This is a perfect dress for a Saturday night! #Ootd is this 2008 Lanvin cocktail dress by Alber Elbaz. This gossamer, ephemeral dress is made of silk tulle and nylon with a silk lining. #Fashionhistory #NGVMelbourne
and faux selvedge edges. #NGVMelbourne notes that the edging gives off the suggestion that the whole dress was made from a single swatch of fabric that has been draped about the body. Yet, it also has the typical Dior silhouette and detailed tailoring. #Fashionhistory
While not strictly golden, #ootd is this 1897 Worth ball gown. It's made of ivory silk, but is decorated with golden metallic threaded embroidery and tiny sequins and rhinestones. Made by Jean-Philippe Worth, this is some of Worth at its best. #Fashionhistory #NGVMelbourne
A mannequin wearing a long sleeveless draped gold satin dress draped and sculpted with a long flowing skirt
This is a liquid gold #1930s gown of two halves by Maggy Rouff. On the one hand it is all soft drape that falls around the torso in folds of silk crepe satin. On the other it is sharply bias cut, skimming over the hips #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Surrealism Magic -
Salvador Dali, Trilogy of the desert Mirage 1946
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Lost in art
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#monochrome
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#streetphoto
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Donato Barcagllia, Love is Blind
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#SculptureLove
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Textures, lines and shadows play like quiet geometry — concrete breathing, angles whispering, light sketching their own exhibition.
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Behind the rippling glass, they glow like lanterns in a liquid sky — colours melting, mingling, and quietly shimmering as the water slips by.
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Tumbling into history and recreating a Paris salon, where art hums on every wall and history swirls like perfume in the air.
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Forever mid-demonstration — stitching rebellion, slogans, and punk spirit straight into fashion.
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#art
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Lost in art
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Whispers of magic and rebellion of Westwood and Kawakubo
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Celebrating art with a Friday night flair
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#artlovers
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A chorus of artists’ whispers, nudging the imagination awake.
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#monochrome
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Women with cameras and curious eyes—stories twinkling, moments whispering, and the world seen just a little more magically through their lenses.
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#alegacyoflight
Lost in dreams
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#Urbanstories
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#lostindreams
A hush of colour and rebellion, where Westwood and Kawakubo whisper in fabric and form.
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#cuadrodeldía Noche (nº 2), 1907 (William Orpen (1878-1931) #NGVMelbourne Melbourne #art Importante pintor irlandés de retratos. Aunque su estudio estaba en Londres, participó en los ambientes pictóricos irlandeses, con influencias de artistas como Sean Keating #FelizMartes
Study From the Human Body, by Francis Bacon. Viewed at National Gallery of Victoria, 2025
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The Grand Egyptian Museum
Louvre
National Gallery of Victoria
Rijksmuseum
Recognise any of these famous buildings? I wish I could visit them all—but luckily, they show up in my graphic novel!
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#Ootd is this 1913 silk gown with a chiffon and black net overlay, and decorated with glass beads and gelatin sequins. #NGVMelbourne notes that it mimics a Grecian double peplos, a loose-fitting outer garment pinned at the shoulders and then folded to make a flap. It was also worn with a belt
Today's #ootd is this 1955 cocktail dress and coat attributed to Dior. Although we cannot see the dress, the coat is so outstanding that it could be a dress in and of itself. It's so light and airy, draped yet structured—perfection. #fashionhistory #NGVMelbourne
We are delighted to announce that Claudia Martínez Garay will be part of the Unlimited section at @artbasel.bsky.social from June 19 to 22 in Basel (CH).
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Opening 4 June 2025, the new exhibition Kimono comprises over 70 garments including 30 never-before-seen kimonos new to the NGV Collection.
Read more: vist.ly/3m22n3h
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#DossoDossi (ca. 1480-1542)
Portrait thought to be #LucreziaBorgia (1480-1519), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1519
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ArtsHub picks some program highlights at this year’s Melbourne Design Week, 15-25 May – 100 Lights, Beyond the Grave and more.
#melbdesignweek #ngvmelbourne #mdw2025 #melbourne #100lights #melbartbookfair #openhousemelb #design #art vist.ly/3mxtczq
A black and silver drop waisted dress with pink beaded roses at the waist
Cotton tulle is absolutely encrusted with sequins and glass beads in a flourish of sparkle, black and silver punctuated by pink roses in mid #1920s deco drama #ngvmelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Full length black sleeveless evening dress of black beads and chiffon trim
It looks to me as if this c1930 evening is cut on the bias but with heavily bead embellishment, catching the light across its angled surface to the forks of chiffon at the hem. Designed by the house of Paquin, it is a slinky evening gown of many variations in black #ngvmelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Three quarter view of a cream dress layered with a lace tunic and self coloured embroidery across the skirt in floral and leafy motifs
Described as a tea dress, this gown would likely not have been worn outside of the home. Yet what a beauty it is, lacy and embellished in ethereal shades. I hope that the wearer enjoyed its flow of fabric and textured surfaces, c1912 #ngvmelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡