Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series

The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is an annual series of major exhibitions held over 100 days in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Exhibits are sourced from galleries and institutions from around the world, and exhibited at Melbourne Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The annual series held during the Melbourne Winter – between June and October.[1]

The objectives of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series are to:[1]

  • Attract national and international visitors to Victoria during what was traditionally the quieter tourism period.
  • Generate significant economic impact for the state
  • Generate significant national and international media exposure for Victoria

The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces have been credited with attracting 5 million visitors to Melbourne, and for injecting $400 million into the Victorian state economy.[2]

Exhibitions

Previous exhibition held from 2004, include:[1]

Melbourne Museum

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

  • 2007 Pixar: 20 Years of Animation[4]
  • 2010 Tim Burton: The Exhibition[5]
  • 2012 Game Masters
  • 2013 Hollywood Costume
  • 2014 DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition
  • 2015 David Bowie Is
  • 2017 Wallace & Gromit and friends: The magic of Aardman

Attendances

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibitions by attendance[6]
Year Exhibition Attendance Exhibitor
2018MoMA: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art404,034[7]National Gallery of Victoria
2017Van Gogh and the Seasons462,262[8]National Gallery of Victoria
2016Degas: A New Vision197,500National Gallery of Victoria
2015Masterpieces from the Hermitage172,000National Gallery of Victoria
2015David Bowie Is199,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2014Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court: Museo del Prado153,000National Gallery of Victoria
2014DreamWorks Animation220,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2013Monet's Garden343,000National Gallery of Victoria
2013Hollywood Costumes204,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2012Game Masters103,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2012Napoleon: Revolution to Empire189,000National Gallery of Victoria
2011Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs796,000Melbourne Museum
2011Vienna: Art and Design172,000National Gallery of Victoria
2010European Masters: Stadel Collection 19th – 20th Centuries200,000National Gallery of Victoria
2010Tim Burton: The Exhibition276,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2009A Day in Pompeii333,000Melbourne Museum
2009Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire333,000National Gallery of Victoria
2008Art Deco 1910–1939241,000National Gallery of Victoria
2007Guggenheim Collection 1940's to Now180,000National Gallery of Victoria
2007Pixar: 20 Years of Animation147,000Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2006Picasso: Love & War 1935 -1945224,000National Gallery of Victoria
2005Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum219,000National Gallery of Victoria
2004The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay371,000National Gallery of Victoria
Total 5,692,500
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