Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond: Post-Impressionism from the Musée d’Orsay National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
The advance publicity campaign for this blockbuster exhibition branded it as the most expensive ever mounted by the Australian National Gallery. In this land of football, where vast amounts of money are spent promoting games, players and special events, it is very interesting to watch the effect on the public of a major art event being advertised across main stream media. The response since it opened from a public that is queuing on a daily basis long before the gallery doors open at 10.00am, argues that beneath the sporting culture of the nation, there is a yearning for cultural breadth that comes via popularising art, music and theatre.
