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Collection Changeovers: From the Vaults at the NGV

William Holman HUNT The Lady of Shalott 1850  black chalk, pen and ink 23.5 x 14.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1921 1133-3

Collection Changeovers: From the Vaults With over seventy thousand artworks in the National Gallery of Victoria’s permanent collection, spanning from antiquity right through to contemporary art, we are fortunate to be the cultural custodians of some of the most exquisite and precious works of art in the country. Therefore in an effort to highlight these great treasures we have organised a series of free floor talks and lectures, presented by curators and external experts, in order to showcase art works that have never been on display before or rarely exhibited.…