crew
    Sunday 21 Jan, 12.30pm
  • Introductory Floor Talk with Simon Wood, Editor of Sneaker Freaker Magazine
    Wednesday 24 Jan, 12.30pm

January Public Programs not to be missed!

  • Free Lecture: Juan Davila – from Convulsive Decoration to the Salon
    Speaker: Professor Roger Benjamin, JW Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture and Director of the Power Institute, The University of Sydney
    Sunday 14 Jan, 2pm
  • Ikat Short Talks Afternoon
    Speakers:     Susan Scollay and Leanne O’Sullivan, textile scholars
    Saturday 20 Jan, 2pm
  • Free Australia Day Activities for the Family
    Friday 26 Jan, 10.30am–4.20pm
  • Free Lecture: ‘Do you know who I am?’ – The Many Faces of Postcolonial Art
    Speakers:     Dr David Hansen, curator and writer
    Sunday 28 Jan, 2pm

    • *Fees apply. Bookings essential.

 

NGV Members

Win a private tour of Australian Impressionism

Simply refer a new NGV Member before 23 March 2007 and you will enter the draw to win a private tour of the Australian Impressionism exhibition for you and four friends conducted by Terence Lane, NGV Curator of Australian Art.*

The tour of this significant exhibition will include drinks in the Members Room. You can increase your chances of winning this prize by joining as many new Members as you wish.

Five Reasons to Renew Your NGV Membership:

  1. See it First
  2. Special Access
  3. Be Informed
  4. Save Money
  5. Save Time

Renew Now and Receive*

All NGV Members with a card expiry date of 31 January 2007, who renew by this date, will receive a FREE copy of Decorative Arts in the International Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. This beautifully presented 128 page publication was released to celebrate the re-opening of NGV International and retails for $44.95.

For full Terms and Conditions please visit www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvmembers or call (03) 8662 1522.

 

What's On

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NGV Australia

 

 
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