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Innovative red-coloured building that is the ACCA art gallery, set against a blue sky, with a large open area in the foreground.
18 Sep – 22 Nov

NEW26

  • Free
  • Art

NEW26 presents the work of seven outstanding artists from across the country, at the forefront of contemporary art practice: Amanda Bell, Amanda Bennetts, Nicholas Currie, Naveed Farro, Caesar Florence-Howard, Diego Ramírez and EJ Son. Through their work, this exhibition captures the pulse of creative practice now, bringing together distinct bodies of work that reflect, question, and reshape artistic and social preoccupations of our time.

Spanning painting, moving image, ceramics, sound, installation, writing and architectural intervention, NEW26 engages with some of the defining questions of our current moment, including the accelerating influence of technology and AI, identity and subjectivity, the ongoing legacies of colonialism, the continuing expressive potential of traditional art mediums, the roles and responsibilities of cultural institutions.

Presented biennially, NEW26 is the first instalment in this revitalised series which originally ran at ACCA from 2003-2016.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 18 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 19 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 20 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 22 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 23 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 24 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 25 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 26 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 27 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 29 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 30 Sep
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 1 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 2 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 3 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 4 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 6 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 7 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 8 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 9 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 10 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 11 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 13 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 14 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 15 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 16 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 17 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 18 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 20 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 21 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 22 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 23 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 24 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 25 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 27 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 28 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 29 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 30 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 31 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 1 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 3 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 4 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 5 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 6 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 7 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 8 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 10 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 11 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 12 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 13 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 14 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 15 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 17 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 18 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 19 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 20 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 21 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 22 Nov
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
111 Sturt St
Southbank 3006

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9697 9999
  • email address: info@acca.melbourne
  • Visit website for NEW26
Facebook page for NEW26 Instagram page for NEW26

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Companion card accepted
  • Mobility access
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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