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NGV receives $30 million gift of Australian artOn Thursday, 6 May, the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, announced the gift of 154 works from The Joseph Brown Collection to the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia's oldest public art gallery. Over many years, Dr Joseph Brown, a respected Melbourne art dealer, artist and collector, has acquired significant and key Australian works. His gift, including 100 significant paintings and sculptures, and 54 works on paper (watercolors, drawings and prints) represents the largest and most generous gift of Australian 19th and 20th century art works ever donated to an Australian gallery or institution. At a ceremony at NGV Australia at Federation Square today, the Premier thanked Dr Brown on behalf of all Victorians for this extraordinary and magnificent gift. "On behalf of the State Government and the people of Victoria, I express our sincere gratitude to Dr Joseph Brown for his extraordinary generosity." Artists represented include: John Glover, Louis Buvelot, Eugène von Guérard, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, E. Phillips Fox, John Peter Russell, Margaret Preston, Russell Drysdale, John Perceval, Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Fred Williams and Brett Whiteley. There is also a small group by Dr Brown himself, who trained as a painter, and whose work has been the subject of several exhibitions. The Joseph Brown Collection opens at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia in September. For further information, see the NGV website.
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Catch the last two weeks of CaravaggioOpen until 30 May 2004 Hear Santo Cilauro, writer, producer and director of The Castle, The Dish and Frontline, discuss Caravaggio and the cinematic.
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Art After Dark every Friday night at Fed SquareWe're open at Fed Square until 9pm every Friday. Come along and enjoy live music, free artist talks and two glasses of wine for the price of one. Tonight, hear visiting academic and artist Martyn Jolly explore the theme 'Narrating the Archive' in relation to current art practice and his own work.
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2004 Australian Culture Now8 June to 1 August 2004 8 June to 12 September 2004 2004 is a dynamic, timely and exciting exhibition that will immerse people in the latest developments in contemporary culture. It will delight, confound, and challenge and make Federation Square more than ever, the place to visit. On June 8, 2004 opens at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), and is sure to be hugely popular. The project has been conceived to explore the breadth and diversity of visual culture as it is being practised in Australia. The 130 artists represented are working across Australia. 2004 shows how artists, crafts workers, game-designers, networked media creators, architects and moving image makers are confronting rapid change in new and old media. For a list of artists exhibiting at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, visit the 2004 website. Principal Sponsor Exhibition Partner
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The Great Sale in The Great Hall A fabulous opportunity for NGV members to get an exclusive look at On 9 June from 10 am the sale is open to the public. Inquiries to arbella.wintercooke@ngv.vic.gov.au
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The Impressionists are coming!17 June to 26 September 2004 The Impressionists is the finest collection of French Impressionist paintings ever to come to Australia and I am prepared to say one of the finest collections ever to leave France. Opening in June, The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay will display more than 90 masterworks from iconic artists, including Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro and Toulouse-Lautrec. This major exhibition illustrates a century of phenomenal change - a period that helped shape our modern world. This is a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of profound importance, and we look forward to seeing you there. Organised by the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Exhibitions Australia Limited in collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Principal Sponsor
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Every Monday is Seniors' DayIf you're a senior, then visit us any Monday and receive a 10% discount at the NGV Shops and cafés, and a concession entry into all paid exhibitions, including Caravaggio and Guy Bourdin. Take a free guided tour through the collection at 11am or 2pm and learn about the artworks, the history of the NGV and the architecture of the galleries.
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