National Gallery of Victoria – NGV International

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the oldest and most visited gallery in Australia. The home of international art, NGV International houses an extensive collection from Europe, Asia, America and Oceania.

the Gallery hosts a wide range of international and local artists, exhibitions, programs and events; from contemporary art to major international historic exhibitions, fashion and design, architecture, sound and dance. Founded in 1861, today the NGV holds the most significant collection of art in the region; a vast treasury of more than 70,000 works that span thousands of years and a wealth of ideas, disciplines and styles.

National Gallery of Victoria – NGV International

180 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3000

03 8620 2222

www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Daily 10am–5pm.
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National Gallery of Victoria – NGV International

Exhibitions

Plans for the Planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids

6 Jun - 5 Oct

French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

6 Jun - 5 Oct

Kimono

4 Jun - 5 Oct

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025: Nipa Doshi

25 Sep - 1 Apr

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Life Cycles with Betty Kuntiwa Pumani

The paintings of Betty Kuntiwa Pumani form a part of a larger, living archive on Antaṟa, her mother’s Country. More than maps, they speak to ancestral songlines, place and ceremony.

Emma O'Neill

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Seeing Double

A presentation of works by Robert Mapplethorpe curated by the British editor Edward Enninful, Enninful x Mapplethorpe, at the 2025 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, finds resonance in opposites while turning binary thinking on its head.

Amelia Winata

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Looking Forward, Looking Back with Lisa Reihana

Auckland-born and raised artist Lisa Reihana is ever the optimist, creating two new works signifying social cohesion to hang outside two Australian arts venues—Ngununggula, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks —just as dark divisions seek to undermine the value of migration and Indigenous sovereignty.

Steve Dow

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The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own

Over 70 fabulous garments of exquisite craftsmanship – some made of silk with gold and silver embroidery and dazzling designs – have been assembled within a context of over 150 paintings, posters, wood block prints, magazines and decorative arts. Although many of the items have never been previously exhibited in Australia, most are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with many specifically acquired for this exhibition.

Sasha Grishin

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Community building

The everchanging nature of what constitutes a home is celebrated and explored in Boundaries: Transcended, now showing at the Bank Art Museum Moree.

Barnaby Smith

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Cerith Wyn Evans, Electrical Conductor

Language folds into form in the poetic yet monumental light sculptures of Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, whose solo exhibition … in light of the visible is at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

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National Gallery of Victoria – NGV International