Melbourne culture attracts 5 million
08 August 2016 by News DeskMelbourne culture has attracted over 3 million people to exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
Melbourne culture is a key foundation of the city, one of the oldest settlements in Australia.
Melbourne has played host to 20 blockbuster exhibitions since 2004 that have attracted a total of 5 million local, interstate and international visitors.
The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series brings major international art exhibitions exclusively to Melbourne each winter.
Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great showcases one of the world’s greatest art collections.
Featuring works by artists including Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez and Van Dyck, the exhibition offers a dazzling array of works including the finest group of Dutch and Flemish art to come to Australia.
Melbourne culture attracts 5 million
This exclusive Melbourne exhibition will also highlight the innovation and vision of Catherine the Great, whose inexhaustible passion for education, the arts and culture heralded a period of enlightenment in the region.
The extraordinary works sourced and commissioned by Catherine during her thirty-four year reign, created the foundations for the Hermitage today – considered to be one of the world’s greatest treasure houses of art and decorative arts.
Attendance at Melbourne Art Exhibitions
Tutankhamun – 796,000
Masterpieces from the Hermitage – 172,000
David Bowie is – 161,000
Italian Masterpieces – 153,000
DreamWorks Animation – 220,000
Monet’s Garden – 343,000
Hollywood Costumes – 204,000
Game Masters – 103,000
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire – 189,000
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