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Carlo BUGATTI
Italy 1856–1940
Chair, from the Snail Room (c. 1902) wood, painted and gilt vellum, brass 97.0 x 45.0 x 40.0 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of Paula Fox, the NGV Women's Association and the NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2008
© Carlo Bugatti/ADAGP. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
Top image:
Jean BUGATTI (designer)
Italy
1909–39
Ettore BUGATTI (manufacturer)
Italy/France
1881–1947
Type 57C Atalante 1938
chassis no. 57788, engine no. 72C 143.0 x 163.0 x 486.0 cm
Private collection, Melbourne |
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Comprising over 30 works, this exhibition explores the remarkable, creative output that emerged from the Bugatti family — three generations of Italian craftsmen, artists and designers. See a variety of mediums including sculpture, furniture and cars — all as diverse as they are original.
6 FEB – 26 APR 09
Venue Temporary Exhibition Space 1, Ground Level, NGV International
Principal Sponsor duttondirect.com
ngv.vic.gov.au/bugatti
Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
- Free Voluntary Guide Tours
Wed, Fri & Sun, 1.30pm
- Floor Talk: Exhibition Introduction
Wed 25 Mar, 12.30pm & Sun 26 Apr, 11am
Speakers Amanda Dunsmore, Curator, Decorative Arts & Antiquities and John Payne, Senior Conservator, Painting
Sat 18 Apr, 2pm
This lecture will provide a background and context to the extraordinary furniture designs of Carlo Bugatti by examining the work of other nineteenth-century artist-designers and architects – ranging from Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and Owen Jones to William Burges and Lawrence Alma Tadema – who sought inspiration from the art of different cultures and different times.
Speaker Dr Alison Inglis, Head of Cultural Management and Deputy Head, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne |
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Tim JONES
Tree with shooting star 2001
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased 2006
© Tim Jones
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Explore the cultural experience of the night sky over our Southern continent with this fascinating exhibition of prints, drawings and photographs, as well as Indigenous works in a variety of media.
13 MAR – 2 AUG 09
Venue Gallery 11, Level 2, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
ngv.vic.gov.au/sharedsky
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
Sun 22 Mar, 12noon
To coincide with Cultural Diversity Week (17–23 Mar).
Speakers Stephen Gilchrist, Curator, Indigenous Art and Dr Allison Holland, Curator, Prints & Drawings
Wed 1 Apr, 3.30pm
Speaker Felicity Spear, exhibiting artist
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Thursdays, 5–9pm
Cost Entry to Late Night Thursdays @ NGV Australia is free. Admission fees may apply for special exhibitions.
March Program
- Thu 5 Mar
6pm Art Chat: Martin Gascoigne & Mary Eagle In Conversation, Kelly Gellatly, Curator, Contemporary Art joins Martin Gascoigne, son of Rosalie Gascoigne, and Mary Eagle, art historian, for an intimate conversation about Rosalie Gascoigne’s life and art from their personal perspectives
6.30pm Performance: Soteria Bell, ARIA award winners, combine ancient shamanic vocal traditions with improvisation, strings & intricate, ethereal harmonies
- Thu 12 Mar
6pm Art Chat: Sandro Mosele, General Manager and Winemaker for Kooyong and Port Phillip Estate discuss the art of winemaking. Food tastings available (fees apply, bookings essential)
6.30pm Performance: Soteria Bell, ARIA award winners, combine ancient shamanic vocal traditions with improvisation, strings & intricate, ethereal harmonies
7pm Free Film: Big Night (M) To coincide with the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.
- Thu 19 Mar
6pm Art Chat: Suzie Wharton, chocolate expert, plus Shane Hills, Founder & Kim Linssen, Leading Chocolatier from Koko Black discuss the art of chocolate.
6.30pm Performance: Soteria Bell, ARIA award winners, combine ancient shamanic vocal traditions with improvisation, strings & intricate, ethereal harmonies
7pm Free Film: Chocolat (PG) To coincide with the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.
- Thu 26 Mar
6pm Art Chat: Dr Andrew May, urban historian and author Espresso! Melbourne coffee stories muses on our city’s love affair with coffee
6.30pm Performance: Soteria Bell, ARIA award winners, combine ancient shamanic vocal traditions with improvisation, strings & intricate, ethereal harmonies
Wed 11 Mar, 6pm for 6.30pm
The British Museum has an unparalleled collection of English eighteenth-century porcelain which includes many dated and signed pieces. Some of the most remarkable of these will be studied to demonstrate the growth of the porcelain industry in Britain from around 1750, and to illustrate the taste and manners of the time.
Speaker Aileen Dawson, Curator, Department of Prehistory & Europe, British Museum, London
Event code: P0929
Sun 15 Mar, 3pm
Speaker Daniel Thomas, Founding Senior Curator of Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia and former Director, Art Gallery of South Australia.
Event code: P0930
Sat 21 Mar, 2.30–4pm
The curator, the couturier and the fashion designer. An afternoon seminar of high fashion, sharply tailored lines and tales of studying in Paris. To coincide with the L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival.
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Speaker Paola Di Trocchio, Assistant Curator, International Fashion & Textiles
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Speaker Robert Fritzlaff, couturier
Speakers Denise Sprynskyj & Peter Boyd, co-designers & co-owners of S!X fashion label
*Fees apply, bookings essential
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Maurice DENIS
French 1870–1943
Attitudes are easy and chaste (Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes)
(c. 1897–99) plate 2 from the Amour (Love) suite, published 1899
colour lithograph, edition of 100
38.4 x 27.6 cm (image); 53.0 x 40.5 cm (sheet)
Purchased with the assistance of Jennifer Lempriere and the NGV Women's Association, 2008
© Maurice Denis/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
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In the vibrant art world of Paris in the 1890s, Maurice Denis was generally regarded as the leader of the Nabis, a post-Impressionist group of painters that included Bonnard and Vuillard, young exponents of the radical style of Gauguin. Fascinated by the Middle Ages and its ideals of chivalric love, Denis also embraced the Symbolist desire for synthesising painting, music, poetry and theatre to create a total aesthetic experience. Join Gerard Vaughan as he examines Denis’s art and influences, the significance of the recently acquired Vollard lithographs of Denis' work and why, until recently, Maurice Denis has been less celebrated than his fellow artists.
Speaker Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, NGV
Cost $55
Venue Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International (enter North entrance, via the Arts Centre forecourt)
Event code NGVWA030309
Bookings 03 8662 1555
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