Arrive in Melbourne and make your way to the hotel. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including a private transfer to the hotel, accommodation before or after the tour and a room category upgrade.

At 5:30pm, join your tour leader Brian Ladd for a welcome briefing and talk followed by dinner at the hotel with Brian and fellow tour members.

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This morning, transfer to the Heide Museum of Modern Art on the outskirts of Melbourne. The museum was begun by John and Sunday Reed who assembled an extensive collection of Australian modern figurative, abstract, expressionist and realist art. The nucleus of the collection consisted of works produced by friends of the Reeds, who lived and worked around the original Heide farmhouse.

Take a guided tour of the Bruce Munro: From Sunrise Road exhibition, presenting the first Australian museum exhibition of the acclaimed light artist Bruce Munro, with spectacular indoor and outdoor artworks with intimate story pieces.

After lunch, continue to Buxton Contemporary, in the heart of the Melbourne arts precinct. Opened in 2018, this major new art museum showcases the private collection of cultural philanthropists Michael and Janet Buxton, as well as special exhibitions of Australian and international contemporary artists.

In the late afternoon, return to the hotel to enjoy an evening at leisure.

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Today, be immersed in extraordinary art at the National Gallery of Victoria with Brian Ladd as your private guide.

Enjoy exclusive before-hours access to the outstanding The Picasso Century exhibition, developed in partnership with the Centre Pompidou and the Musée Picasso, Paris. The world-class exhibition features over 70 works by Picasso alongside over 100 works by his contemporaries and explores the powerful impact of Picasso’s innovative practice.

Enjoy a talk by Brian about the dialogue with key artists including Georges Braque, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse and Françoise Gilot, and take some time after the tour to explore the exhibition at your own pace.

This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner with Brian and fellow tour members in one of Melbourne’s fine restaurants.

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Tour arrangements conclude after breakfast. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour, travel insurance (highly recommended), a room category upgrade and private airport transfers.

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