Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will present a major exhibition of modern and contemporary artworks from New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from June 8 to October 7, 2018 at NGV International, Melbourne — the sole international venue for the exhibition.“Masterworks from MoMA” will feature around 150 works by renowned artists including Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Hopper, Jeff Koons, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Lyubov Popova, Mark Rothko, and Vincent van Gogh.According to the NGV, the exhibition will explore the emergence and evolution of significant art movements over more than 130 years of artistic innovation, while also reflecting the wider technological, social, and political developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.The exhibition will reveal the ways in which artists have sought to be agents of change, transforming society through their work, and demonstrate how the development of new materials and technology have enabled artists to realise their visions in inventive ways.Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV said: “We are delighted to be working with MoMA to bring such an extraordinary and diverse selection of works to Melbourne. Our visitors will be able to experience first-hand the momentous change and creativity in the development of modern art, and consequently appreciate contemporary art and design with greater understanding.”
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