Art Start National Gallery of Victoria
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Art Start – a Day at the NGV Ben, Zack and Alex discover the NGV collection and go behind the scenes in this two-minute introduction to A day at NGV– a more extensive feature film and associated short films launching in late July. The Art Start films and associated resources and activities target middle years school students, and will appear on ngv.vic.gov.au
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Art Start – a Day at the NGV (teaser)
Art Start – a Day at the NGV
Ben, Zack and Alex discover the NGV collection and go behind the scenes in this two-minute introduction to A day at NGV – a more extensive feature film and associated short films launching in late July.
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Art Detective discovers Louis Duffy - an Art Start short film
How does an artwork find its way into the Gallery’s collection? Art Detective Zack interviews NGV Curator Ted Gott to uncover the story behind one collection artwork, a painting by British artist Louis Duffy. It’s an intriguing tale that takes us from New Zealand to Ireland via the auction houses and archives of England.
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The NGV Indigenous Collection - an Art Start short film
Indigenous Australian art represents the world’s longest continuous tradition, spanning more than 40,000 years of history. Alex catches up with Stephen Gilchrist, Curator of Indigenous Art at the NGV, who explains the meanings and stories behind some of the paintings and sculptures in the Gallery’s Indigenous Australian art collection.
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Curating Art - an Art Start short film
With such a big collection (some 70,000 artworks at last count) and only so much space, how do you decide what goes where? Alex finds out from NGV curators Humphrey Clegg and Emma Mayall who explain the role of the curator, from brainstorming ideas for exhibitions through to working with conservators and designers to present the final show.
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The NGV Asian Collection - an Art Start short film
For amazing insights into ancient and contemporary Asian cultures, join Ben in the Gallery’s Asian art galleries. NGV Asian Art curators Wayne Crothers, Mae Anna Pang and Carol Cains introduce him to the history of manga comics, the beauty of Chinese painting, and the secrets of the afterlife in the Chinese tomb ware gallery.
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Conserving Art - an Art Start short film
Venture into the Gallery conservation laboratories where artworks are cleaned, examined and repaired. NGV conservators Marika Strohschnieder, Raye Collins and Mary Jo Lelyveld show Zack and Alex how to repair an Egyptian coffin, clean an Australian icon (Tom Roberts’s painting Shearing the Rams) and choose a picture-perfect frame.