Ian Potter Centre, Art museum in Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia.

The Ian Potter Centre is an art museum in Federation Square, in the heart of Melbourne, dedicated entirely to Australian art. It occupies several floors and holds paintings, sculptures, photographs, and decorative objects from different periods of Australian art history.

The Ian Potter Centre opened in 2003, when the National Gallery of Victoria split its collection and moved Australian art to Federation Square, keeping international works at the NGV International on St Kilda Road. It is named after Sir Ian Potter, the businessman and philanthropist whose support helped create the centre.

The collection gives a lot of space to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, shown alongside works by other Australian artists. Visitors can see how these traditions have influenced the broader direction of Australian art over time.

The Australian collection occupies the upper levels of the building at Federation Square, while the international works are shown separately at NGV International on St Kilda Road, so check which site you are heading to. The building was designed by Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart, and its interiors won the RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture.

The building was designed by Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart, led by Peter Davidson and Donald Bates. Their work on the gallery, from the interiors and temporary walls to the exhibition design of the first hang, earned the RAIA National Award for Interior Architecture and the Marion Mahony Interior Architecture Award.