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| Location | Federation Square,Melbourne,Victoria, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′04″S144°58′07″E / 37.817798°S 144.968714°E /-37.817798; 144.968714 |
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| Owner | National Gallery of Victoria |
| Website | www |
TheIan Potter Centre: NGV Australia is anart gallery that houses theAustralian part of the art collection of theNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is located atFederation Square inMelbourne,Victoria; while the gallery's international works are displayed at the NGV International onSt Kilda Road.
There are over 20,000 Australian artworks, including paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, fashion and textiles, and the collection is one of the oldest and most well known in the country.
The Ian Potter Centre is a legacy of the businessman and philanthropistSir Ian Potter. Well-known works at the Ian Potter Centre includeFrederick McCubbin'sThe pioneer (1904) andTom Roberts'Shearing the Rams (1890). Also featured are works fromSidney Nolan,Arthur Boyd,Albert Tucker,Arthur Streeton,John Perceval,Margaret Preston,Bill Henson,Howard Arkley andFred Williams.
Indigenous art includes works by WilliamBarak and Emily Kngwarreye.
The design of the Ian Potter Centre was commissioned toLab Architecture Studio in association withBates Smart of Melbourne, headed by Peter Davidson and Donald Bates. Their work has since earned them The RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture as well as the Marion Mahony Interior Architecture Award. According to theAustralian Institute of Architects:[1]
"The scope of the commission was comprehensive, involving not only the design of the building itself, but the gallery interiors, the laying out of all secondary (temporary) walls, exhibition design for the first hang including the selection of colours and paintings of walls, the development of the building's identity and a specific graphic typeface, the design of fixtures, fitting, counters, gallery and public furniture and multimedia housings, retail fit outs for the gallery shop and Level 3 cafe."
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