Melbourne’s new Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square has become one of the world’s most popular galleries, says the National Gallery of Victoria director Gerard Vaughan. In its first three months of operation, the museum has attracted 750,000 visitors. “It has to be one of the most visited art museums in the world just now. We can’t compete with the world’s top group of super galleries, which also includes New York’s Metropolitan and the Uffizi in Florence, but we are right up there compared to anywhere else.” He said the Pompidou Centre and the Musee d’Orsay in Paris receive up to 4000 visitors a day – the Ian Potter Centre was getting about 8000.