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Art, art galleries and exhibitions in Melbourne
Exquisite paintings by Australian Impressionist artists
A major, “uncategorisable” Australian artist weaves her arcane magic
Monet’s ravishingly beautiful oil paintings are on show at the NGV
Leah Heiss discusses her high-tech, high-emotion artworks
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20 May-21 Jun As a Ngugi woman and descendant of the Quandamooka people of Moreton Bay, Elisa Jane Carmichael depicts the fauna and... More details
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07-21 Jun
Off the Kerb is an Artist Run Initiative (ARI) located in Melbourne. Founded in 2007 by Shini Pararajasingham, Off the Kerb... More details
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23 Mar-23 Jun Three outstanding artists of Torres Strait heritage, Alick Tipoti, Brian Robinson and Ricardo Idagi, will be presenting works... More details
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31 May-23 Jun Venice has one. So does Shanghai and Munich. Sydney has one, too. Biennials – Italian for ‘every other year’ –... More details
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31 May-23 Jun
This charity exhibition combines fashion, fine art and photography. Ten large-scale pieces crafted by visual... More details
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01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
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03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
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14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
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16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
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21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
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28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
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11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
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13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
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03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
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04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
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20 May-21 Jun As a Ngugi woman and descendant of the Quandamooka people of Moreton Bay, Elisa Jane Carmichael depicts the fauna and... More details
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07-21 Jun
Off the Kerb is an Artist Run Initiative (ARI) located in Melbourne. Founded in 2007 by Shini Pararajasingham, Off the Kerb... More details
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23 Mar-23 Jun Three outstanding artists of Torres Strait heritage, Alick Tipoti, Brian Robinson and Ricardo Idagi, will be presenting works... More details
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31 May-23 Jun Venice has one. So does Shanghai and Munich. Sydney has one, too. Biennials – Italian for ‘every other year’ –... More details
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31 May-23 Jun
This charity exhibition combines fashion, fine art and photography. Ten large-scale pieces crafted by visual... More details
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01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
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03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
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14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
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16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
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21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
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28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
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11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
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13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
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03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
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04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
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23 Mar-23 Jun Three outstanding artists of Torres Strait heritage, Alick Tipoti, Brian Robinson and Ricardo Idagi, will be presenting works... More details
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20 May-21 Jun As a Ngugi woman and descendant of the Quandamooka people of Moreton Bay, Elisa Jane Carmichael depicts the fauna and... More details
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31 May-23 Jun Venice has one. So does Shanghai and Munich. Sydney has one, too. Biennials – Italian for ‘every other year’ –... More details
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31 May-23 Jun
This charity exhibition combines fashion, fine art and photography. Ten large-scale pieces crafted by visual... More details
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07-21 Jun
Off the Kerb is an Artist Run Initiative (ARI) located in Melbourne. Founded in 2007 by Shini Pararajasingham, Off the Kerb... More details
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01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
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03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
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14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
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16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
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21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
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28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
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11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
-
13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
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03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
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04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
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23 Mar-23 Jun Three outstanding artists of Torres Strait heritage, Alick Tipoti, Brian Robinson and Ricardo Idagi, will be presenting works... More details
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31 May-23 Jun Venice has one. So does Shanghai and Munich. Sydney has one, too. Biennials – Italian for ‘every other year’ –... More details
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31 May-23 Jun
This charity exhibition combines fashion, fine art and photography. Ten large-scale pieces crafted by visual... More details
-
01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
-
03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
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14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
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16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
-
21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
-
28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
-
11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
-
13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
-
03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
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04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
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10 May-08 Sep Impressionist Claude Monet wasn’t just a painter. At his home in Giverny to the northwest of Paris he created a wonderland... More details
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17 May-11 Aug The exhibition features aerial photography of Lake Eyre taken by Australian landscape photographer Peter Elfes over the past... More details
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31 May-23 Jun
This charity exhibition combines fashion, fine art and photography. Ten large-scale pieces crafted by visual... More details
-
23 Mar-23 Jun Three outstanding artists of Torres Strait heritage, Alick Tipoti, Brian Robinson and Ricardo Idagi, will be presenting works... More details
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31 May-23 Jun Venice has one. So does Shanghai and Munich. Sydney has one, too. Biennials – Italian for ‘every other year’ –... More details
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06-27 Jun Collecting over 85 photographs taken in seven different countries, the Love, Loss and Laughter exhibition offers a new... More details
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01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
-
03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
-
14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
-
16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
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21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
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28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
-
11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
-
13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
-
03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
-
04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
-
10 May-08 Sep Impressionist Claude Monet wasn’t just a painter. At his home in Giverny to the northwest of Paris he created a wonderland... More details
-
06-27 Jun Collecting over 85 photographs taken in seven different countries, the Love, Loss and Laughter exhibition offers a new... More details
-
01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
-
03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
-
14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
-
16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
-
21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
-
28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
-
11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
-
13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
-
03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
-
04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
-
10 May-08 Sep Impressionist Claude Monet wasn’t just a painter. At his home in Giverny to the northwest of Paris he created a wonderland... More details
-
17 May-11 Aug The exhibition features aerial photography of Lake Eyre taken by Australian landscape photographer Peter Elfes over the past... More details
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17 May-15 Sep Robin Rhode is bringing the streets of Johannesburg to Melbourne in his debut Australian solo exhibition. South African-born,... More details
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18 May-11 Aug Drawing inspiration from a flooded Kathi Thanda-Lake Eyre in the desert regions of Australia, landscape photographer... More details
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06-27 Jun Collecting over 85 photographs taken in seven different countries, the Love, Loss and Laughter exhibition offers a new... More details
-
01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
-
03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details
-
14 Feb-21 Jul Bea Maddock's exponential career will be showcased at the NGV from February through to July. If you're not familiar with her... More details
-
16 Mar-30 Jun Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students at Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Now in its 13th year,... More details
-
21 Mar-07 Jul The artworks of 43 talented students who completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)... More details
-
28 Mar-21 Jul Nearly 40 years since she opened her first solo exhibition, Australian photographer and artist Fiona Hall is now considered a... More details
-
11 Apr-01 Sep Get into the groove of the '80s with this leg-warming, hair-crimping exhibition on the music and art that made the decade what... More details
-
13 Apr-28 Jul Shadowlife is an exhibition by a group of Indigenous Australian artists – and one non-Indigenous artist – that makes use... More details
-
03 May-30 Jun In 1986 a group called The Australian Cultural Terrorists stole the NGV’s most prized acquisition: Picasso’s Weeping... More details
-
04 May-12 Oct Heide is inviting visitors to step inside the cluttered, inspired and explosively colourful mind of the sometimes... More details
-
10 May-08 Sep Impressionist Claude Monet wasn’t just a painter. At his home in Giverny to the northwest of Paris he created a wonderland... More details
-
17 May-11 Aug The exhibition features aerial photography of Lake Eyre taken by Australian landscape photographer Peter Elfes over the past... More details
-
17 May-15 Sep Robin Rhode is bringing the streets of Johannesburg to Melbourne in his debut Australian solo exhibition. South African-born,... More details
-
18 May-11 Aug Drawing inspiration from a flooded Kathi Thanda-Lake Eyre in the desert regions of Australia, landscape photographer... More details
Leah Heiss discusses her high-tech, high-emotion artworks
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Bren Luke finds inky inspiration in the streets of Melbourne
Ebony Bizys is one crafty lady
Rone's top five pieces of street art hidden in Melbourne
Take a wander through the world of one of Australia’s most daring artists
A major, “uncategorisable” Australian artist weaves her arcane magic
Come celebrate and admire the best of last year’s VCE students
43 talented VCE art students will be on display at the NGV
Monet’s ravishingly beautiful oil paintings are on show at the NGV
Forty artists from Australia and around the world under one roof
We look at the most out-there artworks
We visit Melbourne’s top 10 free art spots
Take a road trip to Melbourne's far-flung suburbs
One of Melbourne's oldest artist-run galleries
A fantastic modernist house in sprawling parklands
Specialises in works from young and emerging artists
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