Art Deco Exhibition NGV National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
Winter Masterpieces Series: The NGV’s Art Deco Exhibition is currently open and has been a fantastic success…
The exhibition comprises over 300 works and covers all artistic media from painting to photography, fashion to film and architecture to jewellery.
Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties[1] and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s.[2] Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and modern.
28 June to 5 October 2008
Open daily 10am–5pm
Open until 9pm every Wednesday
Ground Level, NGV International
Admission fees apply
July 20 2008 02:06 am | NGV National Gallery of Victoria