EXHIBITIONS

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EXHIBITION KINGSTON LucyAllinson_Lorne_2025_photograph
'A Timeline of Listening' by Lucy Allinson
10 Apr 2026 – 6 Jun 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
EXHIBITON Potter A Velvet Ant
A velvet ant, a flower and a bird opens
19 Feb 2026 – 6 Jun 2026
Potter Museum of Art
EXHIBITION LRG Earthsong
Earthsong
7 Feb 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Fiona Bilbrough Trompe L'Oeil
Fiona Bilbrough: Trompe l'oeil
13 May 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION LRG The Land as Witness
The Land as Witness
7 Feb 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Djaa Djuwima - A Solo Series
Their Stories: A Solo Series
4 Mar 2026 – 9 Jun 2026
Djaa Djuwima
EXHIBITION KINGSTON Echoes From a Near Future - Caroline Monnet_Low res
'Ikwewak (Women)' by Caroline Monnet
20 Mar 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
Leo Bagus Purnomo, Alas-alasan (detail), 2025, dye on silk-satin
Alas-alasan 
18 Apr 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Incinerator Gallery
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Australian Wearable Arts Festival: A Wearable Canvas
9 May 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
Angus Scott, Tending the Invasion triptych (detail), 2025, photograph
Tending the Invasion  
18 Apr 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Incinerator Gallery
Norton Fredericks, Entrance Vessel, 2025, bronze
we/us/theirs/all
18 Apr 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Incinerator Gallery
EXHIBITION Bayside Painting Prize 2026
Bayside Painting Prize 2026
1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Bayside Gallery
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1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
The Torch Gallery
Opening event, Confined 16 2025, presented by The Torch at Glen Eira City Council Gallery. Photo-Tiffany Garvie_1
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1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
EXHIBITION WAMA FUNGI
Entanglements with Fungi: Life, Death and Renewal
21 Mar 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
WAMA Foundation
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Hayley Millar-Baker: Selected Works
11 Apr 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Wyndham Art Gallery
EXHIBITION VAS Summer Evening, Seaford Clive Sinclair FVAS VAS
Spotlights
27 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Victorian Artists Society
Exterior of Geelong Gallery with large colourful panels spelling “DUNNO” installed across the façade, beside a statue and garden in the foreground.
Jon Campbell—DUNNO
21 Nov 2025 – 21 Jun 2026
Geelong Gallery
EXHIBITION BURRINJA Pieces of paper
Pieces of Paper
9 May 2026 – 21 Jun 2026
Burrinja Gallery
Natalie Finney, A Feast of False Abundance (detail) photograph
Natalie Finney: Second Nature
30 Apr 2026 – 27 Jun 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
BALLARAT Kate Gorman Sirens
Kate Gorman: Sirens
30 May 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Tiernan, Cetacean Humpback Connecting, 2025
Timelines by Helen S. Tiernan
23 May 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Berninneit Art Gallery
Self portrait in two mirros, Jennifer Huang
VAS Portrait Exhibition
1 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Victorian Artists Society
Image credit Generative Artist Andreas Rau from previous live film Echo No Resonance - low res
Michael Beets/Here & Now: Fragments
7 May 2026 – 18 Jul 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
Slow Read Hero
Slow Read
6 May 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Town Hall Gallery
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Wall of Magic Creatures by Kate Beynon
14 Feb 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Town Hall Gallery
Image Yobbos, Sunbury Pop Festival 1974 © Rennie Ellis
Rennie Ellis: Good Times
7 May 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
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TREATY
27 Oct 2024 – 2 Aug 2026
State Library Victoria
EXHIBITION VAS Three Apples Catherine Jaworski
VAS 9x5 Exhibition 2026
1 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Finding-Dada
Anindita Banerjee: Finding Dada
13 May 2026 – 7 Aug 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery
EXHIBITION LAI My Blood Sings Old Songs
My Blood Sings Old Songs
20 May 2026 – 9 Aug 2026
La Trobe Art Institute
Ray Thomas: Yeerung’s Journey
30 May 2026 – 9 Aug 2026
Koorie Heritage Trust
 EXHIBITION ARARAT Lisa Waup
Lisa Waup | after ever here
28 Feb 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
Ararat Gallery TAMA
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what we share
20 May 2026 – 29 Aug 2026
Manningham Art Gallery
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occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung)
21 Mar 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
Koorie Heritage Trust
EXHIBITION HELLENIC Heroes and Hoplites
HEROES & HOPLITES: Warfare in Ancient Greece
1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Hellenic Museum
EXHIBITION BERNINNEIT Yawa
Yawa (Long Journey)
14 Jun 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Berninneit Art Gallery
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Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations
12 Feb 2026 – 27 Jan 2027
State Library Victoria
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths
29 Mar 2025 – 28 Mar 2027
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

upcoming

EXHIBITION VAS Standing Strong, Sarah Ackland
Sarah Ackland: Journey with the Pencil
3 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION VAS She Barbara McManus
Barbara McManus: She
10 Jun 2026 – 28 Jun 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION VAS Study of Morning Light Andrew Li
VAS Winter Select Exhibition 2026
15 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026
Victorian Artists Society
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Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler: Primary Succession
6 Jun 2026 – 15 Aug 2026
Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre and Dandenong Arts Precinct
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Brook Andrew ROLLERCOASTER | winhangadurinya in motion
6 Jun 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
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Max Dupain and Ansel Adams: In search of perfection
20 Jun 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Bayside Gallery
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VAS Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition
19 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Contemporary-Small-Sculpture-Award
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
19 Aug 2026 – 9 Oct 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery
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6 Jun 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Science Gallery Melbourne
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Obiectivus
Obiectivus
22 Oct 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery

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