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Arts Project Australia Announces Appointment of Liz Nowell as New Executive Director

11 Oct 2023

Wangaratta Art Gallery's SPARK Bushfire Recovery Project weaving workshop, 2022.

PGAV says 'Yes' to establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament

18 Sep 2023

2023 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards shortlist announced!

8 Sep 2023

Dr Rebecca Coates appointed as new Director at MUMA

26 Jul 2023

Wangaratta Art Gallery appoints new Gallery Director

30 May 2023

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

20 Apr 2023

Charlotte Day appointed Associate Director, Art Museums, University of Melbourne

17 Feb 2023

The Australian Government releases its national cultural policy

30 Jan 2023

Curator Margot Anderson with shoes from Don Quixote. Photographer Mark_Gambino

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

Spark Bushfire Recovery project

24 Aug 2022

ICOM approves a new museum definition

24 Aug 2022

Horsham Regional Art Gallery announces Lauren Simpson as its new Director

23 Aug 2022

Natasha Johns-Messenger awarded the Southern Way McClelland Commission 2023

12 Aug 2022

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

Shepparton Art Museum announces Melinda Martin as new CEO

17 May 2022

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

A seated man in a dark grey suit and a woman standing with her hands on the mans shoulder, she is wearing a grey jacket with a floral design. They stand in a dark auditorium with the words The Fox: NGV Contemporary on three screens in the background.

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

27 Apr 2022

NGV Contemporary Design Competition Winner announced

15 Mar 2022

Benalla Art Gallery Redevelopment - Design Services Tender NOW OPEN

15 Feb 2022

SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM THE PGAV

24 Dec 2021

The new Shepparton Art Museums opens

20 Nov 2021

Horsham Regional Art Gallery announces Jane Scott as its new Director

25 Oct 2021

Vaccinated Economy Trial

11 Oct 2021

Duldig Studio museum announces Julie Skate as its new Director

4 Oct 2021

Central Goldfields Art Gallery - redevelopment update

1 Sep 2021

Wodonga's new gallery opens to the public

2 Aug 2021

Craft appoints Nicole Durling as new Executive Director

16 Jun 2021

Victor Griss leads a tour if the Counihan Gallery

PGAV Annual General meeting 2021

18 May 2021

Central Goldfields Art Gallery receives funding for upgrade

14 May 2021

Vivienne Binns OAM receives Australia Council Visual Arts Award

19 Apr 2021

Burrinja Gallery reopens after major redevelopment

16 Apr 2021

ACM Janine Barrand. Photo by Mark Gambino

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

The New Sam. Photo Kane Jarrod Photography

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

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

Bushfire Recovery Programs

21 Dec 2020

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

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

Hamilton Gallery appoints new Artistic Director

22 Apr 2020

Kay Parkin retires after 15 years at Central Goldfields Art Gallery

7 Apr 2020

Craftivism Hiromi Tango Amygdala (Fireworks) 2016
neon and mixed media
120 x 140 x 40 cm
Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney/Singapore © the artist
Installation view Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

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 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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