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Melbourne's must-see exhibitions

Melbourne's must-see exhibitions

From interactive installations to pop-up art galleries, these exhibitions can't be missed.

Joy

Joy

Experience an emotive adventure where creativity, colour and storytelling join forces.

The Story of the Moving Image
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The Story of the Moving Image

A permanent exhibition that journeys through the past, present and future of the moving image.

Making Memoir of a Snail
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Making Memoir of a Snail

Explore handmade sets, props and characters from Adam Elliot's claymation film Memoir of a Snail.

NGV Friday Nights
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NGV Friday Nights

Experience the NGV as it comes alive after dark

Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River
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Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River

Explores the chequered history of the stream we call the ‘city’s river’.

Transmutation: Our Origin Stories
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Transmutation: Our Origin Stories

Journey into stories of origin, transformation and cultural inheritance.

Babies and Barking Dogs: Keith Haring and Melbourne

Babies and Barking Dogs: Keith Haring and Melbourne

A talk about the late artist's 1984 Melbourne works, now on display at NGV International.

A Rocky Road to Success: Storytelling & Fashion

A Rocky Road to Success: Storytelling & Fashion

A one-night immersive fashion and film experience about resilience and reinvention.

Piotr Sobiesiak: The Night When Clouds Had Dreams

Piotr Sobiesiak: The Night When Clouds Had Dreams

The exhibition presents sculptures from the Polish-born artist’s acclaimed series Nubes Formales.

Home Comforts and Bishopscourt Garden: Double Tour

Home Comforts and Bishopscourt Garden: Double Tour

Spend a morning in East Melbourne and visit the exhibition at Fairhall and gardens of Bishopscourt.

Festival of Veterans Arts

Festival of Veterans Arts

Enjoy this veteran-led arts festival with exhibitions, performances, workshops and family events.

ANZAC Day Commemoration March

ANZAC Day Commemoration March

Watch and thank veterans, descendants and service members marching to the Shrine of Remembrance.

Rome: Empire, Power, People

Rome: Empire, Power, People

This Melbourne-exclusive exhibition is a vibrant exploration of Ancient Rome.

Rigg Design Prize: Next in Design
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Rigg Design Prize: Next in Design

The Rigg Design Prize is Australia’s most prestigious accolade for contemporary design.

Anna Pelc: All the Places I’ve Been

Anna Pelc: All the Places I’ve Been

A retrospective exhibition that brings together artworks created over the past decade.

Jane O'Neill: Bourke Street Leisure Centre

Jane O'Neill: Bourke Street Leisure Centre

An exhibition from Melbourne-based artist, Jane O'Neill.

Behind the Lines: Are We Rolling?

Behind the Lines: Are We Rolling?

An exhibition exploring all the twists and turns of another turbulent year in Australian politics.

Frances Loriente: What Would We Be if We Were Under the Sea

Frances Loriente: What Would We Be if We Were Under the Sea

This exhibition by Frances Loriente explores our connection to the sea and its creatures.

Game Worlds
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Game Worlds

ACMI's new playable exhibition features more than 30 videogames from the 1970s to today.

Taste of Combat
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Taste of Combat

Honouring the vital work of the Catering Corps and the evolution of military food.

Hany Armanious: Stone Soup
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Hany Armanious: Stone Soup

An exhibition of ordinary objects transformed into near-perfect doubles that unsettle what we know.

Summer Stockroom
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Summer Stockroom

Fresh new artworks to herald in a new year.

Celia Bridle: Independently Combining

Celia Bridle: Independently Combining

Celia Bridle expresses delicacy, intimacy, mobility and flow in her artwork.

Cameron Grant: Australian Theatres Unveiled

Cameron Grant: Australian Theatres Unveiled

Featuring theatres from around the country, revealing the physical spaces that shape their identity.

Westwood | Kawakubo
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Westwood | Kawakubo

NGV’s summer exhibition pairs two icons of the fashion world, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo.

What's free and what's open on the King's Birthday long weekend

What's free and what's open on the King's Birthday long weekend

Free events, winter markets, family-friendly activities and more.

Presence (Performance)
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Presence (Performance)

A Midsumma exhibition of six artists responding to the theme of being present/performing.

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Helf Selp and Multi-pronged Awesomeness

Helf Selp and Multi-pronged Awesomeness

A billboard-sized artwork by Anna Hoyle on the front of the Hero Apartment Building.

Street art

Street art

Melbourne laneways are filled with street art, stencils, paste-ups and mixed media.

Julian Opie's Australian Birds

Julian Opie's Australian Birds

See the artist's illuminated birds on St Kilda Road.

Revitalise & Reconnect, Mandi Barton

Revitalise & Reconnect, Mandi Barton

Artist Mandi Barton has transformed three electrical boxes with her site-responsive artworks.