Everything to love

If you have ever wondered why Gabrielle Chanel has long been regarded as the epitome of style then look no further than the current exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria – Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto curated by the Palais Galliera, Paris featuring more than 100 fashion works together with jewellery, accessories, cosmetics and perfumes....
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French Impressionism at the NGV

Each year the National Gallery of Victoria showcases a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition and this year is no exception. French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents an arresting display of 100 works by the well known masters of this unique movement. For starters, there are 19 canvasses by Monet, 10 by Renoir,...
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Botticelli to VanGogh – NGA

The National Gallery of Australia is presenting an amazing exhibition featuring masterpieces from the National Gallery London. It comprises 61 portrait and landscape works spanning almost 500 years. Most of the well known masters are represented making it enormously impressive. Many of the works are famous which makes viewing them up close and personal a...
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Warriors – up close and personal

You may have been lucky enough to visit The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, Xi’an, China and have viewed the terracotta warriors in situ, however there’s something very special about being able to get up close and personal to eight of them at the NGV’s Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality & Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient...
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An escape from reality

Years of glamour are on show at the National Gallery of Victoria’s current exhibition: The Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift.  Here is a glimpse of the exclusive world of couture fashion, that traces its history and its impact from the 19thcentury until today.   Soooooo romantic and sooooooo thoroughly gorgeous. The 150 garments by international fashion luminaries...
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