exhibitions

HOT: Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Gertrude St, Fitzroy

July 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Like High Street Northcote, Gertrude Street is a creative hub which runs an arts festival in partnership with residents of the street. The annual Gertrude St Projection Festival exhibits projection art onto shops, restaurants and pubs and this year artists had to interpret the theme of ‘dream’. On a wintery Thursday night some of my [...]

NOT: John Brack, Ian Potter Centre NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

July 2, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m afraid that I will be made a pariah but I cannot tell a lie; I really disliked NGV Australia’s John Brack exhibition. I’m Australian, I live in Melbourne and I like to think that I know something about art appreciation. He’s apparently one of Australia’s foremost artists – I’m supposed to like his work. [...]

HOT: NGV Members Lounge, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Benefits of unemployment #15: the opportunity to go meander through an art gallery when the crowds are at work. Or if you’re an NGV Member, skip the gallery all together and head straight for the Members Lounge. My new membership has practically saved me money as I’ve imbibed numerous mugs of complimentary peppermint tea (saved [...]

NOT: Exhibition 12, C3 Contemporary Arts Space, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford

June 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

C3 Contemporary Arts Space is a non-profit exhibition space located in the basement of peaceful Abbotsford Convent, now converted into an arts, culture and education precinct. The three rooms house rotating temporary exhibits, and its latest show is simply called ‘Exhibit 12‘ so there doesn’t appear to be any unifying theme. The postcard looked so [...]

HOT: Collection Tour, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

June 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I had originally planned to attend a Henry Purcell lecture at NGV International, but when it was cancelled at the last minute I decided to take a collection tour instead. I’ve never actually explored the permanent exhibition spaces of the NGV and the free tours are a good way to get a taste of what’s [...]

HOT: Northern Exposure, High St, Northcote

June 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Anita and I met on a windy, chilly Sunday afternoon for a stroll around Northern Exposure, Northcote’s visual arts festival. The exhibitions included traditional hangings in galleries such as Kick and the grand dame Northcote Town Hall, combined with displays in High Street shopfronts. I have to admit that I wasn’t too excited by much [...]

NOT: Soft Sculpture, Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank

June 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Duldig lecture on sculpture is an annual talk jointly held by the NGV and Duldig Studio – the Glen Iris residence, sculpture garden and studio of the renowned sculptor Karl Duldig. This year’s lecture was given by Elliott H King, an American art historian specialising in Dalí and Surrealism, and entitled Soft Sculptures. I [...]

HOT: Art Chat with Murray Walker, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

June 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

An art gallery (granted, the major gallery) in a city of only 3 million people can afford to open late one night a week, and people will actually turn up. These facts make me appreciate living in Melbourne, a city with what I believe is a disproportionally high level of interest and creativity activity in [...]

HOT: KK Exports, Guildford Lane Gallery, 202-4 Guildford Ln, Melbourne

June 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Having lived in Melbourne for several years, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about what was hidden in its mysterious laneways. Not so – I only found out about Guildford Lane today, and discovered that it is the resident of a fabulous (but freezing) warehouse-style art space called the Guildford Lane Gallery. The gallery is [...]

HOT: Dressed to Rule, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

June 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The second half of my very informative (and one-on-one) fashion-focused tour with the NGV guide was to the Dressed to Rule exhibition. I never knew that the NGV had such a well-preserved collection of Chinese imperial robes, and this exhibition includes robes worn by members of the imperial court and even the Emperor, as well [...]