10 Best Museums in Melbourne | Condé Nast Traveler
"In 1934, patrons John and Sunday Reed bought a bucolic country property 30 minutes outside of Melbourne. They began inviting artists, writers, and intellectuals—people like Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Mirka Mora, and Joy Hester—to stay and work at Heide, as this artistic hub was called. Eventually, the Reeds and their collection outgrew the farmhouse, so they commissioned architect David McGlashan to create Heide II, a modernist home and gallery. The Reeds sold their property to the government in 1981 with the idea it would be turned into the public art gallery it is today." - Carrie Hutchinson
Courtesy Heide Museum of Modern Art
