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View of Melbourne from across the Yarra River
7 Dec – 19 Apr

Westwood | Kawakubo

  • Art
  • Exhibition

NGV’s world-premiere summer blockbuster exhibition pairs two global icons of the fashion world for the first time, British designer Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) and Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo (b. 1942) of Comme des Garçons. Born a year apart in different countries and cultural contexts, each brought a rule-breaking radicalism to fashion design that subverted the status quo. Their critically acclaimed collections are celebrated globally for questioning conventions of taste, gender and beauty, as well as challenging the very form and function of clothing.

Through a showstopping display of more than 140 ground-breaking designs, Westwood | Kawakubo explores these two self-taught rebels of the fashion world. The exhibition brings together important loans from international museums and private collections – including New York’s Metropolitan Museum, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Palais Galliera, and the Vivienne Westwood archive – alongside 100+ works from the NGV Collection.

Hours

Date Times
Sun 7 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 8 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 9 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 10 Dec
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Thu 11 Dec
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Fri 12 Dec
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Sat 13 Dec
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Sun 14 Dec
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Mon 15 Dec
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Tue 16 Dec
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Wed 17 Dec
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Thu 18 Dec
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Fri 19 Dec
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Sat 20 Dec
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Sun 21 Dec
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Mon 22 Dec
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Fri 26 Dec
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Sat 27 Dec
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Sun 28 Dec
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Mon 29 Dec
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Tue 30 Dec
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Wed 31 Dec
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Mon 13 Apr
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Tue 14 Apr
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Wed 15 Apr
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Thu 16 Apr
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Fri 17 Apr
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  • 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

From $14 to $98

Adult / general $40
Student / concession $37
Children $18

Free for children under 5

Book online for Westwood | Kawakubo

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 8620 2222
  • email address: enquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au
  • Visit website for Westwood | Kawakubo

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