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Melbourne Arts Precinct
The Melbourne Arts Precinct is home to a series of Art museum, galleries, performing arts venues and spaces located in the Southbank, Victoria, Southbank district of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, in Australia. It includes such publicly-funded venues as Arts Centre Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, and Southbank Theatre, along with various offices and training institutions of arts organisations. As of 2022 the precinct is undergoing a major transformation, including the build of Australia’s largest contemporary art gallery, The Fox: NGV Contemporary. History In 2008, it was announced by the Government of Victoria (Australia), Government of Victoria the precinct would receive a Australian dollar, A$128 million upgrade, with the major refurbishment of Hamer Hall (Australia), Hamer Hall as its centrepiece. The combined Melbourne Recital Centre and Southbank Theatre, MTC Theatre complex, which opened in February 2009, won the Moore Stephens Award for Public Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. Although primarily concerned with Visual arts, visual art, art museums are often used as a venue for other cultural exchanges and artistic activities, such as lectures, performance arts, music concerts, or poetry readings. Art museums also frequently host themed temporary exhibitions, which often include items on loan from other collections. Terminology An institution dedicated to the display of art can be called an art museum or an art gallery, and the two terms may be used interchangeably. This is reflected in the names of institutions around the world, some of which are called galleries (e.g. the National Gallery and Neue Nationalgalerie), and some of which are called museums (including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
