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  • Likeness of The Parthenon painted with overlapping large-scale artworks, in outdoor setting.
  • Likeness of The Parthenon painted with overlapping large-scale artworks, in outdoor setting.
  • Likeness of The Parthenon painted with overlapping large-scale artworks, in outdoor setting.
  • Likeness of The Parthenon painted with overlapping large-scale artworks, in outdoor setting.
Until 1 Oct

NGV Architecture Commission: Temple of Boom

  • Free
  • Art

An evocative reimagining of The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang’s Temple of Boom is the NGV Architecture Commission for 2022. The Architecture Commission is an annual series that invites Australian architects to create a work of site-specific, ephemeral architecture for the NGV Garden.

The likeness of The Parthenon will be painted with overlapping large-scale artworks by Melbourne-based artists, imbuing the ancient monument with further layers of meaning and drawing inspiration from the vibrant colours and artistic embellishments that defined the original building over two-thousand years ago. Temple of Boom reflects the slow yet unstoppable processes of change that transform all cultural, geological and ecological systems.

Temple of Boom is envisioned as a meeting place for the community and an outdoor venue for a diverse program of NGV-curated performances, programs and live music across the summer period.

Dates and times

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

Location

Ground Level, Grollo Equiset Garden
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne 3006

Open in maps location for National Gallery of Victoria

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 038 620 2222
  • email address: enquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au
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