• A heartfelt thank you to all of our visitors and followers, it’s because of you that NGV was just named the number 1 most-tagged location in Victoria on Instagram in 2018, and the 5th in Australia overall. We love seeing everyone's posts from their visit to the Gallery ♡
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    A heartfelt thank you to all of our visitors and followers, it’s because of you that NGV was just named the number 1 most-tagged location in Victoria on Instagram in 2018, and the 5th in Australia overall. We love seeing everyone's posts from their visit to the Gallery ♡
  • Experience this summer’s major exhibition Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds after hours at #NGVFridayNights with live music, guest DJs, pop-up bars, food and architecture taking over the Ground Floor and NGV Garden. Friday 14 December will feature a DJ Set by Hoodlem. Book your session via link in profile. • • • With thanks to Principal Partner @mercedesbenzau Major Event Partners @americanexpress @bombaysapphire Event Partners @asahibeer_au @yeringstation
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    Experience this summer’s major exhibition Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds after hours at #NGVFridayNights with live music, guest DJs, pop-up bars, food and architecture taking over the Ground Floor and NGV Garden. Friday 14 December will feature a DJ Set by Hoodlem. Book your session via link in profile. • • • With thanks to Principal Partner @mercedesbenzau Major Event Partners @americanexpress @bombaysapphire Event Partners @asahibeer_au @yeringstation
  • Visions of Paradise presents the NGV’s collection of Indian court paintings and takes exhibition visitors on a journey to the opulent palaces, sumptuous lifestyles and cultural activities of the famed Indian Maharaja and Maharana of Rajasthan. Now open. #NGV • • • Image: TARA Maharana Shambhu Singh riding a young elephant 1864 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1980
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    Visions of Paradise presents the NGV’s collection of Indian court paintings and takes exhibition visitors on a journey to the opulent palaces, sumptuous lifestyles and cultural activities of the famed Indian Maharaja and Maharana of Rajasthan. Now open. #NGV • • • Image: TARA Maharana Shambhu Singh riding a young elephant 1864 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1980
  • Escher’s work, unlike that of the old masters, did not incorporate symbolic meaning; in fact, Escher deliberately steered clear of symbolism. Many prints potentially lend themselves to symbolic or philosophical interpretation, but the artist preferred to leave interpretation to the viewer. View ‘Reptiles’ on display in Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds #NGVEXN #NGV • • • Image: M. C. Escher Reptiles March 1943 lithograph Escher Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands © The M. C. Escher Company, the Netherlands. All rights reserved
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    Escher’s work, unlike that of the old masters, did not incorporate symbolic meaning; in fact, Escher deliberately steered clear of symbolism. Many prints potentially lend themselves to symbolic or philosophical interpretation, but the artist preferred to leave interpretation to the viewer. View ‘Reptiles’ on display in Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds #NGVEXN #NGV • • • Image: M. C. Escher Reptiles March 1943 lithograph Escher Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands © The M. C. Escher Company, the Netherlands. All rights reserved
  • ‘Dulka Warngiid’ translates as ‘land of all’. Seven Kaiadilt women have collaborated to create a holistic vision of their tiny island home, the saltwater that surrounds it, the sun and the sky. Strong in cultural memory, consolidated in diaspora, the canvas works as a conceptual map of Bentinck Island that reveals seven artists’ detailed knowledge of special places. #NGV • • • Image: Birmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori Warthadangathi Bijarrba Ethel Thomas Thunduyingathi Bijarrb May Moodoonuthi Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Kurdalalngk Dawn Naranatjil Rayarriwarrtharrbayingathi Mingungurra Amy Loogatha Dulka Warngiid 2007 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Allen, Carolyn Berger and Delma Valmorbida, 2007 © The artists/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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    ‘Dulka Warngiid’ translates as ‘land of all’. Seven Kaiadilt women have collaborated to create a holistic vision of their tiny island home, the saltwater that surrounds it, the sun and the sky. Strong in cultural memory, consolidated in diaspora, the canvas works as a conceptual map of Bentinck Island that reveals seven artists’ detailed knowledge of special places. #NGV • • • Image: Birmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori Warthadangathi Bijarrba Ethel Thomas Thunduyingathi Bijarrb May Moodoonuthi Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Kurdalalngk Dawn Naranatjil Rayarriwarrtharrbayingathi Mingungurra Amy Loogatha Dulka Warngiid 2007 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Allen, Carolyn Berger and Delma Valmorbida, 2007 © The artists/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia