$1b plan for art gallery
AUSTRALIA’S “biggest and best” modern art gallery will be built in the heart of Melbourne under a major arts revamp worth up to $1 billion.
Premier Daniel Andrews says the new gallery will be triple the size of Tasmania’s famous MONA and solidify Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s cultural capital.
The National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary will be built at the Carlton and United Breweries Southbank building.
“It will be Australia’s biggest and best contemporary art gallery,” the Premier said yesterday.