MoMA is an exhibition direct from New York City’s, ‘Museum of Modern Art’ (MoMA) presenting art works from the likes of Pablo Picasso, Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Henri Matisse and Salvador Dali.
Salvador Dali Spanish 1904 – 89, ‘The persistence of memory’ 1931 oil on canvas
“MoMA’s collection incorporates prints, paintings, drawings, sculpture, video games, furniture and emoji’s”
“More than 200 works have never been to Australia and nearly half of them have never left the Museum since they were acquired”
Glenn D. Lowry MoMA director from NYC with Tony Ellwood NGV Director
MoMA is NGV’s largest winter master pieces exhibition to date, encompassing the entire ground floor and has been curated into six distinctive areas, Architecture and Design, Drawings and Prints, Film, Media and Performing Arts, Photography and Painting and Sculpture.
Andy Warhol American 1928-87 – ‘Marilyn Monroe’ 1967
Glenn D. Lowry the director of MoMA in NYC attended the Media Launch on Friday 8th June at NGV in Melbourne and said they were thrilled to be working alongside Tony Ellwood NGV’s director, in sharing such an extraordinary and diverse selection of art works that have spanned across 130 years.
Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881 – 1973 – ‘Seated bather’, 1930 oil on canvas
Piet Mondrian Dutch 1872 1944 – ‘Composition in red, blue and yellow’, 1937-42 oil on canvas
Wifredo Lam Cuban 1902-82 – ‘Satan’, 1942 gouache on paper
Creative Industries minister Martin Foley said “MoMA at NGV is set to be another blockbuster”, he also spoke of the new plans the Victorian State Government have to create Australia’s largest contemporary art gallery, to be called ‘NGV Contemporary’ and is due for completion in 2025.
Robert Rauschenberg American 1925-2008 – ‘Surface series from Currents’, 1970
Victoria is set to become Australia’s largest Arts/Culture Capital with exhibitions such as ‘Dior’ and recently ‘Triennial’, bringing more than 1.2 million visitors through the doors.
Henri de Toulouse – Lautrec French 1864-1901
‘La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge’ – 1891-92 oil on cardboard
Rineke Dijkstra Dutch born 1959 – ‘Almerisa, Asylum Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands’, March 14 1994
Photograph
Roy Lichtenstein American 1923-97 – ‘Drowning girl’, 1963 oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Tickets to MoMA can be purchased via the link https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/view-tickets/masterworks-from-moma/18266
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