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⊜ Royal Exhibition Building - Royal Exhibition Building - 9 Nicholson St Carlton
➲ When: 4th of September 2020 To 6th of September 2020
4-6 September 2020
Royal Exhibition Building
The new Affordable Art Fair will take place in Melbourne at the historic Royal Exhibition Building from Thursday 4 September to Sunday 6 September 20 .. 
⊜ Monash University Museum of Art - Building F, Monash University, Caulfield campus, 900 Princes Hwy Service Rd Caulfield
➲ When: 12th of February 2020 To 9th of April 2020
Agatha Gothe-Snape: The Outcome is Certain is the first large scale exhibition to survey the work of Sydney-based artist Agatha Gothe-Snape at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 8 February - 9 Ap .. 
⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ When: 21st of March 2020 To 14th of June 2020
AGNIESZKA POLSKA THE NEW SUN
Date: 21 March - 14 June 2020
Location: Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery
Curator/s: Brooke Babington
Admission: Included with museum admission
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⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ When: 29th of February 2020 To 16th of August 2020
ALBERT TUCKER MARKING THE PAST
Date: 29 February - 16 August 2020
Location: Albert & Barbara Tucker Gallery
Curator/s: Lili Belle Birchall
Admission: Included with museum admission
Af .. 
⊜ ArtVo | Trick Art Museum - 26 Star Crescent Level 1 Harbour Town Docklands
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Open 7 days a week
Sun-Thurs 10am-6pm | Fri-Sat 10am-11.30pm
Explore the interactive gallery over 11 themed zones touch the art and have fun!
Entry
Adult $25
Child (5 to 15 years) $15
Se .. 
⊜ Old Treasury Building - 20 Spring Street Melbourne
➲ When: 23rd of March 2020 To 26th of May 2020
'Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Political Cartoons 2019' celebrates another year in Australia's unique, vibrant and fearless tradition of political cartooning.
No politician, party or policy is .. 
⊜ Hellenic Museum - Hellenic Museum 280 William Street Melbourne VIC 3000. Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Beyond Attica: Art of Magna Graecia is an exceptional collection of vase-wear from early Athenian black-figure to later Apulian, Campanian and Lucanian red-figure vessels from south Italy.
On loan .. 
⊜ Hellenic Museum - Hellenic Museum 280 William Street Melbourne VIC 3000. Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
ONEIROI is a photographic installation by one of Australia's leading artists, Bill Henson.
Housed permanently at the Hellenic Museum, the photographs that make up ONEIROI incorporate five pricele .. 
⊜ Niagara Galleries - 245 Punt Road Richmond
➲ When: 31st of March 2020 To 2nd of May 2020
Niagara Galleries
Exhibition
BLUE CHIP XXII
THE COLLECTORS' EXHIBITION
31 March - 2 May 2020
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Friday
11am - 6pm
Saturday
12pm - 5pm
or by appointment .. 
⊜ The Spotted Mallard - Spotted Mallard 314 Sydney Road Brunswick
⊜ TarraWarra Museum of Art - 311 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road Healesville
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
This is a permanent outdoor installation
Callum Morton's awe inspiring installation Valhalla has been given a permanent home at TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Originally created for the 52nd Venice .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 22nd of May 2020 To 31st of October 2020
Free entry
NGV International
CAMILLE HENROT
SPLENDID ISOLATION
Camille Henrot is one of the most compelling contemporary artists working today.
Born in Paris in 1978, the New York-base .. 
⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ When: 15th of February 2020 To 14th of June 2020
CAROLYN ESKDALE MEMORY HORIZON
Date: 15 February - 14 June 2020
Location: Heide Modern
Curator/s: Lesley Harding
Admission: Included with Museum Pass
In Memory Horizon, Carolyn Eskdale pre .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 15th of November 2019 To 19th of April 2020
Free entry
NGV International
COLIN MCCAHON
LETTERS AND NUMBERS
NGV COLLECTION
2019 marks the centenary of the birth of Colin McCahon (1919-1987).
Widely regarded as the most influent .. 
⊜ State Library of Victoria - 328 Swanston Street Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Library's elegant Cowen Gallery features one of Australia's most significant collections of Victorian artworks.
Explore aspects of Victoria's rich history in scenes of European settlement, ear .. 
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of March 2020 To 9th of August 2020
Free entry
NGV Australia, Federation Square
Ground Level
27 Mar 20 - 9 Aug 20
Open 10am-5pm daily
Destiny Deacon is one of Australia's boldest and most acclaimed contemporary artists.
.. 
⊜ Woodend Art Group's gallery/studios at Woodend Railway Station complex Woodend
➲ When: 10th of April 2020 To 13th of April 2020
Fresh and Framed Easter Market
Woodend Art Group will be holding their Easter Market Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10, 11, 12 and 13 April from 10am until 4pm each day.
At the market pe .. 
⊜ Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre - Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum Carlton
➲ When: 22nd of February 2020 To 2nd of August 2020
Two Strong Sisters Connected is the coming together of celebrated Victorian Elders and artists Aunty Eileen Harrison and Aunty Rochelle Patten.
The exhibition features new and existing works from .. 
⊜ Shrine of Remembrance - Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
A collaborative commemorative enamel work of art
The appearance of cornflowers and poppies on the battlefields at the end of the First World War symbolised for many the fragility of life and the h .. 
⊜ The Dax Centre - The Dax Centre - Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade Carlton
➲ Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
FORMATION is now open at The Dax Centre in Melbourne and will run until 13th December, every Weds-Friday from 12pm-5pm.
Celebrating over sixty years of expression and creativity, this free-entry ex .. 
⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Gardens & Sculpture Park FREE | Open to the public all year round, Heide's beautiful gardens offer a space for family enjoyment and individual reflection, as well as incorporating a sculpture park and .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of May 2020 To 17th of May 2020
Head On Photo Festival 2020 will be held online from 1-17 May 2020 accompanied by an exciting program of online seminars and events.
The annual festival is run by Head On Foundation, a not for pro .. 
⊜ Herring Island - Alexandra Ave South Yarra
➲ Every Saturday, Sunday
Weekends: 18 January 2020 - 13 April 2020
Gallery Open 11:30am to 4:30pm
Weekends, Australia Day, Labour Day, Good Friday and the Monday after Easter
Proudly supported by Parks Victoria
In 202 .. 
⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ When: 23rd of November 2019 To 22nd of November 2020
Date: 23 November 2019 - 22 November 2020
Location: Heide Cottage
Admission: Included with Museum Pass
Home to Heide founders John and Sunday Reed between 1935 and 1967, the Heide Cottage w .. 
⊜ Victorian Archives Centre | Public Record Office Victoria - Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street North Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
In The Shadows
Now Showing at VAC Gallery
Free Entry
In The Shadows features archival images from the State Government and National Archives collections, alongside contemporary street photogra .. 
⊜ Linden New Art - 26 Acland St, St Kilda
➲ When: 22nd of February 2020 To 17th of May 2020
This major new series of work extends Stockdale's fascination with 19th century narratives surrounding Ned Kelly.
The Long Shot aims to challenge the dominant narratives of Australian folk history .. 
⊜ Arts Project Australia - 24 High St Northcote
➲ When: 21st of March 2020 To 24th of April 2020
3x3 presents three solo shows by Arts Project artists James MacSporran, Samraing Chea and Rebecca Scibilia, whose works overlap in their collective muse on urban culture and landscape whilst diverging .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of November 2019 To 30th of September 2020
Free entry
NGV International
JAPANESE DESIGN
NEOLITHIC TO NOW
Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Japan has been admired globally for unique artistic traditions and sophisti .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 28th of February 2020 To 4th of October 2020
Free entry
NGV International
JAPANESE MODERNISM
During the first half of the twentieth century Japan's traditional art and aesthetics interacted with European life and culture, resulting in .. 
⊜ Heide | Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
➲ When: 21st of March 2020 To 14th of June 2020
JOY HESTER REMEMBER ME
Date: 21 March - 14 June 2020
Location: Heide Galleries
Curator/s: Kendrah Morgan
Admission: Included with museum admission
This major survey exhibition celebra .. 
⊜ Linden New Art - 26 Acland Street St Kilda
➲ When: 22nd of February 2020 To 17th of May 2020
My Mother's Keeper by Karla Dickens
Linden New Art
My Mother's Keeper will feature a film and a series of new photographs produced as a result of a collaboration between the artist Karla Dickens .. 
⊜ Flinders Lane Gallery - 137-139 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 28th of April 2020 To 23rd of May 2020
Flinders Lane Gallery
Kathryn Ryan
Landscapes of Time & Memory
28th April 2020 - 23rd May 2020
Driven by a desire to express something of the deeper, intimate experience that the lands .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of December 2019 To 13th of April 2020
NGV International
Ground Level
Tickets from $30
KEITH HARING | JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
CROSSING LINES
In an unprecedented, world premiere exhibition, the National Gallery of Victoria presen .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 16th of August 2019 To 16th of August 2020
Free entry
NGV International
KRYSTYNA CAMPBELL - PRETTY AM AND FAMILY SUFFRAGE RESEARCH COLLECTION
The women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom was a momentous event, not just in soci .. ⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Federation Square Melbourne
➲ When: 8th of March 2019 To 13th of April 2020
Free entry
NGV International
Level 2, Decorative Arts Passage
8 Mar 19 - 13 Apr 20
Open 10am-5pm daily
Venetian glass became famous throughout the Mediterranean world from the thirteenth .. 
⊜ TarraWarra Museum of Art - 313 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road Healesville
➲ When: 2nd of March 2020 To 16th of April 2020
Making Her Mark: Selected Works from the Collection offers a new appraisal of the work of leading women artists held in the collection of TarraWarra Museum of Art. The exhibition explores the themes a .. 
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Federation Square Melbourne
➲ When: 17th of August 2019 To 14th of June 2020
Free entry
NGV Australia, Federation Square
Level 3, Indigenous Art
17 Aug 19 - 14 Jun 20
Open 10am-5pm daily
MARKING TIME
INDIGENOUS ART FROM THE NGV
This exhibition explores draw .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 4th of October 2019 To 31st of August 2020
FRI 4 OCTOBER 2019 - AUGUST 2020
Melbourne Art Trams
Yarra Trams network
FREE EVENT
Melbourne's grandest festival is indelibly linked with one of its most visible expressions: the annual t .. 
⊜ Old Treasury Building - 20 Spring Street Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday
Melbourne: Foundations of a City + Melbourne as National Capital, 1901-1927
Melbourne's history on display at Old Treasury Building
Featuring original Public Record Office Victoria records
Admi .. 
⊜ 33 Nixon Street Shepparton
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Moooving Art is an ever-changing public art exhibition of over 90 life sized 3D cows in Shepparton.
Fibreglass bovines are scattered throughout Shepparton and surrounding towns in public gardens, p .. 
⊜ Meat Market's Stables - North Melbourne
➲ When: 12th of April 2020 To 29th of April 2020
The New North Melbourne Museum of Modern Art
GROUP EXHIBITION, Friday, 17 - 29 April, 2020, Midday to 9pm each day.
Corner Wreckyn & Courtney Streets, North Melbourne, 3051
The Stables spa .. 
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Federation Square Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is home to the Australian art collection including works by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
The NGV Collection contains approximately 70,0 .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NNGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is Australia's oldest and most distinguished public art museum.
The NGV Collection is spread over two magnificent buildings - NGV International on St Kilda R .. 
⊜ Centre for Contemporary Photography - Fitzroy
➲ When: 28th of March 2020 To 24th of May 2020
Centre for Contemporary Photography
28 March - 24 May 2020
Arvida Byström, Thibaut Henz, Artor Jesus Inkerö, Hanna Putz, Jana Schulz, Andrzej Steinbach, Thomas Taube. Curated by David A. .. 
⊜ State Library of Victoria - State Library Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of February 2019 To 2nd of September 2020
Enjoy a selection of the Library's 21st-century paintings of Melbourne cityscapes by living Australian artists.
Works include depictions of Melbourne's hallowed sporting grounds, with MCG, Josie K .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 29th of May 2020 To 31st of October 2020
Free entry
NGV International
PLANS FOR THE PLANET
OLAF BREUNING FOR KIDS
Contemporary artist Olaf Breuning presents a large-scale participatory exhibition for children that plays to young p .. 
⊜ Parliament House - Corner of Spring St and Bourke St Melbourne
➲ When: 6th of April 2020
The Parliament of Victoria has an extensive art collection, collated over time from when Parliament House first opened in 1856.
The highlights of this unique collection include portraits of former .. 
⊜ Geelong Gallery - Little Malop Street Geelong
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Director of Geelong Gallery, Geoffrey Edwards, discusses the Gallery's history and a selection of significant works from the permanent collection.
Established in 1896, the Geelong Gallery is one of .. 
⊜ Flinders Lane Gallery - 137-139 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 28th of April 2020 To 23rd of May 2020
Flinders Lane Gallery
EXHIBITION
Peter Syndicas
Origins
28th April 2020 - 23rd May 2020
Adelaide-based sculptor Peter Syndicas returns to Melbourne with ‘Origins', his first solo .. 
⊜ State Library of Victoria - State Library Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of December 2018 To 30th of April 2020
Explore the work of Peter Wille, who amassed a collection of more than 6000 colour photographs of Melbourne's architectural wonders throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
This amateur photographer and arc .. 
⊜ Town Hall Gallery - 360 Burwood Road Hawthorn East
➲ When: 21st of March 2020 To 10th of May 2020
Boroondara Arts is proud to present You Are Here, showing as part of the inaugural photography biennale PHOTO2020 at Town Hall Gallery from Saturday 21 March until Sunday 10 May.
PHOTO2020 explore .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
⊜ Wyndham Art Gallery - 177 Watton Street Werribee
➲ When: 19th of March 2020 To 19th of April 2020
Pull back the curtain, open the doors and take a peek into Wyndham City's collections with this free exhibition at Wyndham Art Gallery.
A peek at our City's treasures; past, present and future.
.. 
⊜ Linden New Art - 26 Acland St, VIC, 3182 St Kilda
➲ When: 22nd of February 2020 To 17th of May 2020
Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Pakistani, Afghan, Western Arrente and Yankunytjatjara descent, who lives in Mimili Community in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land .. 
⊜ Pt. Leo Estate - 3649 Frankston-Flinders Road Merricks
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Our Sculpture Park has been purpose built to house an ever-evolving array of Australian and international pieces.
Similar to Sculptures By The Sea, each piece is set against the backdrop of the oce .. 
⊜ Manningham Art Gallery - 687 Doncaster rd Doncaster
➲ When: 19th of March 2020 To 24th of April 2020
A group exhibition of work by artists from Araluen's art program, See Me deals with the identity of people with intellectual disabilities, their representation in society and ongoing issues with socia .. 
⊜ National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International - NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne
➲ When: 15th of November 2019 To 19th of April 2020
Free entry
NGV International
SHIRIN NESHAT
DREAMERS
Shirin Neshat (1957- ) is an Iranian-born artist and filmmaker living in New York.
Since the early 1990s, her work has explored the co .. 
⊜ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery + Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd Mornington
➲ When: 6th of March 2020 To 26th of April 2020
A new year, a new decade and a new era have begun at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) as it leaps into its 50th anniversary year.
The 2020 program highlights and celebrates the develop .. 
⊜ Flinders Lane Gallery - 137-139 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 31st of March 2020 To 24th of April 2020
EXHIBITION
Internationally Curated Exhibition
Story Tellers
31st March 2020 - 24th April 2020
Story Tellers is an exhibition that celebrates artworks with narrative, that allow for a di .. 
⊜ South Yarra
In 2013 we are calling on the photographers of Melbourne to submit their favourite single shot as part of "That One Shot"Melbourne's first Street Art Photography Award First up we would like to sa ..
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Federation Square Melbourne
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia | Federation Square
Open 10am-5pm daily
Free entry
In May 2004 Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE donated the major part of his incomparable collection of Australian .. 
⊜ Bunjil Place - Bunjil Place Gallery + 2 Patrick NE Dr Narre Warren
➲ When: 4th of March 2020 To 7th of June 2020
Breaking down long-established boundaries, The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion exhibition is set to arrive at Bunjil Place Gallery from 21 March - 7 June as part of the PHOTO 2 .. 
⊜ Rippon Lea Estate | House & Gardens - Rippon Lea House & Gardens 192 Hotham Street Elsternwick
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Witness the extraordinary paper sculptures of Ray Besserdin on display at Rippon Lea.
"As a child I looked at a piece of paper and got excited at all the possible things I could create with it. Not .. 
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - Melbourne
➲ When: 13th of March 2020 To 12th of July 2020
TOP ARTS 2020
Free entry
NGV Australia, Federation Square
13 Mar 20 - 12 Jul 2020
Open 10am-5pm daily
Top Arts 2020 celebrates the exceptional and thought-provoking work of VCE Art and V .. 
⊜ Ian Potter Museum of Art - Parkville
➲ Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Ian Potter Museum of Art houses the University of Melbourne Art Collection.
The collection is rich and varied and has major holdings of Australian art in all media from the early nineteenth ce .. 
⊜ The Johnston Collection - East Melbourne
The Johnston Collection is pleased to present its current What's On in digital format. Just like the paper copy, you are now able to flick through the brochure at your leisure and browse the weal ..
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia - Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of May 2020 To 30th of April 2024
Free entry
NGV Australia, Federation Square
Level 3
May 2020 - Apr 2021
Open 10am-5pm daily
WE CHANGE THE WORLD
Tackling global issues from climate to tolerance and social change, to .. 
⊜ Woodend Railway Station Woodend
➲ When: 6th of June 2020 To 8th of June 2020
Woodend Art Group's 16th annual Woodend Winter Arts Festival - 6-8 June 2020
Queens Birthday Exhibition
The Woodend Art Group Inc has its home in The Old Railway Station so why not pay us a v .. 
⊜ Woodend Railway Station Woodend
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Permanent Exhibition
In 2019, the Art Walk is 13 years old.
WAG members have paintings hanging at the Holgate Brewhouse, The Hide Out café (Shop 4, 80 High Street, Woodend and occasionally at .. 
⊜ Town Hall Gallery - Town Hall Gallery St Kilda
➲ When: 21st of March 2020 To 10th of May 2020
For the First Peoples of Australia, who have inhabited this country for over 60,000 years, and for those more recently arrived, our relationship with the Australian landscape is defined by both a deep .. 
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