NGV FRIDAY NIGHTS
NGV Friday Nights returns this summer during Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, paying homage to the 1980s and New York downtown. DJs spotlight an 80s music moment each week, alongside drag performances, classic cocktails and New York City street food.
Garage Disco: Shelley and Simon Caldwell
Friday 24 January, 6pm – 10pm | NGV International | Booking Required, Fees Apply
House Yacht Classics: DJ Cookie and Alexander Powers
Friday 31 January, 6pm – 10pm | NGV International | Booking required, fees apply
Thursday 23 January, 10.15am – 11.15am | NGV International | Booking required, free entry
Sharing Connections is a free program for those living with dementia in the community. It provides an opportunity for participants to enjoy a relaxed social experience using art as the basis for conversation and sharing ideas. Using the NGV Collection as the conduit, NGV Guides lead facilitated tours of the Gallery.
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TALKS
From Venus To Cleopatra: Petrina Hicks’ Women
Thursday 23 January, 2pm – 2.30pm | NGV Australia, Federation Square | Free entry
Hosted by Dr Maria Quirk, Assistant Curator for Collections and Acquisitions, NGV, From Venus To Cleopatra: Petrina Hicks’ Women discusses issues of gender and representation through the work of contemporary photographer Petrina Hicks. Join the discussion to learn how Petrina interrogates visual representations of women throughout art history and mythology in her photographs then view the works in her current solo exhibition Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic.
Imagination And Storytelling
Thursday 23 January, 2.30pm – 3.00pm | NGV Australia, Federation Square | Free entry
Celebrating contemporary photographer Polixeni Papapetrou’s work, Imagination And Storytelling considers the narrative in historical and contemporary photography. Hosted by Susan van Wyk, Senior Curator of Photography, NGV and Olympia Nelson, Polixeni Papapetrou’s daughter and muse, attendees can explore how Papapetrou explored narrative in her work through the Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou exhibition.
Keynote Lecture: In Absence
Thursday 23 January, 6pm – 7.15pm | NGV International | Booking required, fees apply
A panel discussion with Yhonnie Scarce, contemporary artist and Melbourne architecture studio, Edition Office, founders Kim Bridgland and Aaron Roberts about the 2019 Architecture Commission. The panel provides a thought-provoking lecture on the meanings of In Absence, 2019 a critically engaged architectural project that seeks to act as carrier for forgotten stories that must be shared and heard to inform our shared future.
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Lunar New Year
Saturday 25 January, 12.00pm – 4.00pm | NGV International | Free entry
Celebrate Lunar New Year at the NGV with an afternoon of free activities exploring Asian art and culture.
Try your luck at Jianzi (Chinese hacky sack) in the NGV Garden while listening to the art-pop, jazz and new wave sounds of DJ Silky Jazz. Experience highlights of the NGV’s Collection with guides tours in English and Mandarin.
