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Melbourne's must-see exhibitions

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

A person taking a photo of two mannequins dressed in colourful clothing in a fashion exhibition.
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Westwood | Kawakubo

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

Elton John in the 1970s wearing large spectacles and satin suit with Cher wearing Bob Mackie midriff-revealing strappy gown and Diana Ross wearing feather and sequin gown.
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DIVA

From opera stars to pop icons, celebrate the power and creativity of the diva.

Two people seated below a neon sign.
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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.

Animator and filmmaker Adam Elliot working on a claymation set, adjusting characters.
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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.

An ancient Roman marble bust with its nose chipped off, displayed on a small square plinth.
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Rome: Empire, Power, People

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

A woman and child sit in a museum, looking up at a glass case displaying a preserved human body posed in a dramatic leap, with exposed muscles visible.
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Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness

Discover what lies behind the skin to reveal how our health, emotions and environment impact us.

Two individuals talking to each other inside Melbourne Museum at night, with blue lighting.
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Nocturnal: Museum After Dark

Experience Melbourne Museum after hours, when the doors stay open and the night belongs to adults.

A performer with a standing audience looking on in the NGV, stained glass visible and purple lighting.
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NGV Friday Nights

Experience the NGV as it comes alive after dark

An early watercolour painting of Melbourne's Yarra River.
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Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River

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

A red-haired woman in a spotted blouse looking at the machines at a self-checkout in a supermarket.
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The Human Algorithm

A multi-channel video installation exploring the impact of AI on human behaviour and cognition.

A colourful woven artwork with different textures and patterns representing a map.
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Hyperworlds: Unreal Cartography

An exhibition from Allanah Sarafian exploring maps as emotional and ideological objects.

A video still from artist, Huiyi Xiao, showing a woman swinging a mop in front of a large blue wheelie-bin in a graffitied laneway in Melbourne.
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Huiyi Xiao: Oil and Fire

This exhibition brings together two works that address the migrant experience of 'down-skilling'.

Federation square on a sunny day overlooking Flinders Station and the city skyline

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A drypoint etching in monotones depicting an industrial scene.
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Louise Donovan: Common Ground

Nineteen everyday moments in intimate drypoint by Melbourne artist, Louise Donovan

A mostly blue artwork with white, scribbled squares all over it, creating a textural pattern.
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Make Your Mark

A bold new exhibition from the mark-making artists of Bayley Arts.

A blurry, blue and white-toned photograph of a storm drain.
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Ground Tours

Ground Tours is a temporary exhibition of audio visual fieldwork taken from a University campus.

A person holding paintbrushes stands in an art studio with a colorful abstract painting hanging on the wall.
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Anna Pelc: All the Places I’ve Been

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

Cartoon of a movie camera topped with tiny figures.
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Behind the Lines: Are We Rolling?

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

People milling around Fed Square at night.

Melbourne's essential night-time events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

A black and white detail of a bridge pylon showing metal and stone construction.
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Greg Branson: Manifesto Melbourne

This exhibition invites viewers to see Melbourne through the lens of influential photographers.

An abstract, dark sculpture resembling two seahorses against a bright blue background with wavy lines.
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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.

Korean artwork of a butterfly and tubular flowers.
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Stories of Blessing: Modern Echoes of Minhwa by Minhwa Group

Korea’s traditional folk art, rooted in ancient Goguryeo wall paintings.

A collection of vintage Furby electronic robotic toys displayed on wooden shelves.
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RISING: Furby Chorus and FRIENDs

Domestic robots gather to converse through synchronistic movement for the Australian Dance Biennale.

A room with coloured vinyl records displayed on illuminated shelves and a person standing in front a mixing desk with four turntables.
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RISING: The Vinyl Factory – Reverb

ACMI and RISING present The Vinyl Factory: Reverb, a major exhibition of vinyl culture and music.

A woman walking through a display with shelves of military-style food packages.
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Taste of Combat

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

A black and white woodcut print of a forest.
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Robert Mihajlovski: Longing for Belonging

Longing for Belonging, an exhibition of woodcut prints

A printed swatch of fabric hanging from a solid concrete wall and draped over a wooden easel.
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Elizabeth West: Beyond The Frame

Beyond the Frame examines the shifting boundary between seeing and being.

Balloon display of octpus and kangaroos surrounding a tram and Flinders Street Station.
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Balloon Story

An immersive installation where every world, creature and moment is crafted entirely from balloons.

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Brightly coloured artwork on the cream brick facade of the Hero Apartment building, with passers-by and a car on the road below.

Show Me Love

A billboard-sized artwork by Clinton Hayden on the front of the Hero Apartment Building.

Street art mural featuring women's faces.

Street art

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

Small screens with birds, along St Kilda Rd, outside National Gallery of Victoria.

Julian Opie's Australian Birds

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

Colourful Aboriginal mural paintings on electrical boxes.

Revitalise & Reconnect, Mandi Barton

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