Exhibitions (Art & Photo)
Exhibitions (Art & Photo) - Announcements
--> Metartworld - Metal Art Gallery, 155 Boundary Street, Port Melbourne
@ Metartworld Port Melbourne Step into the light.. Explore Metartworld's enchanting Starry Sky Exhibition, featuring immersive art exhibitions like the Mirror Maze, Enchanted Forest, and 360...
--> McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, 390 McClelland Drive Langwarrin
Frankston-based artist Alison Tedesco presents her first major solo exhibition of recent miniature models, transforming familiar urban landscapes into richly detailed three-dimensional works that...
--> National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank
--> When: Saturday 15th November 2025 - Sunday 4th October 2026
NGV International Level 2 This display brings together works by artists and designers from across the Pacific Region (including the Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait islands) and its diasporas....
--> Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt St Southbank
--> When: Friday 18th September 2026 - Sunday 22nd November 2026
Seven emerging artists from four states will create ambitious new commissions for NEW26, marking the return of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's influential NEW series after a decade-long...
--> Harbour Esplanade Docklands
A new public art installation is lighting up Victoria Harbour, tracing the footprint of the former Central Pier. Created to honour the pier's maritime history and heritage, Echo features 147...
--> 60 Playne Street, Frankston
--> When: Sunday 20th September 2026
Explore Frankston City's street art scene by joining one our Street Art Walking Tours. Frankston Street Art Walking Tours Frankston is officially home to Australia's BEST STREET ART TOUR and the...
--> Potter Museum of Art, 800 Swanston Street, 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...
--> Heide | Museum of Modern Art, 7 Templestowe Rd Bulleen
--> When: Wednesday 2nd December 2026 - Sunday 7th March 2027
Artists include: Elyas Alavi, Dean Cross, Gian Manik, Benjamin Armstrong, Aaron C Carter, Gregory Pryor, Lou Hubbard, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Michelle Nikou, Judy Watson, Heather B Swann, Panda Wong,...
--> TarraWarra Museum of Art, 313 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road 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...
--> The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre, Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne
Although John Brack painted thousands of paintings, he is best known for two paintings.. the iconic Collins Street, 5 pm (above) and The Bar. One of Australia's most outstanding artists, John...
--> Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St Melbourne
--> When: Friday 20th November 2026 - Sunday 18th April 2027
This November, Lifelike makes its world premiere at ACMI: a major new exhibition celebrating the magic of movie puppetry in all its forms. Celebrating the magic of movie puppetry, from Pinocchio...
--> Lorne Foreshore Lorne
--> When: Monday 1st March 2027 - Tuesday 30th March 2027
The Lorne Sculpture Biennale is Victoria's largest free outdoor sculpture event Immerse yourself in a world of thought provoking creativity at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale 1st - 30th March...
--> The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre, Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne
--> When: Friday 4th September 2026 - Sunday 31st January 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia presents the first Margaret Preston retrospective in 20 years, celebrating the artist whose work helped shape Australia's cultural and aesthetic...
--> National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank
--> When: Sunday 13th December 2026 - Sunday 11th April 2027
As part of the 2026 NGV Triennial, a new children's exhibition by artist Mika Rottenberg will take kids on a surreal journey. Squish, Twist, Fizz At the heart of the exhibition is Cosmic...
--> Shrine of Remembrance, Corner St Kilda Road and Domain Road Melbourne
--> When: Saturday 15th August 2026 - Sunday 1st August 2027
Sparks in the Dark celebrates the resilience, creativity and courage of women living with the enduring impacts of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). Sparks in the Dark Free entry at Shrine of...
--> National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, 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...
--> Victorian Artists Society, 430 Albert Street East Melbourne
Our five beautifully restored galleries feature exhibitions by VAS Members and renowned Australian and international artists. Our exhibitions display a diverse range of mediums and...
--> The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre, Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne
--> When: Friday 30th October 2026 - Monday 14th June 2027
Through portrait photography, Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist Atong Atem uses her body as a canvas, adorned with textiles, paint, and symbolic objects. Her work explores inherited...
--> The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre, Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne
--> When: Friday 28th August 2026 - Sunday 7th February 2027
From leather grown from fungi to fibreboard made from hemp, Plant Life: The Nature of Design explores humanity's evolving relationship with the plant world through design, from ancestral craft...
--> National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank
--> When: Friday 26th June 2026 - Sunday 4th October 2026
Step into a world where imagination takes centre stage as acclaimed Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson transforms the NGV Children's Gallery into an interactive theatrical playground filled with...
--> McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, 390 McClelland Drive Langwarrin
--> When: Saturday 14th November 2026 - Sunday 11th April 2027
A major summer exhibition celebrating more than five decades of work by one of Australia's most respected living painters, Rick Amor, will offer audiences a rare opportunity to explore the evolution...
--> Melbourne Town Hall, 90 - 130 Swanston Street Melbourne
Australian audio-visual artist Robin Fox creates works in which lasers synchronise with sound in real time. Light beams form geometric planes and vast three-dimensional environments that dissolve...
--> T3 Collingwood, 36 Wellington Street, Collingwood
--> When: Monday 3rd August 2026 - Saturday 3rd October 2026
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...
--> McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, 390 McClelland Drive Langwarrin
One of Australia's most respected abstract painters, Christopher Pyett presents a vibrant collection of recent works celebrating a lifetime devoted to colour, form and artistic...
--> Art Gallery of Ballarat, 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
--> When: Saturday 8th August 2026 - Sunday 20th September 2026
World Press Photo Exhibition 2026 brings some of the year's most significant photojournalism to Australian audiences, presenting award-winning images that document conflict, climate, migration,...
--> National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank
--> When: Sunday 13th December 2026 - Thursday 1st April 2027
For the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission 2026, Beijing-based architect Xu Tiantian presents Bamboo theatre, an architectural-scale installation that draws on the landscape, material knowledge...
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