A line of woman holding guitars in an identical pose on a stage in front of a green curtain.

26 Jun – 4 Oct

Ragnar Kjartansson: Mercy

NGV presents the first ever Australian major solo exhibition of Icelandic artist, Ragnar Kjartansson, heralded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art today. Drawing on a multitude of references from literature, cinema and pop music, Kjartansson’s work offers a critical yet comedic commentary on contemporary life and culture.

The exhibitions features new and recent video works that define Kjartansson’s art practice, which is steeped in humour, music and theatre. Key works include his recent pastorale Sunday Without Love, in which we see people clad in folk costume in idyllic scenery, repeating the lament ‘You must learn to live without love, love is not good for you’; and the acclaimed nine-screen installation The Visitors, 2012, filmed at Rokeby mansion in upstate New York.

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

From $10 to $60

Adult / general $25
Student / concession $22
Children $11

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