Arts
Rattling Spears: A history of indigenous Australian art by Ian McLean
by Billy Griffiths •
Inside the Art Market: Australia’s galleries: A history 1956–1976 by Christopher Heathcote
by Francesca Sasnaitis •
The Art of Rivalry: Four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art by Sebastian Smee
by Miriam Cosic •
Brett Whiteley: Art, life and the other thing by Ashleigh Wilson
by Simon Caterson •
Modern Love: The Lives of John and Sunday Reed by Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan
by Jane Grant •
Rendez-vous with Art by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford
by Patrick McCaughey •
Masterpieces from the Hermitage: the Legacy of Catherine the Great (NGV International)
by Grazia Gunn •
14 August 2015
Eight galleries of NGV International have been radically reshaped to host Masterpieces from the Hermitage, invoking the world of unbounded opulence of Russia’s Catherine the Great (1729–96). The installation, designed by the NGV’s Ingrid Ruhle, is dazzling, mimicking as it does the grand style of the State Hermitage Museum and incorporating some ...