Conversation at the Crossroads are proud to host this art and conversation social event.

This is an opportunity to see the new NGV Australia exhibition at Federation Square.

From 1pm we will spend an 90 minutes viewing the exhibition, and then gather for a coffee/drink and discussions in the NGV cafe in the Federation Square Atrium from 2:30pm.

Below is some information from NGV explaining the exhibition: “With over 150 works, Bark Salon is the largest-ever staging of the NGV’s dynamic and expansive holdings of bark paintings. Exhibited on the ground floor of the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, within Wurrdha Marra, Bark Salonshowcases the breadth of bark painting as a genre, tracing genealogical shifts in form, aesthetic, narrative and politic. The exhibition features works ranging from the NGV’s earliest acquisitions, which showcase figurative, totemic, and Ancestral narratives, through to contemporary works by some of Australia’s most renowned painters. The space draws connections across time and place, celebrating the depth and scope of bark painting from more than thirty distinct Communities. The salon-style hang is a direct reference to the nineteenth-century European salon hang, an example of which is also on view at NGV International. In celebrating the medium of bark, Bark Salon offers a uniquely First Peoples response to this iconic mode of display.”

Read more about the exhibition from NGV’s media release: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/bark-salon-now-open-in-wurrdha-marra/