NGV MoMA AND THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA MODERN ART IN MELBOURNE SEPTEMBER 9 - 12, 2018 TOUR LEADER: DR MATTHEW LAING

OVERVIEW ADFAS Travel invites you on a four-day visit to Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Join Dr Matthew Laing in Melbourne for a guided tour and background talks on the NGV’s 2018 blockbuster – Masterpieces from the Museum of Modern Art, New York – followed by visits to the Heide Museum of Modern Art and Lyon Housemuseum, two of Australia’s best collections of modern art, the latter of which remains in private hands. We also enjoy a day trip to the Mornington Peninsula, where we visit the McClelland Sculpture Park and explore Australia’s art and history with a visit to Mulberry Hill Estate – the former residence of artist Sir Daryl Lindsay and Lady Joan Lindsay, author of Picnic at Hanging Rock – and at Sorrento, whose iconic views across Port Phillip Bay have been immortalised by the likes of Arthur Streeton, Arthur Boyd and Ray Hodgkinson.

TOUR PRICE The tour price is $2,100 per person, twin share (plus airfares). The supplement for a single room is $540.

INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE

• Three nights’ accommodation and breakfast at The Langham Hotel, Melbourne

• Background lectures on the NGV MOMA exhibition, entry cost and guided tour

• Welcome dinner in Melbourne; lunch on the Mornington Peninsula, with drinks included

• Private coach transport to all sites • All entrance fees to all sites visited • Services of tour leader throughout

NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE

• Travel to and from Melbourne • Travel insurance • Meals not mentioned in itinerary • Expenses of a personal nature

TOUR LEADER Dr Matthew Laing is a lecturer and research fellow at Monash University, an ADFAS lecturer on United States culture and history, and holds a PhD in American politics and history from The Australian National University. He has a particular interest in modern American history, art and architecture, and is intimately familiar with the MoMA collections. He

leads regular tours to the United States and Europe for Academy Travel.

“Matthew Laing was brilliant. His knowledge and ability to present it was exceptional. He was also amiable, helpful and well organised.” Feedback from Academy Travel’s Washington, Chicago and New York tour, October 2014.

ACCOMMODATION THE LANGHAM HOTEL, MELBOURNE (3 NIGHTS) Deluxe rooms with city skyline views in this excellent, 5* hotel. www.langhamhotels.com/en/the-langham/melbourne/

ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS

For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Kathy Wardrop at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email kathy@academytravel.com.au

ITINERARY

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9

Make your way to Melbourne and check in to our hotel from 2pm. This afternoon Dr Matthew Laing gives two detailed lectures, one on the history and culture of modern America and a second on the NGV exhibition. The NGV is the sole international venue for the exhibition, which features about 150 works, from the masters of classical European modernism such as Cézanne, Picasso, Dalí and Mondrian through to the birth of a distinctly American style in the art of Hopper, Koons, Pollock and Rothko. This evening we gather at one of Melbourne’s fine restaurants, for a celebratory meal. (D)

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10

We spend the morning at the National Gallery of Victoria, exploring the MoMA exhibition, and with time to visit the other exhibitions at the NGV. This afternoon we travel the short distance by coach to the Lyon Housemuseum, which was designed by Corbett Lyon as a highly innovative way of integrating a private residence and an art gallery. The house remains the residence of the Lyon family and their collection is one of the finest of contemporary art in Australia. We return by coach to our hotel in the late afternoon. (B)

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11

We spend today exploring the Mornington Peninsula, from its colonial history, through to its rebirth as a retreat from Melbourne, its natural beauty, gastronomy and role in the development of Australian art. Our first stop is McClelland Sculpture Park, where we enjoy contemporary art in beautiful natural surroundings. After our visit there is a break for morning tea, followed by a visit to Mulberry Hill, the estate of Daryl and Joan Lindsay, author of Picnic at Hanging Rock. The estate is cared for by the National Trust, of whose Victoria branch Daryl was President after his stint as Director of the NGV. We continue along the peninsula, stopping for lunch at a superior restaurant, and then visit Sorrento, the first European settlement in Victoria. In addition to Sorrento’s colonial history, it also has excellent views across Port Phillip Bay, which have been immortalised by Australian painters from Streeton to Boyd and beyond. In the later afternoon, we return to Melbourne. (B, L)

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12

This morning we visit Heide Museum of Modern Art, one of Australia’s pre-eminent collections. The collection and museum is primarily the result of the efforts of John and Sunday Reed, who established a gallery of modern art alongside their house in the 1960s. The collection has developed considerably since it was acquired by the state in the 1980s, and its three buildings are set in beautiful gardens developed by Sunday, with artist gardens by Fiona Hall and Lauren Berkowitz. Just after midday, we return to our hotel, where the tour concludes. (B)

Above: Toulouse-Lautrec, La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge; Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula Below: Inge King, Rings of Saturn, at Heide