The Ian Potter Centre:
NGV Australia

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is the world’s first major gallery dedicated exclusively to Australian art. It is a spectacular showcase comprising over 20 galleries housed within a landmark architectural complex.

NGV Australia presents the history of Australian art from the Colonial period and the Heidelberg School through to contemporary art, and includes photography, prints and drawings, fashion and textiles, decorative arts, and a suite of galleries dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

With special exhibitions and educational programs and new perspectives of the city through its glass matrix, NGV Australia is more than a great place to view art – it is a completely fresh approach that encourages people from all walks of life to enjoy the world of art.

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Now Showing

Fred Kruger – Intimate Landscapes
Until 27 May
A free vintage photographic exhibition by Victorian photographer Fred Kruger (1831-88). His photography offers a rare insight into life at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station in 1875 and 1883 – a time of rebellion and transition for the Indigenous people living there during that period.

Living Water: Contemporary Art of the Far Western Desert
Until 28 May
The exhibition of 173 awe-inspiring artworks will move and inspire you. It showcases contemporary work from the far flung reaches of South Australia and Western Australia, drawing on the Western Desert art movement of more than forty years ago.

Top Arts 2012
Until 15 July
See a free exhibition of artwork by Melbourne’s freshest young talent from the Victoria Certificate of Educations: Arts and Studio Arts students.

Linda Jackson Bush Couture
Until 9 September
For more than 40 years of practice, Linda Jackson played a fundamental role in the development of a distinctly Australian approach to fashion design. Working as an artist outside the conventional fashion marketplace, she devised unique forms of clothing that evolved beyond the sphere of seasonal trends.

Free Voluntary Guide Tours
Visit  www.ngv.vic.gov.au for details

Coming Soon

Fred Williams – Infinite Horizons
7 April – 22 July
Fred Williams pioneered a new vision of the Australian landscape, and became one of the most important Australian artists of the twentieth century. This exhibition highlights Williams’ strength as a painter including important oil paintings and luminous gouaches to reveal his distinctive approach.

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