Renaissance Drawings – Spectacular Mysteries: The Getty, LA
The Getty, Los Angeles with a display of Italian master drawings Dec 11, 2018 – April 28, 2019, will tell stories of their creation and the purposes they served
Portraiture
Rome: City and Empire, National Museum Australia Summer Show
National Museum of Australia exhibition Rome: City and Empire, opens 21 September – 3 Feb, 2019 showcasing 200 objects from cities of the Empire of ancient Rome
Ludlites Love Space: The World Through a Plastic Lens V.15
For Head On Photo Festival 2018 photographer Steven Godbee and 12 fellow Ludlites champion the power of low-tech photography with their show Ludlites Love Space
MoMA at NGV – Showcasing a Year of Modern & Contemporary Art
In the winter of 2018 the NGV presents MoMA at NGV 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art continuing its focus on expanding knowledge of art in the modern age
Royal Collection Trust: The Stuarts – Art, Power & Splendour
Celebrating the role of art in court culture in the reign of the Stuart Kings, two exhibitions in London, Charles I: King and Collector, Charles II: Art & Power
Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese at Getty
Three works on show at the Getty Museum by Caravaggio, include The Boy with a Basket of Fruit, St Jerome & David with the Head of Goliath from Galleria Borghese
Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre Raphaelites at London
Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites at the National Gallery, London will display works by the men who blew the 19th century art world in England apart
Auguste Rodin Celebration – Centenary of a Creative Giant
Auguste Rodin employed traditional methods to produce his contemporary sculptural works , taking the production of three-dimensional images to a whole new level
David Garrick in Georgian London – Pleasurable Theatricals
During the 18th century in London actor David Garrick was the man everyone wanted to see, as audiences flocked to see Garrick’s Hamlet at the theatre
David Hockney: Current – NGV Show, a Language in Images
David Hockney: Current a show at the NGV International reveals the intangibles that so often occlude the truth with a riveting and powerfully humanistic reality
Portrait of the Artist – On Show, The Queen’s Gallery, London
There are 150 portraits in the first exhibition of its kind, Portrait of the Artist at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, November 4, 2016 – April 17, 2017
Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio – Humanistic Reality
Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York until January 16, 2017 and after at the Musée du Louvre, Paris from 20 February 2017
Max Beckmann in New York – The Met Fitting Tribute to Artist
The Met Fifth Avenue presents Max Beckmann in New York, highlighting the artist’s close relationship with the city that became his home near the end of his life
Julie Edgar – Birds of the Air: Portraits in Feathers
Birds of the Air – Portraits in Feathers is an exhibition of works by artist Julie Edgar (b.1951) at the Kinross Arts Centre in Melbourne until 28 October 2016
Vincent Van Gogh & The Seasons: National Gallery of Victoria
The Winter Masterpieces exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2017 will be Van Gogh & The Seasons April 28 – July 9, 2017, capturing the joy of life
Human Kind – English and Australian Identity, 1700 – 1914
Human Kind, transforming identity in British and Australian portraits 1700-1914 is the title of a four day conference, September 8 – 11, 2016 held in Melbourne