Glenn D. Lowry, Director, MoMA, The Hon. Premier Daniel Andrews & Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will be presenting a major exhibition of modern and contemporary masterworks from New York’s iconic Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The international exclusive exhibition is slated to open in June 2018 at NGV International in Melbourne.
The exhibition will feature 150 works including never-before-seen masterpieces in Australia and is the largest instalment of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series. It will explore the development of major art movements and represent more than 130 years of radical artistic innovation. Masterworks from MoMA will be on display from June 8, 2018 to October 7, 2018.
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) Portrait of Joseph Roulin, early 1889 Oil on canvas 25 3/8 x 21 3/4” (64.4 x 55.2 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, NewMarcel Duchamp (American, born France. 1887–1968) Bicycle Wheel, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913) Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool 51 x 25 x 16 1/2” (129.5 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm)Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913 (cast 1931) Bronze 43 7/8 x 34 7/8 x 15 3/4” (111.2 x 88.5 x 40 cm)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901) La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1891-92 Oil on board 31 1/4 x 23 1/4” (79.4 x 59.0 cm)Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) The Moon and the Earth, 1893 Oil on burlap 45 x 24 1/2” (114.3 x 62.2 cm)Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941) Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon, 1913 (dated on painting 1912) Oil on canvas 53” (134.5 cm) in diameter
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