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The NGV Triennial returns to Melbourne

The hotly anticipated NGV Triennial will return this summer, with the gallery announcing the dates for the second edition of the colossal exhibition.

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Big Weather

Big Weather comes to the NGV Ian Potter Centre in October to explore Australia's weather.

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TarraWarra Museum of Art wants you to write about the pandemic for a new art project

TarraWarra Museum of Art is calling on all Victorians to submit written works as part of a new participatory work.

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McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery has launched an online wellbeing series

Inspired Minds is an art and wellbeing series developed by the park in collaboration with mental health experts the Mind Room.

Art exhibitions to see in Melbourne

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The best art galleries in Melbourne

Take in blockbuster exhibitions, local shows and state-of-the-art installations at Melbourne's best galleries

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The best free art galleries in Melbourne

Because getting up close to world-class art shouldn't cut a healthy slice out of your salary

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Where to find the best street art in Melbourne

The street art hotspots that any self-respecting 'grammer should be snapping

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Time Out's guide to Aboriginal art

Many visitors want to take away a piece of Indigenous art as a souvenir, but it’s not quite that simple

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Bluffer's guide to contemporary art

From Duchamp and Warhol, contemporary art can take a fair bit of untangling

Art exhibitions this week in Melbourne

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The Affordable Online Art Fair

Treat yourself to some new art from this financially accessible online art fair

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Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Australia's first major survey of First Nation fashion is coming to Bendigo Art Gallery

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The Other Art Fair

The Other Art Fair is back (online) to support emerging Melbourne artists

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Heartlands

Explore the 2020 health crisis through the eyes (and artworks) of migrants and refugees

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NGV International

Victoria's premier art gallery features major blockbuster exhibitions. The permanent collection includes a Rembrandt, a Bonnard and a Tiepolo

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The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

See NGV's extensive collection of Australian artwork, ranging from the Colonial period through to contemporary art

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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

A not-for-profit gallery showcasing group exhibitions of sculpture, video, installation, photography, print and paint

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Heide Museum of Modern Art

This bastion of Australian modernism and contemporary art also boasts an outdoor sculpture park and the 1960s home of founders John and Sunday Reed.

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Arts Centre Melbourne

Featuring temporary and permanent exhibitions from the Arts Centre's performing arts and public art collections

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Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

The place to go for major exhibitions and screenings relating to film, television and gaming culture

Art news and announcements

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Meet Scotty So – the Melbourne arts graduate handpicked for the NGV Triennial

So’s Triennial works are even more impressive given the fact he only started working with ceramics during lockdown

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The NGV Triennial has announced its 2020 dates and exhibiting artists

More than 100 artists will be on show when the NGV Triennial opens this December

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Can't sleep? This new arts project wants you to give them a call

The project is looking for 150 Melburnians to leave voicemail messages between midnight and 6am

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Arts Project Australia installs "billboard art installations" across Melbourne

There are a total of eight art billboards spanning Sunshine to Bentleigh