MoMA Is Coming to Melbourne with 150 Modern Masterpieces

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has scored a major coup, announcing today that it will be the sole international venue for an exhibition of modern and contemporary masterworks from New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

The exhibition will feature works never before seen in Australia and will include some of the 20th century’s most important artists, including Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Piet Mondrian and Marcel Duchamp.

MoMA Is Coming to Melbourne with 150 Modern Masterpieces

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (French 1864–1901), La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1891-92

The selection of works from MoMA will explore the major art movements of modern and contemporary art over 130 years through 150 works, from paintings to sculpture.

MoMA is one of the most important art museums in the world and the New York institution attracts three million visitors each year.

“MoMA prides itself on sharing its collections with audiences beyond those who visit the museum on West 53rd Street," Miranda Wallace, senior curator of international exhibitions at the NGV told Qantas Travel Insider.

"The NGV is the natural international destination for MoMA’s priceless collection as the most visited art gallery in Australia. We will be able to share MoMA’s exceptional collection of modern and contemporary art and design – encompassing design objects, architecture, paintings, sculpture, and photography – with the widest possible audience.”