Exhibitions and art in Melbourne
31 exhibitions and art events in Melbourne — major gallery shows, small runs and one-off installations.
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
18 Feb – 31 Dec
ACMI
FreeThe Wurundjeri Seasons Video Art Commissions
2 Feb – 31 Dec
Fed Square · Main Square
FreeACMI Experimental Forum
18 Mar – 18 Nov
ACMI
The Melbourne Painting Workshop
29 Mar – 6 Dec
Gasworks Arts Park · Gasworks Creative Precinct
FreeVideo Art Commission: Baal Ga by Pierra Van Sparkes
1 Apr – 31 Mar
Fed Square · Main Square
FreeEmergence[Y] Exhibition
6 June – 5 Dec
Science Gallery Melbourne
FreeEmergence[Y]
6 June – 5 Dec
Science Gallery at the University of Melbourne
FreeLong March: Restart
19 Aug – 31 Jan
ACMI
FreeJourney Among Men
22 Aug – 22 Nov
Fed Square · Koorie Heritage Trust
FreePlay On
24 Aug – 31 Jan
ACMI
FreePlant Life: The Nature of Design
28 Aug – 7 Feb
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Margaret Preston
4 Sept – 31 Jan
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
ENCORE! 50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection.
16 Sept – 9 May
Arts Centre Melbourne · Australian Museum of Performing Arts
FreeThe Faraway Nearby
27 Oct – 15 Nov
Gasworks Arts Park · James McCaughey Foyer
Passage: The Art of Atong Atem
30 Oct – 14 June
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
FreeSiren Call
2 Nov – 22 Nov
Gasworks Arts Park · Gasworks Creative Precinct
Free5/6
3 Nov – 14 Nov
fortyfivedownstairs · gallery
FreeCrossings
13 Nov – 23 Nov
Meat Market · Stables
FreeTest Garden Open Day – November
Sat, 14 Nov · 10:00am
Fed Square · Test Garden
FreeArtist Led Auslan Tour: Sam Martin
Sat, 14 Nov · 1:30pm
ACMI
FreeDIREL Lake Tyrrell: Traces in Salt, Colonisation by Design
17 Nov – 28 Nov
fortyfivedownstairs · gallery
FreeSister Soldier
17 Nov – 29 Nov
Gasworks Arts Park · Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery
Lifelike
20 Nov – 18 Apr
ACMI
FreeWorldly Bodies
21 Nov – 22 Nov
Arts Centre Melbourne · Library at The Dock
Barbie®: The Exhibition
28 Nov – 16 May
Melbourne Museum
Small! 2026
3 Dec – 17 Dec
fortyfivedownstairs
FreeID - the that writes us
3 Dec – 6 Dec
Meat Market · Stables
The Big Design Market
4 Dec – 6 Dec
Royal Exhibition Building
FreePowerline
Sat, 5 Dec · 11:00am
Fed Square · Main Square
Pina Coladas & Puppets
Thu, 14 Jan · 6:30pm
ACMI · Swinburne Studio
Bluey World-First Exhibition
1 June – 31 Dec
ACMI
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