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On this
picture you can see someone who expressed himself or herself by
painting on the wall of a building. It is more a graffiti than a
painting. Art and painting is important for people in Melbourne.
The Aboriginal people had also their own way for art paintings.
You will discover in Australia several places with rock or cave
paints from the indigenous people. Art is a way for someone to
express yourself. There is different type of art. In the Ian
Potter Museum in Melbourne you will be able to learn about the
contemporary culture of Australia through exhibitions which are
organised. The Ian Potter museum has large collection of art
from antiquity to contemporary. In the museum there is also
other possibilities offered to the visitors as film screening,
lectures and symposia. In the Monash University Museum of Art
you will discover on recent history of art and culture. The MUMA
is quite famous in Australia. Here are some art galleries you
can visit while being in Victoria or Melbourne, the Geelong Art
Gallery, the Ararat Art Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Gippsland
Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, Bendigo Art gallery and
Horsham Regional Gallery. |
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