VCE Studio Arts: Art Gallery Websites

The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds significant collections of Australian, European and Asian art, and presents nearly forty exhibitions annually.

The Art Gallery of South Australia holds one of Australia’s finest art collections.

The National Gallery of Australia's collections include more than 100,000 works of art across four main areas: Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art and International art. Visitor programs, collections and online learning resources are good places to start exploring this extensive website.

The NGV's Collection is now split between The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, home of Australian art, and NGV International at St Kilda Road, the new redeveloped building dedicated to the gallery's international artworks

"Through the Collection, our associated programs, and stimulating exhibitions we offer Gallery visitors unique and exciting experiences of historic and contemporary Australian artists, and bring the art of the world to Western Australia."

"The Queensland Art Gallery is Queensland's premier visual arts institution and a leading art museum nationally. The Gallery's driving philosophy is to connect art and people."

"The MAGNT collections place the region's art, history and culture, and natural history in an Australian and international context through research, interpretation and collection development.
These collections encompass Aboriginal art and material culture, visual arts, craft, Southeast Asian and Oceanic art and material culture, maritime archaeology, Northern Territory history and natural sciences.."

The Museum of Modern Art, NewYork, seeks to create a dialogue between the established and the experimental, the past and the present, in an environment that is responsive to the issues of modern and contemporary art.

Click the online tours link for information about selected artists and their work.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Art & Design

Google Art Project allows virtual visits to a number of major galleries.
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
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Also see their Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History below for educational resources linked to the museum.

Search this chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world.

Famous museum with branches around the world.

Accessible online from the Guggenheim: 1600 Great Works of Modern Art from 575 Artists.
Includes biographical information about the artist and descriptions of each work of art.

Google Art Project allows virtual visits to a number of major galleries.
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
(Try Firefox if it doesn't work with Explorer)

Over 250,000 images of London from the collections at
London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery

The famous museum in St Petersburg.

Tate covers four galleries: Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate provides public access to its national collections of British art and international modern and contemporary art.

"The world’s greatest museum of art and design."