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Issue 45 Mar–Apr 2024
The latest NGV Magazine is the final issue dedicated to NGV Triennial, and features interviews with cover artist and architect Hugh Hayden and the inimitable Tracey Emin CBE RA, who joined Patricia Karvelas in conversation. We also explore a selection of fascinating and significant works to have recently joined the NGV Collection, including a nineteenth century painting by Emmeline Pritchard of the Royal Botanic Gardens, acquired with the generous support of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family.
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Features in this issue
COVER STORY Hugh Hayden
‘If I can manipulate how you think about these really ordinary things, I hope maybe I can change what you think about the more conceptual understandings these works are about.’
by Donna McColm and Elisa Scarton
NGV COLLECTION New Works in the Collection
‘From a nineteenth-century depiction of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens to Gucci fashion, these works have recently joined the NGV Collection.’
By Dr Ted Gott, Wayne Crothers, Sunita Lewis, Beckett Rozentals, Sophie Prince, Maggie Finch, Charlotte Botica, Amanda Dunsmore, Imogen Mallia-Valjan, Michael Gentle
NGV TRIENNIAL Diana Al-Hadid
‘The project, What remains of the floating man hypothesis, 2023, has created new narratives among and between a wide range of works, both secular and religious, selected from the NGV’s holdings.’
By Dr Ted Gott
NGV TRIENNIAL A Conversation with Tracey Emin
‘I left school for good literally when I was fifteen and packed a bag with two David Bowie albums and some clothes and went straight to London.’
By Patricia Karvelas with Tracey Emin
NGV TRIENNIAL Megacities
‘We’ve seen these places before we see them, in films and travel books and the stories of wide-eyed friends. We have certain expectations: chaos, primarily.’
By Sarah Walker
COLLABORATION My Country: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions
‘Participants in its inaugural program were invited to consider the theme of ‘My Country’, and the rich outcomes of the First Peoples–led selection and invitation process has revealed examples of the power of First Nations mentorship.’
By Edwina Green and Sophie Prince
NGV Magazine Collected Editions
An edited collection of favourites drawn from past NGV Magazine features.
