Commentary
Sweet Profusion
The National Gallery of Victoria renewed
by Daniel Thomas •

National Gallery of Victoria (2003) by Benjamin Babu Mathew (Wikimedia Commons)
The art collections are the main thing in an art museum, not the special exhibitions or other programs necessary for present-day credibility and fundraising. Special exhibitions can be easy fast-food showbiz, or else they can be too authoritarian, over-theorised, and bullying. Collections, the bigger the better, are where you can drop in, any day of the year, for a bit of reinvention. It’s good to choose your own pace when you want to get out of yourself .
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