Art in Melbourne

Home of Chloe, Heidelberg, NGV and Yellow Peril

 

MELBOURNE features names including Sidney Nolan, John Brack, Arthur Streeton, Walter Withers, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Conder.

 

Melbourne is home to iconic art including Laneways, Collins Street 5 pm, Cow Up a Tree, HOTEL (EastLink) and Heide Museum of Modern Art (Heidelberg School), world renowned names synonymous with art.

This rich tradition continues with exhibitions of local artists, while Melbourne's street art and laneway art attracts visitors from around the world.

 

Melbourne is home to a thriving arts scene and boasts over 100 galleries ranging from large public institutions to small independent galleries and artist cooperatives.

 

• Art = paintings, drawings, statues, sculpture, street art, graffitti
• Galleries = public, private, independent, street,
• Calendar = View Art Exhibition Calendar | Advertising

 

Melburnian's love their sport but really have a passion for art.

 

GALLERIES

• State Galleries - Victoria
• Private Galleries - Independent
• Street Art - Public spaces including laneways | Tours

See below for Featured Art exhibitions in Melbourne

FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

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80/80. Eighty Years of SAM. The Collection In 2016, SAM reaches a milestone, celebrating 80 years since the early beginnings of the Collection in 1936. To mark this significant point, SAM is rehanging its permanent collection in the Museum’s downstairs galleries. This enables us to showca.. More..
Gallery :	Shepparton Art Museum | Shepparton
A Human Form | Geelong Gallery Collection A human form 10 December 2016 to 17 September 2017 Decorative arts and small sculptures from the collection that demonstrate artists’ different approaches to the representation of the human body: from 18th century ceramic forms to contemporary in.. More..
Gallery :	Geelong Gallery | Geelong
A Quivering Brightness A Quivering Brightness 12th May 2017 - 6th Aug 2017 Ledger Gallery In a letter to fellow painter Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton described his experience at the summer painting camp he had set up on the outskirts of Melbourne in the late 1880s:.. More..
Gallery :	Benalla Art Gallery | Benalla
Adam Pyett - Still life painting Still life painting—Adam Pyett 20 May to 16 July 2017 This survey exhibition of works spanning over ten years charts Adam Pyett’s long-standing interest in the still life genre. Mining traditional subjects from leaves and flowers, transparent.. More..
Gallery :	Geelong Gallery | Geelong
Adam Pyett | Still life painting Still life painting—Adam Pyett 20 May to 16 July 2017 This survey exhibition of works spanning over ten years charts Adam Pyett's long-standing interest in the still life genre. Mining traditional subjects from leaves and flowers, transparent.. More..
Gallery :	Geelong Gallery | Geelong
Anthony BN Kim | Imagining EXHIBITION IMAGINING - THE ARTWORKS OF ANTHONY BN KIM 1ST JUNE - 13TH JUNE 2017 OPENING: SATURDAY 3RD JUNE 2017 AT 6:00PM VIEWING UNTIL: TUESDAY 13TH JUNE 2017 12:00PM Having been involved with art for over 40 years, Anthony began his ar.. More..
Gallery :	Victorian Artists Society | East Melbourne
ArtVo | Trick Art - Open Priceless photos. Unbelievable scenarios. Explore the interactive gallery over 11 themed zones touch the art and have fun! Explore The Zones And Be The Art! Tips for taking amazing photos at ArtVo. Look for the Photo Point on the ground Using.. More..
Gallery :	Artvo | Trick Art Museum | Docklands
Ballarat in Pictures: a city is born Ballarat in Pictures: a city is born Minnie Williamson and Helen Macpherson Smith Trust galleries Admission: Free entry See Ballarat as the first generation of white settlers knew it – the apparently idyllic bushland of the Wadawurrung, which wa.. More..
Gallery :	Art Gallery Of Ballarat | Ballarat
Bill Henson | NGV Festival of Photography BILL HENSON FREE ENTRY NGV INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 2, 19TH–20TH C ART & DESIGN 10 MAR 17 – 27 AUG 17 OPEN 10AM–5PM DAILY NGV FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Henson presents recent photographs by Bill Henson, selected by the artist, and encom.. More..
Gallery :	Ngv International | Melbourne
Bode Klein | Coalesce Coalesce is an exhibition of winged creatures, ground dwelling critters, and other living wonders, as seen through the lens of Joe Marchant and recreated in the art of Bode Klein. Intertwined in the works and materials used is an expression of the bo.. More..
Gallery :	Off The Kerb Gallery | Collingwood
Brook Andrew | The Cell THE CELL BROOK ANDREW BROOK ANDREW is one of Australia’s premiere contemporary artists, having exhibited internationally since 1996. His work examines Western history, specifically relating to colonialism, and places Australia at the centre of a .. More..
Gallery :	The Substation | Newport | Newport
Buddha’s Smile FREE ENTRY NGV INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 1 MEZZANINE, ASIAN ART TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS 2 JUN 17 – 8 OCT 17 OPEN 10AM–5PM DAILY “The Buddha smiled and varicoloured rays of light extended from the smile, up to the gods in heaven and down to the various.. More..
Gallery :	Ngv International | Melbourne
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MELBOURNE ART GALLERIES

NGV INTERNATIONAL

National Gallery of Victoria is one of 2 public art galleries within one magnificent arts precinct on St Kilda Road, the other being The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (next).

NGV International houses one of the world’s finest international art collections of art, paintings, pottery and sculpture.

 

180 St Kilda Road, Southbank | NGV International | What's Showing

THE IAN POTTER CENTRE

NGV AUSTRALIA

The Ian Potter Centre located in the magnificent Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne's CBD houses Australian art including paintings, pottery and sculpture.

 

Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne | Federation Square

 

The Ian Potter Centre | What's Showing

 

ACCA

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

 

Heide is one of Australia’s leading public art museums open daily. Celebrated for its award-winning architecture and breathtaking gardens, Heide has a rich and colourful social history and art heritage.

 

111 Sturt St, Southbank
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art | What's Showing

 

HEIDI

Museum of Modern Art

 

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art is Melbourne’s leading contemporary art gallery presenting the most challenging, innovative and creative visual art of our time.

 

7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen
Heidi | Museum of Modern Art | What's Showing

 

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Yellow Peril (Vault)

 

Chloe | Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

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