# Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series

The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is an annual series of major exhibitions held over 100 days in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Exhibits are sourced from galleries and institutions from around the world, and exhibited at Melbourne Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The annual series held during the Melbourne Winter – between June and October.
The objectives of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series are to:
* Attract national and international visitors to Victoria during what was traditionally the quieter tourism period.
* Generate significant economic impact for the state
* Generate significant national and international media exposure for Victoria
The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces have been credited with attracting 5 million visitors to Melbourne, and for injecting $400 million into the Victorian state economy.
The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibitions for 2023 will be Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Madhavi, at the National Gallery of Victoria from 6 June to 8 October 2023, and Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image from 5 April to 1 October 2023.
The Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition for 2024 will be Pharaoh, at the National Gallery of Victoria from 14 June to 6 October 2024.

## Exhibitions

Previous exhibition held from 2004, include:

### Melbourne Museum

* 2009 A Day in Pompeii
* 2011 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

### National Gallery of Victoria

* 2004 Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
* 2005 Dutch Masters
* 2006 Picasso: Love and War 1935–1945
* 2007 Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now
* 2008 Art Deco 1910–1939
* 2009 Dalí: Liquid Desire
* 2010 European Masters: Städel Museum, 19th–20th Century
* 2011 Vienna: Art & Design, Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann
* 2012 Napoleon: Revolution to Empire
* 2013 Monet’s Garden
* 2014 Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court, Museo del Prado
* 2015 Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great
* 2016 Degas: A New Vision
* 2017 Van Gogh And The Seasons
* 2018 Masterworks from MoMA
* 2019 Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality
* 2021 French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
* 2022 The Picasso Century
* 2023 Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi
* 2024 Pharaoh

### Australian Centre for the Moving Image

* 2007 Pixar: 20 Years of Animation
* 2010 Tim Burton: The Exhibition
* 2012 Game Masters
* 2013 Hollywood Costume
* 2014 DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition
* 2015 David Bowie Is
* 2017 Wallace & Gromit and friends: The magic of Aardman
* 2018 Wonderland
* 2021 Disney: The Magic of Animation
* 2022 Light: Works from Tate’s Collection
* 2023 Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion

## Attendances

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibitions by attendance :
| Year | Exhibition | Attendance | Exhibitor |
| 2019 | Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang | 377,105 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2018 | Wonderland | 179,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2018 | MoMA: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art | 404,034 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2017 | Van Gogh and the Seasons | 462,262 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2016 | Degas: A New Vision | 197,500 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2015 | Masterpieces from the Hermitage | 172,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2015 | David Bowie Is | 199,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2014 | Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court: Museo del Prado | 153,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2014 | DreamWorks Animation | 220,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2013 | Monet's Garden | 343,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2013 | Hollywood Costumes | 204,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2012 | Game Masters | 103,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2012 | Napoleon: Revolution to Empire | 189,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2011 | Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs | 796,000 | Melbourne Museum |
| 2011 | Vienna: Art and Design | 172,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2010 | European Masters: Stadel Collection 19th – 20th Centuries | 200,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2010 | Tim Burton: The Exhibition | 276,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2009 | A Day in Pompeii | 333,000 | Melbourne Museum |
| 2009 | Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire | 333,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2008 | Art Deco 1910–1939 | 241,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2007 | Guggenheim Collection 1940's to Now | 180,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2007 | Pixar: 20 Years of Animation | 147,000 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
| 2006 | Picasso: Love & War 1935 -1945 | 224,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2005 | Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum | 219,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2004 | The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay | 371,000 | National Gallery of Victoria |
| Total | | 6,317,796 | |