NGV Triennial 2023: Nearly 100 projects by 120+ artists

From robotics to AI, textiles to sculpture, weather patterns to war, mysticism to megacities – NGV Triennial is a powerful and moving snapshot of the world today as captured through the work of over 120 artists from thirty-plus countries. Uniquely bringing contemporary art, design, and architecture into dialogue with one another and traversing all four levels of NGV International, Melbourne, from 3 December to 7 April 2024, the NGV Triennial features nearly one hundred projects that invite us to reflect on the world as it is, while also asking how we would like it to be.

Agnieszka Pilat, Basia and Bunny. Photograph: Pilat Studio. Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Highlights include Polish-born Agnieszka Pilat exploring the power of technology in contemporary society through robot dogs painting a monolithic durational work over the course of the Triennial; British artist Tracey Emin’s five-metre-high text-based neon light installation of the artist’s own handwriting, abstract and tactile bronze sculptures, plus gestural and figurative paintings that confront moments of extreme emotion, anguish, elation or pain; Tokyo-based artist Azuma Makoto’s room-sized installation, a homage to the magical beauty and lifeforce of plants, featuring a multitude of flowers and botanicals frozen into crystalline acrylic blocks that explore the complex and fragile relationship between humans and plants. And Mun-dirra, a monumental one-hundred-metre-long woven fish fence produced over two years by ten artists working with apprentices in Maningrida, Arnhem Land.

Marking the opening of the Triennial, the National Gallery of Victoria presents a week of celebrations culminating with a full day of free artist talks and curator-led conversations and tours on 3 December. Visit the website for additional events, including programs and resources specifically for kids and families.

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