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Dan FLAVIN
(American 1933–96)
untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg) 1972–73.
Yellow and green fluorescent light, edition 1/3,
246.4 x 213.4 x 25.4 cm.
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York, Panza Collection. © Dan Flavin/ARS, New York. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia.
Installation at National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Photo by Daniel Mahon
Top image:
GILBERT & GEORGE
Waking, 1984
Photo–piece
363 x 1111 cm
Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
© Gilbert & George, courtesy of Jay Jopling and White Cube (London)
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Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now –Hurry, last weeks!
Over 1 million visitors have now been through the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition series. Exclusive to Melbourne, this is your last chance to see works gathered from Guggenheim museums from around the world. Now in its last weeks, Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now must close Sunday 7 October.
Date Until 7 Oct 2007, open daily 10am–5pm
Cost $20 / $16 NGV Member & Concession
Principal Sponsor Mercedes–Benz
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/guggenheim
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
- Introductory Talk*
Dates Saturday & Sunday, 1pm; Wednesdays 1pm & 6pm
- Breakfast*
Beat the crowds! Enjoy breakfast, followed by an illustrated Introductory Talk and exhibition viewing prior to opening hours.
Dates Saturday 1 Sep & Sunday 23 Sep, 8.30am
- Family Morning #
Date Sun 30 Sep, 9am–12noon
art after dark
See art in a different light when NGV International comes alive for art after dark every Wednesday until 9pm.
Explore Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, enjoy a variety of talks, fine food and wine, plus free live performance and music.
Full time students can see Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now for only $10 after 5pm on art after dark evenings.
Date Every Wednesday evening, 5–9pm
Cost Exhibition admission fees apply $20 / $16 NGV Member & Concession
Principal Sponsor Mercedes-Benz
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whatson
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Gordon Bennett
Notes to Basquiat
(The coming of the light) (detail) 2001
Collection of the artist, Brisbane
© Courtesy of the artist
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Gordon Bennett
Take a journey through the complex and layered work of Gordon Bennett, one of Australia’s most critically engaged contemporary artists.
This retrospective exhibition comprehensively presents Bennett’s work from 1987 to the present.
Date 6 Sep 2007 – 16 Jan 2008
Cost $10 / $5 NGV Member / $7 Concession
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/gordonbennett
Program highlights for Gordon Bennett include:
- Curator Floor Talk#
Speaker Kelly Gellatly, exhibition curator & Curator,
Contemporary Art
Date Thursday 6 Sep, 12.30pm
- Free Film: Black Angels (G)
Date Sunday 16 Sep, 3.30pm
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Iman wearing Jacket 1988, autumn–winter by Thierry Mugler
Photo ROXANNE LOWIT ©
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Super Bodies: Heroic Fashion from the 1980s
Go back to a time when power dressing, strong shapes, sturdy fabrics and razor-sharp detailing combined with an attitude of female power to create an image if superhuman confidence.
This exhibition pays tribute to the powerful and body conscious styles that dominated women’s fashion in the 1980s. Featured designers include Azzedine, Alaïa, Jean paul Gaultier, Norma Kamali, Issey Miyake, Mariuccia Mandelli for Krizia, Claude Montana and Thierry Mugler.
Date 22 Aug 2007 – 3 Feb 2008
Cost Free entry
Principal Sponsor Myer
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/superbodies
Program highlights for Super Bodies include:
- Super Bodies Seminar: The Power and the Fashion*
From silver screen goddesses, to women in tailored suits, to body building glamazons. Join as we hear about the defining trends of 1980’s power dressing.
Date Saturday 15 Sep, 2.30–4.15pm
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September Public Programs not to be missed!
- Great Exhibitions Lecture: The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889*
Speaker Dr Michael Adcock, art historian
Date Monday 3 Sep, 10.30am
- Late Night Thursdays @ Fed Square: Evening Jazz Performance
Performers Victorian College of the Arts School of Music Students
Dates Thursday 6 Sep & 11 Oct, from 5pm
- Sites of Communication Symposium 3*
Dates Friday 7 & Saturday 8 Sep, 9.30am–5pm
Speakers, presentations and forums will investigate and debate the role of new technologies, theories of learning, partnerships and collaborations and the spatial dialectics of art museums. Includes viewings of Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now and Gordon Bennett exhibitions.
- Lecture: The Recent Sculpture of Geoffrey Bartlett*
Speaker Dr Ken Wach, Associate Professor, Creative Arts, The University of Melbourne
Date Saturday 22 Sep, 2pm
- Katie Pye Lecture: Contemporary Australian Fashion Photography – Pictures of Wearable Images*
Speaker Kate Rhodes, Curator, Craft Victoria and Cultural Program Manager, L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Date Friday 28 Sep, 12.30pm
- Annual Temenos Lecture: Leonardo Di Vinci’s The Last Supper*
Speaker Andrew Wolpert, independent scholar and author
Date Saturday 29 Sep, 3pm
* Fees apply, bookings essential
# Exhibition entry fees apply
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NGV Members exclusive exhibition
viewing, Australian Impressionism
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