NGV Magazine

NGV Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine featuring writing from NGV and around the world that considers the many ways and reasons that we create, design, speculate and investigate. Learn how artists and designers make things, sink deep into the lives, challenges and achievements of creative people throughout history, and consider the world anew through the many ideas and perspectives explored through art and design.

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Latest issue

Issue 53 Jul–Aug 2025

In the new July/August issue of NGV Magazine, we explore the major Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, including a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition design.

Also in this issue, we continue our coverage of Kimono and welcome new works to the NGV Collection by American Photorealists Ralph Goings and Richard Estes, celebrate established and emerging Australian designers as part of the Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and share an exclusive interview with Archibald Prize finalist Heidi Yardley.

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Features in this issue

COVER STORY Making French Impressionism

‘The works on display are not hung on white walls but enveloped in an immersive scenography that includes a rich colour palette, soft furnishings, period furniture and architectural details that amplify the stories of the artists and collectors who shaped French Impressionism in Europe and abroad.’

By Tom McCarthy and Elisa Scarton

EXHIBITION World of Kimono

‘Providing endless inspiration for fashion designers around the globe, the kimono has witnessed a resurgence in Japan today, with younger generations reclaiming it as an everyday article of clothing.’

By Charlotte Botica

NEW TO THE NGV Ralph Goings and Richard Estes

‘By using a photographic image as a model, snaps serving as sketches or composites from multiple studies, the artist could achieve a clarity of reality beyond the human eye’s capacity and transcend the limitations of conventional photography’s singular depth of field.’

By Carla Dusevic