The Victorian Government and National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) are grateful for the extraordinary generosity of Lindsay Fox AC and Paula Fox AO, who have pledged $100 million towards NGV Contemporary – the largest cultural gift for a capital program ever made to an Australian art museum by a living donor. The gift towards NGV Contemporary coincides with
Join the Conservatorium's New Music Studio as they present a special 50th birthday concert celebrating the music of Australian composer Katy Abbott on 28 April at 7:30 pm in The Ian Potter Southbank Centre. Often musing on the concepts of connection, place, and humour, Dr Abbott’s compositions are performed, published, and recorded around the world. ‘In
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture is one of the most comprehensive explorations of portraiture ever mounted in Australia and the first exhibition to bring together the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Revealing the rich artistic synergies and contrasts between the two institutions’
The world-premiere of NGV's Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, The Picasso Century, charts the extraordinary career of Pablo Picasso in dialogue with the many artists, poets and intellectuals with whom he intercepted and interacted throughout the 20th century. Exclusively developed for the NGV by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée national
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
(QPAC) has announced legendary magic duo
Penn & Teller
will finally appear in the
Concert Hall
from22 June to 3 July 2022
as part of their first ever Australian tour.
The pair were to perform at QPAC in 2020, but throw in some emergency
What do we miss when we’re not looking? Who are the people we don’t notice? What are the environmental changes we can’t see? Where does our data go when we switch off our phones? INVISIBILITY, the latest exhibition from MOD. at the University of South Australia, pulls back the curtain on the parts of the world we don’t normally see, inviting visitors to
Held throughout 2022, a landmark online seminar series specially-curated by the NGV, Observations, examines the indelible contributions of women to art and design history through the lens of the NGV Collection. Spanning from the Renaissance through to the mid-twentieth century, the series offers an invaluable opportunity to deeply engage with the creative
Seven-time ARIA Award winning singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews will bring her soulful sound to Adelaide Cabaret Festival for the first time in June. Wendy will be joining Artistic Director Tina Arena and an impressive line-up in headline show: Songs My Mother Taught Me. The Australian-Canadian performer will take to Her Majesty’s Theatre stage with Arena
Presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair (16 – 20 March 2022) is a commercial showcase of limited edition, rare and one-of-a kind collectable design by Australia’s leading, emerging, and established contemporary designers and designer-makers. An initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria in collaboration with the
The winners of the 2021 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced Monday evening at a star-studded ceremony, with 29 Awards presented, shared between 18 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2020 and 2021. Almost 400 members of the Sydney theatre community gathered at the Seymour Centre to celebrate what was termed a “family reunion” after two
Created in partnership with Graceland, Bendigo Art Gallery presents Elvis: Direct from Graceland. This exclusive exhibition explores the extraordinary life and style of Elvis Presley. One of the most iconic public figures of the 20th century, Elvis’s influence on music, design, art, and pop culture was profound. He is arguably the single greatest influence
The talented performers who will inhabit the famous roles from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Sydney’s newest immersive theatre experience were announced. The Great Gatsby, an original, immersive production inspired by the novel and supported by The Arts RISE Grants, will open next month in a specially designed, stylish labyrinth at Wonderland Bar,
