National Gallery of Victoria

Australia’s oldest & most-visited gallery, on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country. NGV International & NGV Australia open 10am-5pm daily, share to #NGV

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Almost lost to history.

Explore the poignant story behind Clarice Beckett’s dream-like artworks and the art historian Dr. Rosalind Hollinrake who preserved her legacy.

Visit the display at Level 2, NGV Australia. We’re open tomorrow at both Galleri...

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‘When you wear shoes this high, your core needs to be very developed.’ – Linda Evangelista.

This fabulous look was worn by on the Paris runway in 1993 during Westwood’s Anglomania collection.

It features traditional patterns like argyle and the Br...

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🗓️ One week remaining!

Next Friday, Top Arts 2026 opens at NGV Australia – and you’re invited.

Highlighting powerful personal stories and boundary-pushing experimentation, Top Arts offers a glimpse of the ideas shaping tomorrow – today.

Come see t...

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Mark 14–24 May in the calendar for Melbourne Design Week 2026, returning as Australia’s largest design event for its 10th year with a program exploring the future of food, fitness, furniture and more.

The opening selection of talks and tours is now ...

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👀 Watch our fantastic team animate Kerrie Poliness’s Red matter wall drawing —line by line.

See the actual piece on Level 2 of NGV Australia, open daily with free entry.

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Kerrie Poliness, Red matter wall drawing . National Gallery of Victoria, Me...

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From street scenes to studio shots, Dora Maar to Diane Arbus – this upcoming exhibition will challenge historical narratives when it debuts at NGV International next month.

Including over 300 rare and innovative works by more than 80 artists, Women ...

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This summer, Fridays are full of fashion!

Introducing NGV Friday Nights: Westwood | Kawakubo.

From 12 December to 17 April, the Gallery will be open late every Friday for fashion, art, icons, and music.

🧷 🩷 Over 150 works by two influential fashi...

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Announced today: the world-premiere NGV exhibition Westwood | Kawakubo will arrive this summer – in Melbourne only.

Uniting fashion’s global icons and rebels, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, the exhibition showcases more tha...

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Take it from .

Since 1969, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has challenged convention with radical creativity – inspiring generations of artists, musicians, and designers along the way.

From menswear deconstructed into womenswear, to sweaters with...

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‘Well – give me the fare and I will, buddy. We ain’t walkin’ for our health…’

This iconic image was first exhibited with Lange’s caption quoting the walkers’ words, uttered as they passed a billboard that said ‘Next time, try the train: relax’.

Dur...

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8 artists and mentors, 8 fresh commissions – an incredible exhibition awaits.

FUTURE COUNTRY is now at NGV Australia.

Come and view new works in weaving, photography, sculpture, possum-skin cloaks, moving images, and more, capturing the vibrancy an...

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❤️‍🔥 Has a Rothko ever truly pulled you in?

Rothko’s paintings may not resemble anything familiar – and that’s the whole idea.

Instead of showing the visible world, his vast swaths of colour invite you in. They foster moments of quiet intimacy – fe...

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Vivienne Westwood, Rei Kawakubo – and you 😍

We've enjoyed seeing the exhibition through your perspective.

It’s the last few weeks to experience Westwood | Kawakubo before it closes – don’t miss out

Open daily until 19 April, only at NGV.

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FUTURE COUNTRY is now open!

Discover a weaving installation, large-scale photographs, a forest of coolamons cast in bronze, reflective research-driven interactive pieces, a poetic moving-image work, and more – see how emerging First Nations artists ...

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2020, during the NGV Triennial, US-based art collective transformed NGV’s 16th–17th century galleries into a lush, immersive environment.

Our walls showcased Australian plants and wildlife from Melbourne—rangin...

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For Rei Kawakubo of , fashion isn’t about following rules – it’s about feeling and creating beauty.

Over 40 works donated by the Japanese designer are on display as part of Westwood | Kawakubo at NGV International.

🔗 Book your final weeks’ tickets ...

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👋 Meet the artists and mentors of FUTURE COUNTRY!

From idea to studios, workshops, and now at NGV.

This Friday, Boneta-Marie Mabo, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Charlotte Allingham (Coffinbirth), Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis, Katie West, Paul Girrawah House, N...

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MOTHER is almost here.

Next Friday at NGV Australia, a new exhibition will showcase motherhood experiences from around the world – including themes of love, loss, mythology, religious iconography, storytelling, language, and the relationship between...

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📸 Now – and then.

By a single click, Australian photographer Sue Ford turned her camera into a portal through time.

She photographed the same faces—friends, colleagues, and herself—over many years and decades, capturing every freckle, wrinkle, and ...

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❤️‍🔥 A day in the Gallery with two fashion icons? That's a date.

Our doors are open daily from 10am–5pm, and Friday nights from 6–10pm.

What’s not to love?