Tag: National Gallery of Victoria

History and loss: Colony at NGV Australia

NGV Australia is showing a two-part exhibition about early colony, which tackles the sensitive topic of settlement. Australia: 1770-1861 and Frontier Wars are about Australian settlement from two perspectives, one of the colonising pioneers and the other of colonised people. The…

Contemporary now: Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria

Triennial, currently showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (International), is a free exhibition that asserts the gallery’s recent position in the ranks of high-status art museums. Set on all four levels of the NGV, in temporary exhibition spaces and…

Best of August: What to see, eat, drink, and do

August is here! We can begin the countdown to spring. That does not mean you need to be any less busy though so we’ve pulled together our top picks for what you need to be doing this month. And let…

NGV Friday Nights Melbourne

NGV Friday Nights: Winter 2017 with Van Gogh

The National Gallery of Victoria’s Friday Nights are a huge highlight of Melbourne’s cultural scene. The sessions are a favourite of the Friday knock-off crowd and for good reason. Bands, drinks and access to all of the ground level exhibitions —…

Van Gogh and the Seasons at the National Gallery of Victoria

Van Gogh and the Seasons is internationally exclusive to Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria. Works from Kröller Müller Museum in Otterlo and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam are set alongside masterpieces from twenty international lenders from Paris, São Paolo,…

NGV Friday Nights: disco inferno amongst art and exhibitions

The National Gallery of Victoria’s weekly Friday night events are back for the David Hockney and Viktor&Rolf exhibits. The $30 entry fee includes both exhibits plus a rotating line-up of live music. This is superior offer, considering during regular hours the…

Monthly wrap: our fave events of November

As November draws to a close, we look over the month of crazy-awesome events and sign in bliss. We’ve done it all this time, from attending the opening of a new store on Smith Street, to checking out international fashion-as-art,…

Italian Jewels, Bulgari Style at the NGV

If there’s one thing the Italians are good at, it’s everything. From their prosciutto to their pistachio gelato, their scooters to their renaissance artists, there seems to be nothing the Italians can’t nail. But nothing — not even endless panini —…

Friday Nights at the NGV – that’s a wrap for 2016

Sometimes you have a night full of so much art that it makes you dizzy. Friday Nights at the NGV wrapped up last week with the legendary Augie March, aka the soundtrack to my teenage years. Melbourne has cottoned on…