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NGV International

Melbourne, Australia

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Take a photo and read the work's sourced story

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Illustrative collection

  1. Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
  2. Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
  3. Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
  4. Your NGV International walk saves itself. Just take pictures. Each work is kept with its sourced history, grouped by day.

Image in the demo: The Banquet of Cleopatra, Giambattista Tiepolo, 1743-1744. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Source credit: wwFHnS1cmltkFw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source file ยท Public domain. Cropped to square.

What the NGV International collection covers

NGV International is the National Gallery of Victoria's home for international art and design at 180 St Kilda Road in Melbourne. It is a separate venue from The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. International Art

The international collection includes painting and sculpture from Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. Alongside these works, NGV International brings together Asian art, decorative arts, photography, fashion and textiles.

Its collection strengths include European painting and sculpture, Asian art, international decorative arts, international photography, and fashion and textiles.

  • The Banquet of Cleopatra

    Giambattista Tiepolo

    Date
    1743-1744

    Tiepolo painted Cleopatra winning a wager with Mark Antony. The scene follows a story in which she dissolves a pearl in vinegar to make her feast more costly.

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  • Weeping woman

    Pablo Picasso

    Date
    1937

    Picasso used a fractured face to convey grief and pain. This NGV painting is one of his series of weeping women from 1937.

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  • The thinker

    Auguste Rodin

    Date
    1881-1882; cast 1884

    Rodin gave thought a physical form in this seated figure. The NGV dates the model to 1881-1882 and this bronze cast to 1884.

    Read the museum record

These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.

Check the photography rules first

Handheld photography is permitted for personal use in areas without restriction signs; visitor images should not be reproduced or displayed on personal websites. Flash, tripods, monopods, gimbals, selfie sticks, drones, professional video equipment, additional lighting and laser pointers require express NGV permission in advance. Contact NGV Media and Public Affairs for equipment or media access, and its Permissions and Copyright Co-ordinator before reproducing or publishing collection works. Images, documentation and recordings require permission to reproduce, communicate or copy except for research or study with full attribution; unauthorized commercial reproduction is prohibited. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. NGV International photography policy

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