Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
The entrance to the Ian Potter Centre
Location	Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°49′04″S 144°58′07″E / 37.817798°S 144.968714°E / -37.817798; 144.968714Coordinates: 37°49′04″S 144°58′07″E / 37.817798°S 144.968714°E / -37.817798; 144.968714
Architect	Lab Architecture Studio Bates Smart
Owner	National Gallery of Victoria
Website	www.fedsquare.com

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is an art gallery that houses the Australian part of the art collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is located at Federation Square in Melbourne, Victoria; while the gallery's international works are displayed at the NGV International on St Kilda Road.

Collection

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 philanthropist Sir Ian Potter. Well-known works at the Ian Potter Centre include Frederick McCubbin's The pioneer (1904) and Tom Roberts' Shearing the Rams (1890). Also featured are works from Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, Arthur Streeton, John Perceval, Margaret Preston, Bill Henson, Howard Arkley and Fred Williams.

Indigenous art includes works by William Barak and Emily Kngwarreye.

Building design

The design of the Ian Potter Centre was commissioned to Lab Architecture Studio in association with Bates 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 the Australian 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."

References

↑ "Search awards". Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved 2012-01-02.

External links

National Gallery of Victoria
NGV Collection: Australian Art
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at FedSquare

Museums of Melbourne

ACCA ACMI ARHS Railway Museum Chinese Museum Cooks' Cottage Heide Museum of Modern Art Hellenic Museum Ian Potter Museum of Art Immigration Museum Islamic Museum Jewish Museum La Trobe's Cottage Maritime Museum Melbourne Museum Sports Museum NGV Australia NGV International Old Melbourne Gaol Old Treasury Building Scienceworks

Landmarks in the Melbourne City Centre

Note: this includes landmarks in the Melbourne City Centre and its fringe areas, not the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area

City precincts	Arts Precinct Chinatown Docklands Government Precinct Greek Precinct Little Italy Paris End RMIT City Southbank/Wharf Sports and Entertainment Precinct University of Melbourne

Shopping	Block Arcade Bourke Street Bridge Road Brunswick Street Chapel Street Centre Place Collins Street Degraves Street DFO South Wharf Elizabeth Street Flinders Lane GPO Melbourne Harbour Town Docklands Little Collins Street Melbourne Central Shopping Centre Myer Emporium Pran Central Queen Victoria Market Queen Victoria Village Royal Arcade Swanston Street

Entertainment	Tramcar Restaurant Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex Luna Park Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Visitor Shuttle Melbourne Zoo See also: Theatres in the Melbourne City Centre

Public galleries	Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Australian Centre for the Moving Image Ian Potter Museum of Art NGV Australia NGV International RMIT Gallery See also: Museums in Melbourne

Institutions	General Post Office Government House Melbourne Observatory Melbourne Town Hall Old Melbourne Gaol Old Melbourne Magistrates' Court Old Melbourne Mint Old Treasury Building Parliament House State Library of Victoria Supreme Court of Victoria Victoria Barracks

Structures	Arts Centre Eureka Tower Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Melbourne Star Royal Exhibition Building Shrine of Remembrance St Paul's Cathedral St Patrick's Cathedral

Sports venues	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) Calder Park Raceway Docklands Stadium (Etihad Stadium) Flemington Racecourse Kooyong Stadium Margaret Court Arena Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue (Hisense Arena) Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) Lakeside Stadium National Ice Sports Centre (O'Brien Group Arena) Rod Laver Arena Royal Melbourne Golf Club Princes Park (Ikon Park) Sandown Raceway State Netball and Hockey Centre

Parks and spaces	Albert Park and Lake Alexandra Gardens Birrarung Marr Carlton Gardens City Square Federation Square Fitzroy Gardens Flagstaff Gardens Kings Domain Queen Victoria Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Royal Park Treasury Gardens Yarra Park

Transport	Bolte Bridge Capital City Trail City Circle Tram CityLink Flinders Street station Melbourne Airport Melbourne Central station Melbourne Seaport Southern Cross station Trams in Melbourne West Gate Bridge Yarra River

See also: Museums in Melbourne Parks and gardens of Melbourne Theatres in the Melbourne City Centre

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Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Collection

Building design

See also

References

External links