Victoria
Birthdays and anniversaries are a theme of this year’s Victorian State Report. On the 24th May 2011, the National Gallery of Victoria celebrated its150th year, with late night parties, lavish dinners, and an entertaining cabaret. The celebration continues throughout the year with new spaces for art, commissioned works and the fabulous Felton Bequest Gift exhibition, ‘Living Water’, showcasing 107 paintings by 94 Indigenous contemporary artists from Far Western Desert. A star feature of the NGV’s 150th anniversary year is the exhibition, ‘Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed’, guest curated by Dr Ruth Pullin. Current Director, Dr Gerard Vaughan, said: “This fascinating […]