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"I was lucky enough to attend a dinner here once. What an amazing venue. The ceiling is something you’ll never get sick of looking at"
Phone: +61386202434
Address: 180 St Kilda Road, Ground Level, NGV International Southbank VIC 3006, Australia
City: Southbank
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The National Gallery of Victoria's (NGV) Great Hall's best feature is the stained glass ceiling, which produces a kaleidescope of colour. I have been fortunate enough to dine here several times, and the glass ceiling astounds me every time I visit. The glass ceiling was constructed by the late Leonard French, an artist renound for his work in glass. He is a member of the great generartion of post-war Modernists, who revolutionised Australian art..The NGV's stained glass ceiling is an abstract, but it references the elaborate stained glass windows of Europe's great Gothic cathedrals.
Go sit or wander around the great space be sure to look up at the cailing each traingle of mosaic glass weighs some incredible amount it is an amazing engineering feat as well as a work of art!! If you are lucky there will be music playing or something showing on one of the screens. Let the kids go outside enjoy the fountains garden.All free nice cool inside on a really hot day!!
The Great Hall is a significant essay in glass craftsmanship. Lay on your back and see the patterns emerge in this massive glass mosaic. The colours in the stained glass are always shifting. The multi-coloured glass ceiling at the NGV is one the largest in the world. It was created by Australian glass artist Leonard French.
Enter the Great Hall of the NGVI and you will always see people (of all ages) lying on the floor to gaze up at the stained glass ceiling created by Leonard French. It's magnificent. Even if you have only a short time to visit the Gallery make sure you head to the Great Hall to experience Leonard French's masterpiece.
I was lucky enough to attend a dinner here once. What an amazing venue. The ceiling is something you’ll never get sick of looking at
