NGV International

Bill Henson

Bill Henson presents recent photographs by Bill Henson, selected by the artist, and encompassing themes including portraits, nudes, lush museum interiors and transcendent landscapes.

Bill Henson

Friday 10 March 2017 to Sunday 27 August 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Festival Of Photography

Photography is one of the most diverse and prolific areas of contemporary practice. In a year marking the 50th anniversary of the NGV's photography curatorial department, become immersed in a Festival of Photography featuring exhibitions by William Eggleston, Bill Henson, Patrick Pound, Ross Coulter and Zoë Croggon, before also exploring Contemporary Photography.

David Rosetzky Bill Henson Patrick Pound Sophie Calle Elad Lassry Ross Coulter Polly Borland Thomas Demand William Eggleston Adam Fuss Pieter Hugo Ceal Floyer Zoe Croggon Paola Pivi Polly Borland Danny Singer Lucia Koch

Friday 10 March 2017 to Sunday 27 August 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

NGV Gala: Celebrating the opening of The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture

The inaugural NGV Gala will be held at NGV International on Saturday 26 August 2017, celebrating the opening of The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture. This event will benefit the NGV Fashion and Textiles Collection, Exhibitions and Programs.

Saturday 26 August 2017 to Saturday 26 August 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Jim Dine: A Life in Print

Jim Dine came to prominence in New York in the radical artistic milieu of the late 1950s and 1960s, when social and cultural change inspired avant-garde artists to develop new approaches to art, including ‘Happenings’, Conceptualism and Minimalism. Dine was associated with Pop Art but did not align himself with any of the key artistic movements of the period. He is a painter, sculptor, printmaker

Jim Dine

Friday 14 July 2017 to Monday 14 August 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Zoë Croggon

As part of NGV Festival of Photography, Melbourne artist Zoë Croggon has been commissioned to produce a new body of work, comprising an immersive environment created using photographic collages, video and an especially produced wallpaper.

Zoe Croggon

Friday 17 March 2017 to Sunday 30 July 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Ross Coulter: Audience

Ross Coulter’s Audience is a photographic series that documents audience members who were photographed in more than seventy Melbourne galleries and museums between 2013 and 2016. Coulter invited members of the local art community to attend a photo-shoot and they were instructed to imagine viewing a performance art event.

Ross Coulter

Friday 17 March 2017 to Sunday 16 July 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Van Gogh and the Seasons Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2017

The National Gallery of Victoria, in partnership with Art Exhibitions Australia, presents Van Gogh and the Seasons for the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series in 2017. Curated by Sjraar van Heugten (independent art historian and former Head of Collections at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Van Gogh and the Seasons is internationally exclusive to Melbourne.

Vincent Van Gogh

Friday 28 April 2017 to Sunday 09 July 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

NGV Friday Nights

NGV Friday Nights is your opportunity to see Van Gogh and the Seasons after hours with live music performances and pop-up bars. The headline performers have just been announced – scroll down to see who's coming to the NGV and pre-book your tickets online.

Friday 28 April 2017 to Saturday 08 July 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Love: Art of Emotion 1400–1800

Love: Art of Emotion 1400–1800 draws upon the NGV’s diverse permanent collection to explore the theme of love in art, and the changing representations of this complex emotion throughout the early modern period in Europe.

Friday 31 March 2017 to Sunday 18 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

William Eggleston Portraits

William Eggleston is one of the most important photographic artists of the twentieth century. This Australian exclusive major exhibition travels from its critically acclaimed showing at the National Portrait Gallery, London and is the first exhibition of Eggleston’s photographs to be exhibited at the NGV.

William Eggleston

Friday 17 March 2017 to Sunday 18 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Lawrence Weiner: Out of sight

Lawrence Weiner is an American conceptual artist whose text-based artworks have been exhibited around the world over the past fifty years. His practice consists largely of typographic text and he often refers to language as a form of sculpture, replacing physical material with ideas. Weiner is best known for his unique phrase in the form of installations and presentations of language as art.

Lawrence Weiner

Wednesday 01 February 2017 to Sunday 30 April 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

2016 NGV Architecture Commission

A playful reinvention of the suburban car wash is the concept behind the 2016 NGV Architecture Commission built in the NGV’s Grollo Equiset Garden this spring. Designed by Melbourne-based M@ STUDIO Architects, the ephemeral structure is titled Haven’t you always wanted…?

Thursday 03 November 2011 to Saturday 01 April 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Melbourne Design Week

Melbourne Design Week brings together more than ninety programs, design-focused exhibitions and events across Melbourne. From 16 – 26 March, join in this city-wide celebration showcasing innovation and future directions for design. An initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria.

Thursday 16 March 2017 to Sunday 26 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Melbourne Art Book Fair

Discover international and local publishers and practitioners in a weekend of fifty diverse programs including free talks, book launches, performances and over 200 stallholders featuring art, design, architecture and photography publications from around the world.

Thursday 16 March 2017 to Sunday 19 March 2017
Art fair in Victoria, Australia.

David Hockney

The NGV presents a major solo exhibition of one of the most influential living artists, David Hockney.

David Hockney

Friday 11 November 2016 to Monday 13 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

NGV Friday Nights

Start the weekend early with NGV Friday Nights, including after-hours entry to major summer exhibitions David Hockney: Current and Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists*, weekly live performances by international and Australian acts in the Great Hall, DJ sets in the NGV Garden, talks and access to food and bars. Doors open from 6pm, headline act at 8.30pm.

Friday 11 November 2016 to Friday 10 March 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Ngv Summer Sundays: Camp Cope

Kick back, soak up the sun and listen to local bands in the NGV’s backyard. NGV Summer Sundays with free performances by local musicians and DJs, food and pop-up bars in the NGV Garden and a free drop-by activity for kids.

Camp Cope

Sunday 26 February 2017 to Sunday 26 February 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

NGV Summer Sundays

Sundays In February. Art. Music. Free Entry.

Sunday 05 February 2017 to Sunday 26 February 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Atelier: Viktor&Rolf for Kids

Fashion artists Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are the creative designers of luxury fashion house Viktor & Rolf. From their base in Amsterdam, the designers create spectacular fashion collections that reveal their interests in fantasy and storytelling.

Viktor Horsting Rolf Snoeren

Friday 21 October 2016 to Sunday 26 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Viktor&Rolf Fashion Artists

The spectacular and avant-garde creations of international luxury fashion house Viktor&Rolf, is showcased in a world-first exhibition developed in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria. Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists explores Viktor&Rolf’s notion of wearable art.

Friday 21 October 2016 to Sunday 26 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Viktor&Rolf for Kids

NGV Kids presents a new large-scale exhibition by renowned luxury designers Viktor&Rolf especially for children and families.

Friday 21 October 2016 to Sunday 26 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Ngv Summer Sundays: Emma Russack

Kick back, soak up the sun and listen to local bands in the NGV’s backyard. NGV Summer Sundays with free performances by local musicians and DJs, food and pop-up bars in the NGV Garden and a free drop-by activity for kids.

Emma Russack

Sunday 19 February 2017 to Sunday 19 February 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Ngv Summer Sundays: Ali Barter

Kick back, soak up the sun and listen to local bands in the NGV’s backyard. NGV Summer Sundays with free performances by local musicians and DJs, food and pop-up bars in the NGV Garden and a free drop-by activity for kids.

Ali Barter

Sunday 12 February 2017 to Sunday 12 February 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Ngv Summer Sundays: Gabriella Cohen

Kick back, soak up the sun and listen to local bands in the NGV’s backyard. NGV Summer Sundays with free performances by local musicians and DJs, food and pop-up bars in the NGV Garden and a free drop-by activity for kids.

Gabriella Cohen

Sunday 05 February 2017 to Sunday 05 February 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Common Ground NGV Collection

Drawing work from the NGV’s permanent collections of contemporary art, design, fashion, decorative art, photography and prints and drawings, Common Ground ignores traditional artistic or medium-based categories to investigate relationships between and across contemporary creative practices.

Tuesday 01 November 2016 to Wednesday 01 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Shut Up and Paint

Shut Up and Paint is an exhibition that celebrates and examines contemporary painting in the NGV Collection, coinciding with the major NGV exhibition David Hockney: Current, an illuminating showcase of Hockney’s work, across media, from the past decade.

John Citizen Vernon Ah Kee Juan Davila Ai Weiwei Lynda Benglis Jenny Watson Elizabeth Newman Angela De La Cruz David Hockney Tony Clark Lucio Fontana Asgar/Gabriel Matti Braun Apostolos Georgiou Maison Margiela Joan Mitchell Ohno Satoshi Mika Rottenberg Borna Sammak

Tuesday 01 November 2016 to Wednesday 01 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Drop-by Drawing

Get creative this summer and draw alongside some of the NGV’s most treasured works. Spend your Sundays in January sketching under the guidance of a different leading contemporary artist and alumni of the Victorian College of the Arts. Each session will be led by a different artist and will draw upon their own unique practice to give participants tips on how to enhance their work.

Sunday 15 January 2017 to Sunday 29 January 2017
Art workshop in Victoria, Australia.

Ngv Teens: Art Party

Teens will have exclusive after-hours access to summer blockbuster exhibitions David Hockney: Current and Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists, as well as an art making workshop with artist and esteemed craft maker Kitiya Palaskas, taking inspiration from the avant-garde designs of Viktor&Rolf to create mysterious masquerade masks.

David Hockney Dj Sui Zhen

Saturday 28 January 2017 to Saturday 28 January 2017
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Lee Mingwei The Moving Garden

Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei is internationally recognised as one of the leading creators of art which invites audience participation. The NGV presents his acclaimed piece The Moving Garden 2009-present, an artwork that creates new, unexpected encounters in the city.

Lee Mingwei

Saturday 01 October 2016 to Sunday 01 January 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Italian Jewels Bulgari Style

The name Bulgari is synonymous with 1960s Italian glamour. Richard Burton famously quipped that in the nine months Elizabeth Taylor spent in Rome filming Cleopatra, she learned just one word of Italian — ‘Bulgari’.

Thursday 01 September 2016 to Sunday 01 January 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.