Essays

The spectre of speculation

By Megan Patty

Depths of the mirror

By Pip Wallis

Upon us, a luminous scene

By Dr Simon Maidment

Some notes on conservation

By Ewan McEoin

Spectrum: An Exploration of Colour

By Amanda Dunsmore

NGV x MECCA: Louise Zhang

By Katharina Prugger

Shining a light on low-pressure sodium lamps in DESTINY

By Janelle Borig

Woven air: Reviving a regency dress

By Ellen Doyle and Kate Douglas

Bringing to light Hans Heysen’s Sunshine and shadow

By Raymonda Rajkowski

The paper trail: a study of watermarks in the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection of Albrecht Dürer prints

By Louise Wilson

A perfect fit: conservation of Porcelaine

By Kate Douglas

What is in a title? Dick Watkins’s Rain in West Pymble

By Raymonda Rajkowski

Fragile beauty: emu eggs in early Australian gold and silverware

By Marika Strohschnieder

Beneath the surface: X-rays reveal a different story

By Raye Collins and Carl Villis

A revelation: the X-ray of Herbert Badham’s Paint and morning tea (1937)

By Raye Collins

Hokusai and The great wave

By Mem Capp

Modern Australian Women

By Maria Quirk

Verso: revealing the secret life of paintings

By Laurie Benson & Michael Varcoe-Cocks

Susanna Highmore by Joseph Highmore: a father’s perspective

By Carl Villis

Picture perfect: Pictorialism and its processes

By Pip Morrison