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NGV ranks top in Australian galleries in global attendance

NGV is ranked in the top 30 art museums internationally based on visitor figures, nearly 700,000 above other Aus galleries.

7 Apr 2014 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Water Wall, NGV International

When the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) announced record attendances for its Melbourne Now exhibition we all noticed. We did not expect that the global art world would also notice, the exhibition clearly bolstering the gallery’s attendance figures for the past year, bumping it into the top thirty art museums ranked globally on visitor attendance.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina