Tag: NGV

Cultural Evening at National Gallery of Victoria | ICOM-CC 2014 Events

by Katrina Grant • September 12, 2014

Australian Aboriginal culture has a unique place in the world, being the oldest continuous living culture. The ICOM-CC Cultural Evening celebrates Australia’s extraordinary Indigenous cultures, and includes performance and story-telling. Featuring artists and performers from the Warmun Art Centre and Walayirti Artists this event presents a unique opportunity to experience Australia’s rich Indigenous cultures, and a cultural legacy that stretches back at least 50,000 years. This event will be held in the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria.The Warmun Art Centre and Walayirti Artists represent the Aboriginal communities of Warmun and Balgo respectively. These communities are part of the remote Halls Creek Shire, which is located 2873km north-east of Perth, on the edges of the Great Sandy Desert and Tanami Desert, in northwest Australia. Covering some 142,908 square kilometres of predominantly desert and pastoral country, Halls Creek Shire is home to a…

What are you looking at? | Giuseppe Bonito’s The Turkish Embassy to the Court of Naples in 1741

by Katrina Grant • July 2, 2014

What are you looking at? | Giuseppe Bonito’s The Turkish Embassy to the Court of Naples in 1741 John Weretka The Turkish Embassy to the Court of Naples in 1741 currently on display at the Museo del Prado exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Giuseppe Bonito’s name is not one that anyone other than the most enthusiastic lover of late Baroque art is likely to know. This Neapolitan painter was born in 1707 and was a student of Solimena. From the 1740s, he was engaged as a portraitist to the Neapolitan court. Wider professional recognition followed in the 1750s with nomination as a pittore di camera, election to the Accademia di S. Luca in Rome, and promotion to the directorship of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples. Bonito’s output included religious works, such as the now-destroyed vault fresco…

News | Back catalogue of the Art Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria now online

by Katrina Grant • July 1, 2014

Great news from the National Gallery of Victoria that the entire back catalogue of the Art Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria (previously known as the Art Bulletin of Victoria) is now available online. You can browse past issues via this website. The journal is the NGV’s annual scholarly publication and features in-depth, peer-reviewed essays by established art curators, conservators and academics, based on works in the NGV’s collection. In 2011, Art Journal celebrated a milestone with 50 years of continuous publication. The digital publication of the Art Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria is made possible due to the generous support of The Vizard Foundation. A few small niggles with the set up. The search box only seems to appear on the right-hand side once you have selected a specific edition – but it does then search all editions. Also,…

Exhibition | Melbourne Now Opening Weekend Events

by Katrina Grant • November 19, 2013

Launching Melbourne Now Public Programs Date: Fri 22, Sat 23 & Sun 24, 10am – 5pm Venue: NGV International & NGV Australia Melbourne Now is the largest and most far-reaching initiative ever undertaken by the National Gallery of Victoria. This unprecedented collaboration brings together over 30 curators alongside more than 300 artists, architects and designers of fashion, jewellery and product design to explore creativity in the city. Opening Weekend of Melbourne Now will launch this incredible exhibition through a series of programs which will showcase how the artists, designers and architects involved have used the city of Melbourne as a source of inspiration. Talks, performances, screenings and workshops will celebrate and challenge the way in which audiences interact with art and the city and engage adults and children alike. Ash Keating: Endurance Painting Performance Date to be announced In an…

Conference | Baroque to Neo-Baroque: Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses

by Katrina Grant • November 14, 2013

Baroque to Neo-Baroque: Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses Both the historical baroque and the neo-baroque are increasingly serious areas of global intellectual enquiry. This conference contributes to a fuller picture of the relationship between the two phenomena and, in particular, explores the engagement of emotion in the cultural productions of the baroque and the neo-baroque. Our own interest is in applying a new methodology to the study of baroque and neo-baroque cultures, one grounded in unique sensory and spatial approaches, and themes. The conference is being organised by Professor Angela Ndalianis (The University of Melbourne) and Dr Lisa Beaven (La Trobe University). Keynote Speakers Monika Kaup (Associate Professor of English and Latin American Studies, University of Washington) ‘Feeling Baroque: Joy, Sadness, Pride, as well as a Spinozist Solution to the Quest for Happiness’ There is unanimous agreement about the Baroque’s inherent connection with…

NGV Forum | How to look good naked – From Antiquity to the Renaissance

by Katrina Grant • November 4, 2013

Forum: How to look good naked- From Antiquity to the Renaissance Sat 9 Nov, 1-3.30pm Ancient Greeks Looking Good: Nudity, Clothing and Antiquities at the NGV The ancient Greeks celebrated the body beautiful – which, for males at least, also meant the naked body. Men exercised and competed at athletic games in the nude, and their victories in both sport and war were commemorated with statues of idealised, perfectly formed nude bodies. Women in contrast were depicted clothed, until famously and scandalously the 4th century BC sculptor Praxiteles created the Aphrodite of Knidos, the first completely naked female sculpture. Painted vases show a similar obsession with idealised bodies, but also reveal a diversity of approaches to nudity: the comical side to nakedness, the ugliness as well as the erotic. This lecture places the NGV antiquities in their wider social context of…

Floor talks to showcase the NGV’s new antiquities gallery

by Katrina Grant • October 31, 2013

The NGV has opened a new space the showcase their collection of antiquities. The new gallery is on Level 2 of NGV International. The collections are displayed across three areas, encompassing Mesoamerica, The Classical World and Egypt and the Near East. The two corridor cases that flank the gallery feature representative tomb groups from West Mexico and ancient Egypt. To showcase these collections the NGV is holding floortalks and a forum featuring expert speakers. The new display of the National Gallery of Victoria’s antiquities collection, The Ancient World, showcases works from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Italy and Mesoamerica. Celebrating the long awaited new galleries of curator floor talks. See details below. Floor Talk Series: Ancient World Egyptian Collection Speaker Amanda Dunsmore, Curator, Decorative Arts and Antiquities Date: Thursday 31st October, 12.30pm (Today) Near Eastern Collection Speaker Matthew Martin, Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts…

MUMA Boiler Room and NGV Lecture | Simon Starling

by Katrina Grant • July 4, 2013

MUMA in partnership with the NGV present an illustrated lecture by Turner Prize winning artist Simon Starling. The lecture will be introduced by Max Delany, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, NGV and convened by Charlotte Day, Director, MUMA. The lecture coincides with the first career survey of Starling’s work in Australasia. Simon Starling: In Speculum brings together a major new commission and key works from the artists’ oeuvre that focus particularly on the site of the studio and workshop, and the relationships between art, technology, history and modernity. Marked by epic journeys and explorative narratives, Simon Starling’s work investigates the social, cultural and material implications of object-making. His ongoing excavation and transformation of the material world takes the form of associational assemblages that incorporate film, photography and sculptural forms, revealing rich, unexpected and complex histories. Date: 5:30-7pm, 18th July 2013 Venue: Clemenger…

Forums | Melbourne Now at NGV

by Katrina Grant • January 25, 2013

In anticipation of the Melbourne Now exhibition later this year, the NGV is holding a series of free forums about the latest art, design, architecture, music and film in Melbourne . Each Sunday in February, a range of speakers including Phip Murray, Simone LeAmon, Gideon Obarzanek, Melissa Loughman, Jon Campbell and others will explore the issues and subjects that drive our artistic community. Details are below, visit the NGV website for further details. More speakers will be announced for each forum. The forums will take place between 1-3pm at the NGV International. Free entry. Collaborations: 3rd February This discussion focuses on Melbourne artists who work collaboratively as a mode of practice, as well as those who have collaborated with designers, architects, musicians and fashion designers on one-off projects that fall outside their usual practice. Speakers include: Tony Ellwood (Director, NGV), Phip…

UPDATED | NGV Event | Drop By Drawing

by Katrina Grant • January 11, 2013

Every Sunday in January the NGV is holding public drawing sessions. Particpants will be able to work with guidance from Australian artists Louise Hearman, Juan Ford, and John Wolseley. Materials are provided and your own grey-lead pencils and sketch pads are welcome (no larger than A3). Come and go as you like between each session. Open to visitors of all ages and all abilities. The first session on Sunday the 6th January with Louise Hearman was a great success, details of upcoming sessions below. Sun 13 Jan | Juan Ford, artist Born 1973, Juan Ford could be described as an artist’s artist who has exhibited extensively and has received several noteworthy prizes, residencies and grants. His work is represented in many important collections nationwide including the NGV. Sun 20 Jan |John Wolseley, artist John Wolseley, artist Expressionistic printmaker, painter and installation…

News: NGV announces new member of the Council of Trustees

by Katrina Grant • November 29, 2011

NGV announces new member of the Council of Trustees From the NGV: Mr Allan Meyers, President of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Council of Trustees, today announced that the Victorian Government has appointed a new Council member, Mr Michael Ullmer. Mr Ullmer’s appointment commenced on 22 November 2011. Mr Ullmer has more than thirty years’ experience in financial services. He joined the National Australia Bank as Finance Director in 2004, and served as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer from 2007 until his retirement in August 31 2011. He was previously with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for seven years from 1997 where he was the Group Executive responsible for Institutional and Business Banking, and before that he was Group Chief Financial Officer. He began his career with KPMG in 1972, initially in London, then the US, and finally Australia. Michael joined Coopers & Lybrand in…

News: Gerard Vaughan announces retirement from NGV in July 2012

by Katrina Grant • September 9, 2011

Gerard Vaughan announces retirement from NGV in July 2012 Press Release from the NGV reads: After thirteen years as Director National Gallery of Victoria, Dr Gerard Vaughan today announced he would retire from his role as Director in July 2012. Dr Vaughan was originally appointed Director of the NGV in 1999. Dr Vaughan said today that he believed the time was right to retire from his role: “In any field of endeavor knowing when to leave a role is crucial. I believe this is the right time to bow out. “I am very proud of our achievements over the past 12 years, and am confident the NGV is in good shape for the future. It has been a great privilege and pleasure to serve Victoria in the role of NGV Director. “In 2011 NGV celebrated its 150th anniversary, a very…

Opinion: Thoughts on the NGV’s latest acquisition: Correggio’s Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist by David R. Marshall

by Katrina Grant • August 17, 2011

Opinion: Thoughts on the NGV’s latest acquisition: Correggio’s Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist by David R. Marshall The NGV today announced the purchase of a newly discovered painting by Correggio (Antonio Allegri) of the Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist at Sotheby’s 7 July sale. By chance I was shown this painting in late May when I was looking at something else, and had an interesting discussion about it with the people from Sotheby’s, including their conservator who was doing the conservator’s report. It was not an attention-grabbing picture at first sight (especially as it was a little yellowed by varnish), but gradually the subtleties of Correggio’s hand and imagery began to emerge. It is an early work, which is always interesting with Correggio because, like Giovanni Bellini, he begins slowly,…

Symposium: The Naked Face at the NGV

by admin • February 8, 2011

Symposium The Naked Face: self-portraits: Art, emotion, identity What can self-portraits tell us about the human mind, body and identity? One of the liveliest current debates concerns the nature of human consciousness. How do we acquire and maintain individual identity? How is art subject to memory, emotion, historical and cultural circumstance? Does art expand the mind and can our neurological structures change? Join philosophers, critics and artists to discuss the creative process. Speakers Prof John Sutton, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science Assoc. Prof, Adrian Martin, film and cultural critic Julie Rrap, artist Lewis Miller, artist De Christopher Marshall, art historian Dr Vivien Gaston, curator Venue: Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International Date: Saturday 19 February 1.30-4.30pm Cost: $54 Adult / $50 NGV Member / $52 Concession / $50 Student (includes afternoon tea, bookings essential). Bookings essential: Program bookings 03 8662 1555, 10am-5pm daily.

Photography Symposium: Stormy Weather – NGV

by admin • September 21, 2010

NGV Public Programs presents Photography Symposium: Stormy Weather Sat 25 Sep, 10am-1.30pm The NGV is holding a a stimulating and informative symposium to mark the opening of the new photography exhibition Stormy Weather. Several of the artists included in the exhibition will present talks in which they discuss their working methods and how the Australian environment has influenced their practice. Introduction: Dr Isobel Crombie, Senior Curator, Photography, NGV Speakers: Anne Ferran, Jill Orr, Harry Nankin, Sir Hayes, exhibiting artists Cost: $42 Adult/ $40 NGV Member / $39 Concession and Students (Includes morning tea. Bookings essential Venue: Theatre, NGV Australia (Federation Square) For Bookings phone 8662 1555, 10am-5pm daily (Event Code P10113). Exhibition Description – Open 24 September to 20 March 2011. Stormy Weather: Contemporary Landscape Photography Stormy Weather charts some contemporary approaches to the landscape through the work of eleven…

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