Recent News
PGAV partners with AmaGA Victoria on Victorian Sector Census
PGAV awarded a three-year grant from The Ian Potter Foundation
PGAV Annual Report 2025
McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery announces winner of the 2026 Southern Way McClelland Commission
Shaping and Fuelling Change
Belonging Matters - The Social Connection Report
Exhibitions
Obiectivus
22 Oct 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Twenty Melbourne Painters Society 108th Annual Exhibition
21 Oct 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Whichever Way the Wind Blows
16 Oct 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Fabulous 70s: a celebration of Melbourne fashion
9 Oct 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
VAS Maritime Exhibition 2026
23 Sep 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Ellsworth Overton: 50 Years with The Victorian Artists Society
23 Sep 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Sammy Edney & Yianni Johns: That Little Something Xtra!
23 Sep 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Shaynell Barboza: Essence
23 Sep 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
NEW26
18 Sep 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
'Becoming the Forest' : Hoa Nguyen
12 Sep 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Uncharted Waters, The Journey of Mother Tongue
9 Sep 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Still moves: Australian and international animation
5 Sep 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Garden Sanctuary: Visions of Australian Flora
5 Sep 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
'Refugia' by Kerri Wilson McConchie
4 Sep 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
'Hand me down' by Andrew Duong
4 Sep 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
'Kingston Sounds' by Susannah Langley
4 Sep 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Stitch with Sappho: Community Textile Installation by Juliet D Collins
4 Sep 2026 – 10 Oct 2026
Maxine Wade: Land For Sale
2 Sep 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
Susan Wirth | Sleeping, Dreaming, Waking
29 Aug 2026 – 14 Feb 2027
Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
29 Aug 2026 – 29 Aug 2027
Plant Life: The Nature of Design
28 Aug 2026 – 7 Feb 2027
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
24 Aug 2026 – 9 Oct 2026
Dark Dawn: Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili
15 Aug 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Quiet Corners: The art of AME Bale
12 Aug 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
Arca Arcade: Round One
6 Aug 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
From within the infinite flow
1 Aug 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Ecologies of Attention
1 Aug 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Ama Algorithmus (Mother Algorithm)
1 Aug 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Brassaï: Secret Paris
25 Jul 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Syncretic Wilds: Phasmahammer and Natasha Tontey
18 Jul 2026 – 19 Sep 2026
REMNANTS: What Remains and What Flows
18 Jul 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Material Conditions: Systems Beneath Surfaces
11 Jul 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the gum tree
10 Jul 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
World of the Book
4 Jul 2026 – 30 May 2027
Requiem in Power (RIP)
1 Jul 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Chogh چوغ
1 Jul 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Billabongs Not Silos: Beyond Symbolism
19 Jun 2026 – 21 Sep 2026
EMERGENCE[Y]
6 Jun 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Poetry goes no further than language
1 May 2026 – 3 Oct 2026
Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations
12 Feb 2026 – 27 Jan 2027
Yawa (Long Journey)
14 Jun 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths
29 Mar 2025 – 28 Mar 2027
TREATY
27 Oct 2024 – 17 Oct 2026
The Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands where our office is located, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enduring traditions and continuing creative cultures. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
We are an LGBTQIA+ friendly organisation that celebrates diversity. We are committed to providing safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive services for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
