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A black and white photo of a couple warmly embracing in front of a wall with words painted on it.
10 Mar - 21 Aug

Queer

  • Free
  • Art

Queer shines a light on the NGV Collection to examine and reveal the queer stories works of art can tell. This exhibition of works from the NGV Collection spans historical eras and diverse media including painting, drawing, photography, decorative arts, fashion, video, sculpture, and design and explores queerness as an expression of sexuality and gender, a political movement, a sensibility, and as an attitude that defies fixed definition.

Rather than attempting to provide an encyclopedic history of queer art, the exhibition explores the NGV Collection from a queer perspective, presenting and interpreting queer concepts and stories.

Queer includes more than 300 artworks from antiquity to the present day, making the exhibition the most historically expansive thematic presentation of its kind ever presented by an Australian art institution.

Queer will be accompanied by a major publication, as well as a diverse range of programs and events.

Dates and times

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

Location

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

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