Featuring stories and music taking us behind NGV Collection works and exhibitions in the form of podcasts, audio descriptions and playlists.
Connecting the Dots: First Peoples Art from the NGV with Tony Armstrong is a four-episode podcast series that delves into the stories, works and artists in the NGV’s globally significant collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and design.
Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection with Courtney Act is a five-part podcast series, produced by the NGV, that delves into the artworks and themes explored in the landmark exhibition QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection.
Wander through the Impressionist movement’s most dreamy, timeless and sublime pieces of music, from iconic early works through to contemporary forms from across the globe.
These sound compositions by Philip Samartzis were produced from raw material recorded during three residencies in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia.
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Antarctica and its surrounding ocean are dominated by the presence of snow and ice, which, while responsive to local climate patterns and variations also influences global climate systems.
These recordings focus on the way sound permeates Venice and its attendant canals and lagoon to register an elaborate set of signifiers characterising the city.
Perspectives on Women in Art & Design
Hear from writers featured in She Persists, a publication featuring 34 perspectives exploring pivotal moments in and key contributions to the field of art and design by women, whose influential works are held in the NGV Collection.
Spanning hundreds of years of Japanese sound culture, this playlist juxtaposes traditional compositions with contemporary ambient works.
Pop hooks, lo-fi genius and dance-floor dreams in the Australian scene.
This playlist accompanies the 2019-2020 NGV exhibition Collecting Comme, and plays in the Gallery space. Collecting Comme celebrates the work of Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, one of the most visionary and influential fashion designers working today.
Inspired by NGV’s 2019 exhibition Darren Sylvester: Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something, this playlist celebrates Sylvester’s multidisciplinary and ever evolving practice.
Inspired by NGV’s 2019-2020 world-first exhibition Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, this playlist recreates the sounds of 1980s Downtown New York where both artists’ careers and lives intersected.
Some of the most striking artists performing ethereal, experimental and bass-heavy music in the world today.
Discover sublime harmonies, ecstatic intervals and forgotten instruments in this playlist examining the Medieval period’s earliest composers.
Inspired by NGV’s 2013 exhibition entitled Monet’s Garden, this playlist celebrates artist Claude Monet, the ‘father of French Impressionism’, who was inspired by his direct experiences of nature.
Inspired by the 2015 NGV exhibition Shifting Gear: Design, Invention and the Australian Car, this playlist matches iconic Australian music with some of Australia’s most iconic vehicles.
Immerse yourself in the sounds of the uncanny, the ominous and the beautiful with this NGV Melbourne playlist inspired by the Surrealism movement.
Take an audio journey through NGV Triennial with a new podcast produced in collaboration with NGV and daily news podcast, 7am.