“It sounds like a marriage made in heaven – one of the world’s greatest paintings housed in one of the world’s great art galleries. By the end of the year, the marriage will be consummated. The celebrations will be held in Melbourne at the opening of the $160 million renovation of the National Gallery of Victoria’s St Kilda Road headquarters. The painting, Tiepolo’s Banquet of Cleopatra, will have pride of place. The freshly restored work will hang at the end of one of the new, high-ceilinged galleries that have been installed in the former open courtyards.”