The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is an annual series of major exhibitions held over 100 days in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Exhibits are sourced from galleries and institutions from around the world, and exhibited at Melbourne Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The annual series held during the Melbourne Winter – between June and October.[1]

The objectives of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series are to:[1]

  • Attract national and international visitors to Victoria during what was traditionally the quieter tourism period.
  • Generate significant economic impact for the state
  • Generate significant national and international media exposure for Victoria

The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces have been credited with attracting 5 million visitors to Melbourne, and for injecting $400 million into the Victorian state economy.[2]

The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibitions for 2023 will be Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Madhavi, at the National Gallery of Victoria from 6 June to 8 October 2023, and Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image from 5 April to 1 October 2023.[3]

The Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition for 2024 will be Pharaoh, at the National Gallery of Victoria from 14 June to 6 October 2024.[4]

Exhibitions

Previous exhibition held from 2004, include:[1]

Melbourne Museum

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

  • 2007 Pixar: 20 Years of Animation[6]
  • 2010 Tim Burton: The Exhibition[7]
  • 2012 Game Masters
  • 2013 Hollywood Costume
  • 2014 DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition
  • 2015 David Bowie Is
  • 2017 Wallace & Gromit and friends: The magic of Aardman
  • 2018 Wonderland
  • 2021 Disney: The Magic of Animation
  • 2022 Light: Works from Tate’s Collection
  • 2023 Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion

Attendances

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibitions by attendance[8]
Year Exhibition Attendance Exhibitor
2019Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang377,105National Gallery of Victoria
2018Wonderland179,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2018MoMA: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art404,034[9]National Gallery of Victoria
2017Van Gogh and the Seasons462,262[10]National Gallery of Victoria
2016Degas: A New Vision197,500National Gallery of Victoria
2015Masterpieces from the Hermitage172,000National Gallery of Victoria
2015David Bowie Is199,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2014Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court: Museo del Prado153,000National Gallery of Victoria
2014DreamWorks Animation220,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2013Monet's Garden343,000National Gallery of Victoria
2013Hollywood Costumes204,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2012Game Masters103,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2012Napoleon: Revolution to Empire189,000National Gallery of Victoria
2011Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs796,000Melbourne Museum
2011Vienna: Art and Design172,000National Gallery of Victoria
2010European Masters: Stadel Collection 19th – 20th Centuries200,000National Gallery of Victoria
2010Tim Burton: The Exhibition276,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2009A Day in Pompeii333,000Melbourne Museum
2009Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire333,000National Gallery of Victoria
2008Art Deco 1910–1939241,000National Gallery of Victoria
2007Guggenheim Collection 1940's to Now180,000National Gallery of Victoria
2007Pixar: 20 Years of Animation147,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2006Picasso: Love & War 1935 -1945224,000National Gallery of Victoria
2005Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum219,000National Gallery of Victoria
2004The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay371,000National Gallery of Victoria
Total 6,317,796

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Creative Victoria – Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
  2. ↑ Lambert, Catherine. "National Gallery of Victoria reveals Vincent van Gogh exhibition for 2017 winter masterpieces". Herald Sun. News Corporation. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Melbourne Winter Masterpieces". Visit Melbourne. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "World-Exclusive Pharaoh Exhibition To Take Over NGV". Premier of Victoria. Victorian Government. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ↑ National Gallery of Victoria – European Masters: Städel Museum, 19th–20th Century Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Australian Centre for the Moving Image – Pixar: 20 Years of Animation". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Australian Centre for the Moving Image – Tim Burton: The Exhibition
  8. ↑ "Melbourne Winter Masterpieces". Creative Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "More than 400,000 visit MoMA at NGV" (PDF). National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Record-Busting Van Gogh Draws Over 110,000 Tourists To Victoria". Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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