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Highlighted Exhibitions

✻ Inside the Mirage ✻

TarraWarra Museum of Art - Healesville

Inside the Mirage is a group exhibition at TarraWarra Museum of Art, bringing works from the museum's collection into dialogue with selected loans by contemporary Australian artists. Inside the Mirage.. View More..

✻ Jennifer Webb: Sailing on Albert Park Lake ✻

Port Art Gallery - Port Melbourne

From the 'Sailing ' series of Melbourne paintings of Jennifer Webb, this artwork is executed in layers of acrylics and varnishes on linen. Sailing on Albert Park Lake It can be purchased online or in .. View More..

✻ Kyle Archie Knight: It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn't Help It) ✻

Melbourne Art Rooms | MARS Gallery - Windsor

t Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn't Help It) aims to examine the gay male gaze, while catering to it, performing it, and questioning it. A culmination of gay experience, particularly within g.. View More..

✻ On The Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb ✻

City Gallery - Melbourne

On the street where I live: Viva Gibb's portrait of North and West Melbourne Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, Viva Gibb documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived. For n.. View More..

✻ The Joseph Brown Collection - Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia ✻

The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - Melbourne

See Australia's greatest artists and art, free at the Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia. In May 2004 Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE donated the major part of his incomparable collection of Australian art to t.. View More..

✻ Views and Vistas of the Valley ✻

Incinerator Gallery - Aberfeldie

At Incinerator Gallery - Moonee Ponds, Views and Vistas of the Valley presents a compelling visual dialogue between place, history, community and perception drawn from the Moonee Valley City Council (.. View More..

✻ AGRA Annual Exhibition 2026 ✻

Victorian Artists Society - East Melbourne

Realist and representational art will be celebrated at the 2026 AGRA Annual Exhibition. The 50 year-old Australian Guild of Realist Artists (AGRA) was started by artists such as Kenneth Jack, Kath Bal.. View More..

✻ Ben Winspear & Des Parkin: Duet ✻

Victorian Artists Society - East Melbourne

This exhibition has no theme and is simply an opportunity for two friends to share a creative space. We hope some of the images allow us to share with you the pleasure we had in creating them. Des Par.. View More..

✻ Kenneth Jack: Tiny Treasures and Important Works ✻

Victorian Artists Society - East Melbourne

An exhibition of works by the late Kenneth Jack, who helped create the Australian Guild of Realist Artists, is held concurrently with the annual AGRA Exhibition. Something different is happening in th.. View More..

✻ Satellite Projects: Physical Motifs ✻

T3 Collingwood - Collingwood

Physical Motifs .. A collection of works from four contemporary artists. Artists: Arabella Strachan, Mita Chowdhury, publista, Zoe Jones. Let us return to the analogue processes and the forms of dedic.. View More..

✻ CARTIER | Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2026 ✻

National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - Southbank

In 2026, the NGV presents Cartier, a landmark exhibition featuring more than 300 extraordinary objects - from precious jewels and historic gemstones to iconic watches and clocks - that trace the evolu.. View More..

✻ Claude Monet and Australian Impressionism ✻

Geelong Gallery Claude Monet and Australian Impressionism Saturday 30 May to Sunday 18 October 2026 Free entry Claude Monet's Haystacks, midday (1890) is one of a series of paintings the French artist.. View More..

Must See Art Exhibitions

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✻ Are you lonely tonight? I'm so lonesome I could cry. ✻

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art - Southbank

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Main exhibition gallery Free Artists Callum McGrath Kayla Mattes Kelly Yu Lucy Liu Martine Syms Melissa Nguyen Natasha Matila-Smith Nick Mullaly Patrick Pound Po.. View More..

✻ Francis Carmody + Keg de Souza: The Measured Garden ✻

Potter Museum of Art - Parkville

@ Ian Potter Museum of Art The Measured Garden brings plants and gardens into the frame, reflecting on messy ecosystems, entanglements with the living world, and layered systems of knowledge. The Meas.. View More..

✻ Group Exhibition: Ngarn Wa'ngal - Art of the gum tree ✻

Potter Museum of Art - Parkville

The gum tree is a dominant feature of many of Australia's diverse environments, connecting us to this land and shaping our cultural and personal identities. Ngarn Wa'ngal Drawing upon the University o.. View More..

✻ Jennifer Webb: Sailing on Albert Park Lake ✻

Port Art Gallery - Port Melbourne

✻ Kyle Archie Knight: It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn't Help It) ✻

Melbourne Art Rooms | MARS Gallery - Windsor

✻ Local Remix | Assembly - Nillumbik's artist colonies, residencies and the Collection ✻

Montsalvat - Eltham

@ Montsalvat Local Remix: Assembly features collected works from Nillumbik's artist colonies and residencies. Engage with works by 60 artists from Baldessin Press, Dunmoochin, Garambi Baanj (Laughing .. View More..

✻ Metartworld - Open Hours & Tickets ✻

Metartworld - Metal Art Gallery - Port Melbourne

A One-of-a-kind Art Space ART that you can touch and interact with Metal Art Exhibition Covering an area of 400 square meters, over 12+ themed exhibitions, a 360 degree immersive experience tunnel, an.. View More..

✻ NGV Friday Nights: Live Music & Art - CARTIER ✻

National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - Southbank

Each Friday, we're open late. Experience the NGV as it comes alive after dark - think fashion, art, icons and beats. 6-10PM, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 12 JUN - 2 OCT Experience CARTIER, the 2026 Melbourne Wi.. View More..

✻ Peter Accadia: A Legacy of Love and Happiness ✻

Montsalvat - Eltham

@ Montsalvat Celebrate the life and accomplishments of Master Potter- Peter Accadia , whose practice spanned over 50 years from the 1970s to the 2020s. This exhibition showcases a collection of his di.. View More..

✻ Views and Vistas of the Valley ✻

Incinerator Gallery - Aberfeldie

✻ Kenneth Jack: Tiny Treasures and Important Works ✻

Victorian Artists Society - East Melbourne

✻ Eric Thake: Do You See What I See? ✻

Geelong Gallery Saturday 7 November 2026 to Sunday 28 February 2027 Ticketed The 2026-27 summer exhibition, Eric Thake-Do You See What I See? will emphasise Eric Thake's (1904-1982) practice of evokin.. View More..

Photographic Exhibitions

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✻ Anne Zahalka: ZAHALKAWORLD ✻

Jewish Museum of Australia - St Kilda

ZAHALKAWORLD: an artist's archive - A Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) touring exhibition. For more than four decades, Anne Zahalka has been one of Australia's most celebrated photo media artis.. View More..

✻ Brook Andrew: ROLLERCOASTER - winhangadurinya in motion ✻

Museum of Australian Photography - Wheelers Hill

In 2026 the Museum of Australian Photography presents a major commission by Brook Andrew, one of Australia's most influential and internationally recognised artists. Working across visual art, researc.. View More..

✻ Making Modern Melbourne ✻

Old Treasury Building - Melbourne

In 1900 Melbourne was the largest city in Australia, a distinction it would hold for just one more year before Sydney surpassed it once again. Just under 500,000 people lived within its outer boundari.. View More..

✻ Rehearsing the City Exhibition ✻

Victorian Archives Centre | Public Record Office Victoria - North Melbourne

This exhibition reflects on public space as a stage, a place where meaning is constantly performed, contested and redefined. On display are photographs sourced from the collections of Victoria's State.. View More..

✻ Viva Gibb: On the street where I live - portrait of North and West Melbourne ✻

City Gallery - Melbourne

Free Art @ City Gallery Melbourne Town Hall 110 Swanston Street, Melbourne Thursday 5 March - Friday 7 August 2026 Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, Viva Gibb documented the suburbs of North and .. View More..

✻ Kyle Archie Knight: Cruising for a Bruising ✻

Museum of Australian Photography - Wheelers Hill

Kyle Archie Knight is a Wiradjuri queer photographic artist who has been exhibiting his work since 2022 when he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (First Class Honours) at RMIT University. For.. View More..

✻ Bowness Photography Prize 2026 exhibition ✻

Museum of Australian Photography - Wheelers Hill

The Bowness Photography Prize invites entries from artists working with photography. Entries for the prize will be considered from still photo-based media including analogue and digital photography, p.. View More..

Public Art Galleries Melbourne

National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), founded in 1861, is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum and holds the largest collection of art in the country. Located across two buildings - NGV..

180 St Kilda Road,, Southbank | Map

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The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia

Australian art is the focus of The Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square, one of three Victorian public art galleries within one magnificent arts precinct. ..

The Ian Potter Centre, Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street,, Melbourne | Map

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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) is Melbourne's leading contemporary art gallery presenting the most challenging, innovative and creative visual art of our time. ACCA brings the la..

111 Sturt St, Southbank | Map

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The Fox: NGV Contemporary

Melbourne's newest gallery, National Gallery for Contemporary Art and Design will open in 2028. NGV Contemporary will be a landmark, new purpose-built gallery dedicated to displaying local, nationa..

77 Southbank Blvd, Southbank | Map

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Private Galleries Melbourne

Heide | Museum of Modern Art

Heide Museum of Modern Art and Sculpture Park in Bulleen is one of Australia's leading public art museums. Celebrated for its award-winning architecture and breathtaking gardens, Heide has a rich a..

7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen | Map

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Museum of Australian Photography

MAPh is Australia's leading public art museum devoted to the collection and exhibition of photography. It is a cultural institution of regional, state and national importance with the only collection ..

860 Ferntree Gully Rd,, Wheelers Hill | Map

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Potter Museum of Art

The Potter manages the University Art Collection, a rich resource of art and artefacts spanning from the Neolithic period to contemporary works. It is a cultural and educational facility, serving both..

800 Swanston Street, , Parkville | Map

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Artbank Melbourne

Artbank in Collingwood is a unique Australian initiative that supports living contemporary artists by buying their work and leasing it to the public, with all fees going straight back into supporting ..

18 - 24 Down Street , Collingwood | Map

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Art Galleries & Houses | Melbourne

Anna Schwartz Gallery

Melbourne | Map

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Anna Schwartz Gallery is a major contemporary art gallery in Australia which has been owned and operated by founder Anna Schwartz since 1986. Established in Melbourne, Anna Schwartz Gallery has ide..

Blak Dot Gallery

Brunswick East | Map

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A contemporary Indigenous-run art gallery & performance space showcasing modern & traditional artworks from world Indigenous cultures. Blak Dot Gallery acknowledges the traditional custodians of th..

City Gallery

Melbourne | Map

What's Showing
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
On The Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb
Viva Gibb: On the street where I live - portrait of North and West Melbourne

Melbourne's City Gallery presents free, quarterly exhibitions on city life, past and present. Artworks and artefacts reign supreme in this small space, and the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage ..

Collingwood Yards

Collingwood | Map

What's Showing
Keith Haring: Collingwood Mural
Arts Project Australia: Gallery
Hope St Radio | Restaurant & Wine Bar

Collingwood Yards is a new, permanent and affordable home for scores of artists and independent arts organisations working across music, visual arts, performance, digital media, creative industries an..

Craft Victoria

Melbourne | Map

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Craft Victoria brings together a vibrant and sustainable contemporary craft and design community by supporting, showcasing and celebrating all craft disciplines and practitioners. It is Craft Victo..

Flinders Lane Gallery

Melbourne | Map

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Since opening its doors in 1989, FLG has gained a reputation for actively supporting the practices of emerging, mid-career and Indigenous Australian artists. Operating beyond a rigid aesthetic or ..

fortyfivedownstairs

Melbourne | Map

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fortyfivedownstairs was established in 2001 to provide a versatile and interesting space for performance, exhibitions, forums and music. Situated in a former factory, and gallery, in Flinders Lane,..

Gasworks Arts Park

Albert Park | Map

What's Showing
Gasworks Farmers' Market
Gasworks Arts Tour
Gasworks Public Sculptures

Gasworks Arts Park is a vibrant arts precinct producing a range of high-quality arts programs, workshops and activities for every age, ability, interest and audience. Situated in Albert Park, Melbo..

Gertrude Contemporary

Preston South | Map

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Gertrude Contemporary is a non-profit gallery and studio complex supporting contemporary artists. The organisation provides professional support to artists in the early stages of their careers thr..

Incinerator Gallery

Aberfeldie | Map

What's Showing
Views and Vistas of the Valley

The Incinerator Gallery in Moonee Ponds is a centre for visual arts. The gallery houses the City of Moonee Valley Art Collection exhibiting work from established and emerging artists, as well as p..

Linden New Art

St Kilda | Map

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Linden New Art is a unique not for profit contemporary art gallery. Our vision is for Linden to be a vibrant, evolving centre for the creation and presentation of contemporary art; a place where a..

Lyon Housemuseum Galleries

Kew | Map

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The new Housemuseum Galleries at 217 Cotham Road offer a new platform for works of international and local contemporary art, architecture and design, where new ways of presenting and experiencing art ..

MAD Gallery

Lancefield | Map

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MAD Gallery shows contemporary and leading edge fine art - 2D & 3D - from emerging and established artists, from all geographic locations, including this region and overseas. MAD Gallery is on the ..

McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park

Langwarrin | Map

What's Showing
Phil Price: Tree of Life
McClelland Gallery | Open Hours & Admission
McClelland Collection

McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park houses an excellent collection of fine art and a world famous collection of major works by leading Australian sculptors. McClelland is a truly unique art galler..

Melbourne Art Rooms | MARS Gallery

Windsor | Map

What's Showing
Ayman Kaake: Stones Will Remain Stones
Kyle Archie Knight: It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn't Help It)
J Davies: Evolving

MARS (Melbourne Art Rooms) is a commercial gallery that specialises in exhibiting, promoting and building the careers of contemporary Australian artists. Situated just off Chapel St in Windsor, MA..

No Vacancy Gallery | Project Space

Melbourne | Map

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Tenancy 32 | No Vacancy Gallery is a Melbourne-based contemporary hire-gallery that provides a link between artist run initiatives and the commercial art world. In 2010, No Vacancy extended into Fe..

Outre Gallery | Fitzroy

Fitzroy | Map

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Outre Gallery challenges the conventions of the archetypal gallery. Established for over two decades in Melbourne Australia Outre features solo and group exhibitions by international and Australian ar..

Port Art Gallery

Port Melbourne | Map

What's Showing
Jennifer Webb: Sailing on Albert Park Lake

Port Art Gallery, representing local artists' paintings and interstate artists as well, was founded by fine artist Jennifer Webb in 2005. Established as as a bricks-and-mortar commercial gallery i..

red gallery | contemporary art space

Fitzroy North | Map

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red gallery is a multi-exhibition space in Melbourne's Fitzroy North arts precinct. Operating since 2002, red gallery is committed to presenting innovative contemporary art and welcomes interest f..

Romulus Folio Gallery

South Melbourne | Map

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Romulus is both a platform and a gateway - a space where artists, collectives, and creatives can showcase their work, connect with opportunities, and shape cultural conversations. We believe in th..

Smart Artz Gallery

South Melbourne | Map

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Housed within a converted warehouse in South Melbourne lies one of Melbourne's most versatile and innovative spaces. Smart Artz Gallery matches an industrial space with contemporary Australian art..

St Heliers Street Gallery

Abbotsford | Map

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Ground floor - Abbotsford Convent Established in 2009, St Heliers Street Gallery is an Abbotsford Convent Foundation initiative. The gallery is located on the ground floor of the main Convent bui..

The Fitzroy Art Collective

Fitzroy | Map

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The Fitzroy Art Collective's mission is to revolutionise the Art culture and community in Fitzroy. Vision: TFAC envisions a community where: the Artist is valued as much as the Art Art is an inte..

The Nook Gallery & Studios

Mornington | Map

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The Nook Gallery & Studios Creative studios for lease | Gallery spaces for hire | Multipurpose spaces for workshops, photoshoots, events etc STUDIO FEATURES CO-WORKING STUDIO Studio #2 has b..

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Discover the secret stories behind Melbourne's colourful laneways in a thrilling outdoor exploration game. You're a runaway teen in search of a lost connection, and the city's street art begins to..
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ArtVo Melbourne | Trick Art Museum

ArtVo in Docklands has reopened (June 2026) with 40 brand-new immersive trick art installations. ArtVo has long been one of Melbourne's most popular interactive attractions, drawing more than 100,..
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Metartworld - Metal Art Gallery

The biggest metal art gallery in Australia, showcasing unique artworks from international artists. Covering an area of 400 square meters, we have over 12+ themed exhibitions, a 360 degree immersiv..
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John Kelly: Cow Up a Tree

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Ron Robertson-Swann: Vault (Yellow Peril)

Charles Robb: Statue : Charles La Trobe

Iconic Melbourne Art

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Centenary Of Federation Arch (2001)

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre: Chloe

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