melbourne then, melbourne now, and melbourne’s future
Rebecca Coates, Broadsheet, No. 43.2, Adelaide, pp. 49-52, June 2014
Thus endeth the first lesson. As Melbourne Now drew to a close, we the public were able to reflect on what had been the largest, most ambitious, and most extensive exhibition of contemporary art that the National Gallery of Victoria has ever presented. Running for four months over summer, from November 2013 to March 2014, while not technically a biennale, it had biennale ambitions in its breadth, scale and reach.