A towering 5-metre-tall bronze pumpkin sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, weighing more than nine tonnes, was unveiled in NGV International’s Federation Court, marking the countdown to the major summer exhibition
Yayoi Kusama, opening 15 December 2024. The newly acquired
Dancing Pumpkin, 2020, supported by the Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund,
Following a five-year hiatus, Australia’s leading triennial festival of Asia-Pacific contemporary performance,
Asia TOPA
(Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts) returns from
20 February - 10 March
2025
with a city-wide celebration of world-class international and local contemporary performance,
International sky theatre masters Groupe F will present their Australian-exclusive spectacular by the shores of the Derbarl Yerrigan as a highlight of EverNow 2024.
After thrilling audiences at multiple Olympic Games ceremonies and other major global events, the French masters of light and fire will bring their latest epic outdoor public
The NGV Gala, a highlight of Australia’s cultural calendar celebrating art, music, fashion and food, returns on Saturday 14 December 2024 at NGV International, St Kilda Road, Melbourne. In 2024, the spectacular late-night event offers guests first-access to the NGV’s world-exclusive exhibition, Yayoi Kusama. Curated by the NGV especially for Australian
Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070 is a new NGV exhibition that invites eight leading Australian landscape architecture and design firms to reimagine the lands and waters of the Birrarung (Yarra River) and create an exciting vision for how communities can better access, engage with and care for this important living ecosystem.
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Welcoming in the winter months, the reimagined NGV Friday Nights offers an after-hours ode to the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition
Pharaoh.
Taking place at NGV International with extended late-night access to the winter blockbuster exhibition, the season presents a diverse line-up of music residencies, pop-up performances,
Ancient Egypt for Kids is a free exhibition inviting children to unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt through a series of activities exploring the art and culture of this fascinating world. Coinciding with the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition Pharaoh at NGV International, this interactive exhibition will captivate young visitors and their families
Waverley Council is thrilled to announce this year’s Bondi Festival, boasting an astonishing arts line-up that’s bolder and better than ever before, with first-class theatre, comedy, cabaret and interactive experiences, from Friday 5th to Sunday 21st July 2024. Returning to its spiritual home at Bondi Pavilion (as well as various locations around Bondi),
Africa Fashion
– the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of fashion from the African continent ever mounted in Australia – presents a dynamic survey of historical and contemporary designs from some of the most influential fashion designers in the region. Coming to Melbourne from the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London, the
ACMI’s playful world premiere exhibition Beings, by international art and design collective Universal Everything (UE), is now open until 29 September 2024. Featuring 13 vibrant, life-affirming artworks projected at scale, Beings invites visitors to move, dance and play with curious characters born from code. Created from ever-evolving algorithms, many of
Welcoming in the winter months, NGV Friday Nights returns recharged and reimagined for an after-hours ode to the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition Pharaoh. Taking place at NGV International with extended late-night access to the winter blockbuster exhibition, the 17-week season presents a diverse line-up of music residencies, pop-up performances,
When Kristina Mah started Karate lessons at eight years old, she had no idea it would form such a huge part of her life. After years of training, the Ashbury resident has gone on to become a 5th
Dan black belt in Go-Ju Ryu Karate-do and represented Australia in the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris in 2021.
But it’s not only the
