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2023 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards shortlist announced!
8 Sep 2023

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Dr Rebecca Coates appointed as new Director at MUMA
26 Jul 2023

Wangaratta Art Gallery appoints new Gallery Director
30 May 2023

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PGAV partners with AMaGA Victoria to deliver Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards in 2023
20 Apr 2023

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Charlotte Day appointed Associate Director, Art Museums, University of Melbourne
17 Feb 2023

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The Australian Government releases its national cultural policy
30 Jan 2023

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Arts Centre Melbourne’s Australian Performing Arts Collection to open to the public
20 Oct 2022

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Vince Alessi appointed Director of Linden New Art
31 Aug 2022

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Spark Bushfire Recovery project
24 Aug 2022

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ICOM approves a new museum definition
24 Aug 2022

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Horsham Regional Art Gallery announces Lauren Simpson as its new Director
23 Aug 2022

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Natasha Johns-Messenger awarded the Southern Way McClelland Commission 2023
12 Aug 2022

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Seb Chan appointed Director & CEO of ACMI
11 Aug 2022

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Karen Quinlan appointed CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne
3 Aug 2022

Elvis exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery attracts over 219,000 visitors
13 Jul 2022

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Shepparton Art Museum announces Melinda Martin as new CEO
17 May 2022

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Castlemaine Art Museum receives $6M funding from the Victorian Government
11 May 2022

Three women standing and talking to one another, two are pictured from behind and a dark haired woman wearing glasses and a black dress is pictured in the centre. There are people standing in the background and appear out of focus. A number of artworks are on the wall in the background. Photo by James Gifford-Mead
INTERVIEW WITH SIM LUTTIN ON GLOBAL COLLABORATION
5 May 2022

PROFESSIONS WITHIN THE PUBLIC GALLERY SECTOR
5 May 2022

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The NGV receives $100 million donation from the Fox family for NGV Contemporary
27 Apr 2022

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NGV Contemporary Design Competition Winner announced
15 Mar 2022

Benalla Art Gallery Redevelopment - Design Services Tender NOW OPEN
15 Feb 2022

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SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM THE PGAV
24 Dec 2021

The new Shepparton Art Museums opens
20 Nov 2021

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Horsham Regional Art Gallery announces Jane Scott as its new Director
25 Oct 2021

Vaccinated Economy Trial
11 Oct 2021

Julie Skate, Director, Duldig Studio
Duldig Studio museum announces Julie Skate as its new Director
4 Oct 2021

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Central Goldfields Art Gallery - redevelopment update
1 Sep 2021

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Wodonga's new gallery opens to the public
2 Aug 2021

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Craft appoints Nicole Durling as new Executive Director
16 Jun 2021

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PGAV Annual General meeting 2021
18 May 2021

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Central Goldfields Art Gallery receives funding for upgrade 
14 May 2021

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Vivienne Binns OAM receives Australia Council Visual Arts Award
19 Apr 2021

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Burrinja Gallery reopens after major redevelopment
16 Apr 2021

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Arts Centre Melbourne Farewells Janine Barrand
15 Apr 2021

Child of Now by Robert Walton, Concept Image by Xavier Irvine.
Child of Now: new public art commission to loom large over Hamer Hall
13 Apr 2021

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New SAM ground floor opens
31 Mar 2021

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Audiences returning in droves
22 Mar 2021

Castlemaine Art Museum Building facade, photo by Adrian Thia
Master planning for Castlemaine Art Museum
19 Mar 2021

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Significant indigenous art collection gifted to Shepparton Art Museum
18 Mar 2021

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RONE in Geelong - planning during a pandemic
15 Mar 2021

Katie Allen, Duldig Studio Founder, Eva de Jong-Duldig and The Hon. Mr Paul Fletcher MP with the two chairs in-situ at the Duldig Studio, March 2021. 
Federal Minister for the Arts visits the Duldig Studio
2 Mar 2021

Judith Ryan AM, Senior Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria. Photo: NGV.
Judith Ryan retires from NGV
28 Feb 2021

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RISE Fund grant success
22 Dec 2020

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Bushfire Recovery Programs
21 Dec 2020

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Public Gallery Recovery Program
21 Dec 2020

Image: Annemieke Ytsma from Underground Sundae preparing for the NGV Kids Summer Festival in January 2020. Photo by Tim Carrafa.
Have your say: Rebuilding our Creative State
10 Nov 2020

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Artist Manon van Kouswijk awarded the $300,000 Southern Way McClelland Commission 2021
14 Jul 2020

Artist Opportunities - In the Time of COVID-19 (Nillumbik Shire Council)
4 May 2020

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Hamilton Gallery appoints new Artistic Director
22 Apr 2020

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Kay Parkin retires after 15 years at Central Goldfields Art Gallery
7 Apr 2020

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Applications now open - 2020 NETS Victoria Exhibition Development Fund (EDF)
3 Mar 2020

Yalingwa Fellowship recipient Yhonnie Scarce at the announcement of the 2020 Yalingwa Fellowship at TarraWarra Museum of Art, 11 February 2020. Photo: Tiffany Garvie
Yhonnie Scarce awarded $60,000 Yalingwa Fellowship
11 Feb 2020

Claire Watson, NETS Director Nov 2019
Claire Watson announced as new Director at NETS Victoria
29 Nov 2019

Image: Zoë Croggon, Harp #2, 2015, C-type photograph, framed, 80 x 72cm. Acquired with the support of the Robert Salzer Acquisition Fund 2017. 
Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund
13 Nov 2019

David Darcy and Daisy Tjuparntarri Ward at the announcement of the 2019 Archibald Prize ANZ People’s Choice award at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 14 August 2019. Photo: AGNSW/Felicity Jenkins. Artwork: David Darcy, Tjuparntarri – women’s business © the artist
David Darcy’s portrait of Daisy Tjuparntarri Ward wins Archibald Prize ANZ People’s Choice award
29 Oct 2019

Eric Nash announced as new Director at Benalla Art Gallery
28 Oct 2019

​Image: John Meade with Emily Karanikolopoulos, Love Flower 2019, Southern Way McClelland Commission.
New public sculpture: Southern Way McClelland Commission 'Love Flower'
25 Oct 2019

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Gippsland Art Gallery appoints Angela Chittem as Indigenous Engagement Officer
3 Oct 2019

Jahnne Pasco-White wins the $50,000 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize
20 Sep 2019


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