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COVID-19 information for visitors attending public galleries
As of 23 March 2020 PGAV member galleries are closed in line with State and Federal Government advice. We recommend you visit gallery websites and social media platforms. You can find details for our member galleries across Victoria here. For up-to-date health information about Coronavirus, visit the COVID-19 information hub established by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Tiffany Parbs, bake, 2008. Photography by Terence Bogue
SHE
Walker Street Gallery
27 Feb 2020 - 4 Apr 2020
Adam Knapper, Bundoora 2019, acrylic, watercolour and ink on illustration board 77 x 65cm Courtesy of the artist.
Adam Knapper: Mind Fields
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
1 Feb 2020 - 5 Apr 2020
Marep Pamle artists (from top left) Kalina Day, Nellie Passi, Mary Kaigey, Helen Mabo, Helen Dick, Dulcie Anne Gibas, and Reteah Tapim Mas, cushions jute, fabric paint, corn fibre, thread Photography courtesy NGV © The artists
Black Bamboo: Contemporary Furniture Design From Mer, Torres Strait
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
13 Sep 2019 - 5 Apr 2020
George Mifsud, Larundel No.13 [Seat Under Trees] 2005, gelatin-silver print 18 x 18cm Darebin Art Collection.
George Mifsud: Larundel
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
1 Feb 2020 - 5 Apr 2020
Hanna Tai, Caterpillar 2019 (video still) single channel video, no sound 1:44 mins, looped Courtesy of the artist.
HANNA TAI | THIS COULD WORK!/I’M SCARED
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
1 Feb 2020 - 5 Apr 2020
Suzanne Atkinson, 'Inspiration', Raffia.
Kaiela-Dungala
Koorie Heritage Trust
29 Feb 2020 - 8 Apr 2020
Image: Chudan Peng, The Fault of Minimalism 2019, acrylic, spray paint and tape on canvas, 40 x 152.5cm
From Heart + Mind
The Dax Centre
8 Feb 2020 - 9 Apr 2020
Lee GRANT, Manal Tahir (Saudi Arabia) and her 3-year old son Fouad, Chadstone, Melbourne 2019, courtesy of the artist.
Portrait of Monash: the ties that bind
Monash Gallery of Art
15 Feb 2020 - 12 Apr 2020
KAWS ALONG THE WAY 2013 Wood 550 x 448 x 306cm Photo: Jonty Wilde
KAWS: COMPANIONSHIP IN THE AGE OF LONELINESS
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
20 Sep 2019 - 13 Apr 2020
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat at the opening reception for Julian Schnabel at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987 Photo: © George Hirose
Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
1 Dec 2019 - 13 Apr 2020
Darren Siwes, Home Sweet Wirly Wirly, 2006. Cibachrome photograph. 100 x 120 cm. Purchased with funds from the annual acquisition budget provided by Warrnambool City Council, 2006
Line of Site - Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Warrnambool Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 13 Apr 2020
WAG Stephen Campbell, Transitoria, 2011, courtesy of the artist
Stephen Campbell TAUT
Warrnambool Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 13 Apr 2020
Yvette COPPERSMITH, Self-Portrait, Scarlett Wave Motif (detail), 2018, oil and citrine on linen, 56 x 46cm. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Matthew Stanton. On display as part of Art Aid Gippsland.
Art Aid Gippsland
Gippsland Art Gallery
15 Feb 2020 - 15 Apr 2020
Kate Beynon, Masks of the Ogre Dancers 2014–15 (detail), synthetic polymer paint on linen, 185 x 165 cm, TarraWarra Museum of Art collection. Acquired 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
Making Her Mark: Selected Works from the Collection
TarraWarra Museum of Art
29 Feb 2020 - 16 Apr 2020
Donna Blackall (Yorta Yorta, Taungerong) The Family Crest (2016), New Zealand flax, raffia, wood. Koorie Heritage Trust Collection, AH 3956. Image: Maia McDonald
My Cultural Journey – Incorporating Old and New
Koorie Heritage Trust
29 Feb 2020 - 19 Apr 2020
Shirin Neshat Illusions & Mirrors 2013 (still) black and white, XX film Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels © Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat: Dreamers
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
15 Nov 2019 - 19 Apr 2020
Yvonne Koolmatrie, Hot Air Balloon (detail), 2004. Cyperus gymnocaulos. Mildura Arts Centre Collection. Acquired 2004.
The Wealth Of Women - Mildura Arts Centre Collection
Mildura Arts Centre
20 Feb 2020 - 19 Apr 2020
Michele Hermans, In the shadow, 2019. Screenprint.
Through My Eyes - Michele Hermans
Mildura Arts Centre
21 Feb 2020 - 19 Apr 2020
Rose Nolan, Enough, 2016 Screenprint concertina book on BFK Rives 270 gsm. 22 x 14cm (closed). 22 x 84 cm (approx). Edition of 100. Moreland Art Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Negative Press, Melbourne.
f_OCUS
Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
5 Feb 2020 - 26 Apr 2020
Nicholas Chevalier, Russia/England (1828-1902) Mt Abrupt, The Grampians c.1864 Oil on canvas Purchased by the Hamilton Gallery Trust Fund – M.L. Foster Bequest, with assistance of the Friends of Hamilton Gallery 2004.058
In the eye of the beholder
Hamilton Gallery
25 Jan 2020 - 26 Apr 2020
Ron Mueck, Wild man 2005 (detail), fibreglass resin, silicone, nylon, synthetic thread, plastic, metal, wood, 285 x 162 x 108 cm. Collection of McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery. Purchased by the Elisabeth Murdoch Sculpture Foundation and The Balnaves Foundation, 2007. Photograph Mark Ashkanasy.
UNREST: Liam Benson, Charmaine Clarke, Caroline Garcia, Ron Mueck, Patricia Piccinini, SODA_JERK
Warrnambool Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 26 Apr 2020
Installation view of A11, A12, A13 from the Beach Walk (Series A) series 1973 on display for Colin McCahon: Letters and Numbers at NGV International, Melbourne 14 November 19 – April 2020. Photo © Tom Ross
Colin McCahon: Letters and Numbers
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
14 Nov 2019 - 30 Apr 2020
Photo 29-5-18, 11 44 45 am
Slawa: Modernist Art & Design
Duldig Studio
1 Jan 2018 - 30 Apr 2020
Peter COLE, Luck of the Dancing Bear 2003, Mixed media, 58 x 130 x 13cm, Courtesy the artist.
Peter Cole: The Circus of Life
Gippsland Art Gallery
15 Feb 2020 - 3 May 2020
Peter MILNE Boys Next Door first photo session after Rowland joined. Nick’s bedroom, Caulfield 1978. Courtesy of the artist and M33
Peter Milne: Juvenilia
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 3 May 2020
Minstrel Kuik, The Encounter from series Mer.rily Mer.rily 2008-12 and The Triplets from the series Mer.rily Mer.rily Mer.rily Mer.rily  2017. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur.
Minstrel Kuik: She who has no self
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
15 Feb 2020 - 10 May 2020
WAG Simon Linardi, The Bull Cow, 2019, preparatory sketch, (detail), pen and ink on paper
Simon Linardi (Atelier Cartel) - The Bull Cow
Warrnambool Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 8 Jun 2020
Josh Muir, Neon, 2018, neon, cable, perspex, 100 x 83 cm
Josh Muir - Climax Theatre
Warrnambool Art Gallery
7 Feb 2020 - 14 Jun 2020
left to right Junya Watanabe, Comme des Garçons, Japan (fashion house) Japan est. 1992 Junya Watanabe (designer) Japan born 1961 Coat, jumper, leggings and boots 2006 autumn–winter, 2006–07 cotton, wool, nylon, acrylic, leather, metal (embellishments) 69.0 cm (centre back) 42.0 cm (sleeve) 75.0 cm (centre back) 80.0 cm (sleeve) 22.0 cm (waist, flat) 92.0 cm (outer leg) 71.0 cm (inner leg) d-e) 25.5 x 10.0 x 29.0 cm (each) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Promised gift of Takamasa Takahashi Tao, Comme des Garçons, Japan (fashion house) Japan 2005–2011 Tao Kurihara (designer) Japan born 1961 Dress 2009 autumn–winter 2009 polyester, rayon; cotton, polyester; polyester; wool, mohair, nylon (a) 33.0 cm (centre back) 31.0 cm (waist, flat) (b) 61.0 cm (centre back) 59.0 cm (waist, flat) (c) 62.5 cm (centre back) 32.0 cm (waist, flat) (d) 63.0 cm (centre back) 30.0 cm (waist, flat) e-f) 11.0 x 9.0 x 26.0 cm (each) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of Takamasa Takahashi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2017 (2017.156.a-f) Comme des Garçons, Japan (fashion house) Japan 2005–2011 Rei Kawakubo (designer) Japan born 1942 Dress 2003 Extreme Embellishment collection autumn–winter 2003–2004 cotton, plastic zipper, metal zipper, metal hook, fabric fastener 133.0 cm (centre back) 44.0 cm (waist, flat) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of Takamasa Takahashi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2015 (2015.124)
Collecting Comme
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
1 Nov 2019 - 26 Jul 2020
Taniguchi Fumie Preparing to go out 1935 six panel folding screen: ink and watercolour on silk, lacquer on wood National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Kevin McDonald and Eunice McDonald Bequest and NGV Foundation, 2019 © Estate of Taniguchi Fumie
Japanese Modernism
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
28 Feb 2020 - 4 Oct 2020
Grace Lillian Lee, Body Armour – A Weave of Reflection Pink and Orange 2018. Photography by Wade Lewis. Image courtesy of the artist.
Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion
Bendigo Art Gallery
18 Jul 2020 - 18 Oct 2020
Image credit – Photographer Carla Gottgens
Australian Music Vault
Arts Centre Melbourne
1 Dec 2018 - 31 Dec 2020

Upcoming

We Change the World
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
1 May 2020 - 1 Apr 2020
Image: Lily WALZL-HEARITY, Untitled (2019), scanned digital ink jet print from solarised silver gelatin print, 8 x 10cm, image courtesy of the artist and Swinburne Senior Secondary College.
Untitled
Town Hall Gallery
17 Mar 2020 - 12 Apr 2020
Correne, Still from untitled video work
Fantastic, Yes
Walker Street Gallery
9 Apr 2020 - 9 May 2020
Callum Jackson, Weekends in tooradin, acrrylic, biro and ink on canvas, 40cmx40cm, 2016
Grassroots in a Pipeline
Walker Street Gallery
9 Apr 2020 - 9 May 2020
Image: Donna MITCHELL, Pacific black duck (2019), watercolour on paper, 21 x 42cm, image courtesy of the artist.
Nature in Art
Town Hall Gallery
15 Apr 2020 - 10 May 2020
Jacqueline Felstead, James Asleep, 2019, film still from photogrammetric model, 200 x 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
The Image Looks Back
RMIT Gallery
27 Mar 2020 - 16 May 2020
Samraing Chea, Cash Cans to Give them to Each Names, 2019, greylead pencil on paper, 31 x 43 cm
3 x 3
Arts Project Australia
21 Mar 2020 - 24 May 2020
Cristina de MIDDEL Iko Iko 2012 From the series Afronauts courtesy of the artist
Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography
Monash Gallery of Art
18 Apr 2020 - 5 Jun 2020
Zakiria Tahirian, Untitled, ink on paper
Invisibility
Walker Street Gallery
14 May 2020 - 6 Jun 2020
Patrick Rose, Rose
Jîyan bé te nina
Walker Street Gallery
14 May 2020 - 6 Jun 2020
Georgia Szmerling, Not titled (Pin Work #3 Fan), 2014, digital, 21 x 29 cm
Landscapes - Georgia Szmerling
Arts Project Australia
2 May 2020 - 6 Jun 2020
Terry Williams, Not titled, 2015, material and wool, 33 x 35 x 35 cm
Material World
Arts Project Australia
2 May 2020 - 6 Jun 2020
Samanatha Thompson, Luna Monoprint on paper 2019 53 x 35
Luna
Walker Street Gallery
11 Jun 2020 - 4 Jul 2020
Dusty Diddle An Index of Childhood Memories, Anger and Intervention 2019 fine-liner and calligraphy pen on cardboard pieces inside a found set of metal drawers 41.0 x 26.8 x 61.0 cm Eltham High School © Dusty Diddle
Top Arts 2020
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
13 Mar 2020 - 12 Jul 2020
Paola Balla (Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara) The Mok Mok Cooking Show II, 2016 Digital pigment print on 188gsm Photorag 600 x 840mm Collection of the artist.
Affirmation
Koorie Heritage Trust
23 Apr 2020 - 26 Jul 2020
Sidney Nolan The Myth Rider 1958–59 (detail) polyvinyl acetate on composition board 122 x 152 cm Private Collection © The Trustees of the Sidney Nolan Trust / Bridgeman Images Photo © Agnew’s, London / Bridgeman Images
Sidney Nolan: Myth Rider
TarraWarra Museum of Art
2 May 2020 - 26 Jul 2020
RONE, Powerhouse Geelong, 2014. Photographer: Rone © RONE
RONE in Geelong
Geelong Gallery
30 May 2020 - 16 Aug 2020
Camille Henrot Contrology 2016 bronze 181.4 x 214.5 x 180.3 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Suzanne Dawbarn Bequest, 2018 © Camille Henrot Photo: Courtesy of Camille Henrot
Camille Henrot: Play Your Part
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
22 May 2020 - 1 Oct 2020
Olaf Breuning 'Sun and clouds' 2016 ceramic 24.0 x 23.0 x 29.0 cm ed. 1/1 © Olaf Breuning
Plans for the planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
29 May 2020 - 1 Oct 2020
Ivan Durrant Yellow cow 2001 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 92.0 x 120.0 cm Collection of the artist © Ivan Durrant
Ivan Durrant: Barrier Draw
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
1 May 2020 - 25 Oct 2020
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