NGV Magazine

‘The marmalade-gold of winter sun hitting the bathroom tiles, an evening magpie learning to warble from a powerline outside – despite the clag of rushed traffic below – these are the smaller moments we so often miss; details that can anchor us in time and place.’

by Alice Bishop

‘The 1889 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition represented a radical turning point in the history of Australian art. This recently-acquired painting – one of the very few from the original exhibition – makes a rare and significant addition to the NGV’s Collection of Australian Impressionist paintings.’

By Angela Hesson

‘As is evident in the sensuous forms of twisting and entangled stems, leaves and flowers in this folding screen, lotus plants were symbolic of passion and love.’

by Wayne Crothers

‘In the landscape, bodies of water carry the trauma, as do women. Mistreating Country comes from deep disrespect.’

by Sophie Gerhard

‘The modern artists’ palette provides unprecedented opportunities for artists to use colour to communicate light, form, space and emotion.’

By Raye Collins

‘The impulse from these early days of her career, to blur the line between the documentary and the conceptual, between real and staged images, has remained key to Afshar’s art practice.’

by Katharina Prugger