Melbourne

Melbourne art galleries and their APRIL 2026 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.


Federation Square, CBD

ACMI
⚲ Map
Federation Square, Melbourne 3000.

Alcaston Gallery
84 William Street, Melbourne 3000.

APY Gallery Docklands
34 Tom Thumb Lane, Docklands 3008.

Art at St Francis’ Contemporary Art Space
⚲ Map
326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9663-2495.
bwremmen@bigpond.net.au
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 3.00. Closed Sat.
To May 3 My Local Landscape by Terry Matassoni – paintings and works on paper.
Courtesy of Australian Galleries Melbourne, and Sydney.

City Gallery
Melbourne Town Hall, 110 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.

D Lan Contemporary
40 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000.

First Site Gallery
⚲ Map
Storey Hall Basement, 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.
Facebook: @rmitgalleries
Instagram: @rmitgalleries
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00.
April 8 to May 1 Inheritance by Mita Chowdhury, Surging through exits when the bell goes by Hilary Dodd, Steel Karkade by Maree Nikimaya, and What I Remember in My Bones by Huiyi Xiao.

Hilary Dodd, Aesthetics of the Not-So-Hidden Curriculum (in the age of data) (detail), 2025

Hilary Dodd, Aesthetics of the Not-So-Hidden Curriculum (in the age of data) (detail), 2025 / Courtesy the artist and First Site Gallery

Koorie Heritage Trust
⚲ Map
Birrarung Building, Federation Square, cnr Swanston and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 8662-6300.
info@kht.org.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays.
To May 17 Blak Design: Treading Lightly.
To Sept 13 occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung).

National Gallery of Victoria
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
⚲ Map
Federation Square, cnr Russell and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000.

RMIT Gallery
⚲ Map
344 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.
Facebook: @rmitgalleries
Instagram: @rmitgalleries
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To May 2 Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South. See gallery website for a full list of artists. A multifaceted exhibition featuring Australian artists and writers who have been influenced by their observations and experiences of the Far South. The exhibition seeks to foster new encounters and perspectives, highlighting the power of art and literature to transform human awareness of the South Polar region. The exhibition examines the role artists and writers play in expanding the Antarctic imaginary, offering new understandings of one of the world’s most remote and fragile wilderness zones. Creative Antarctica features work by over 35 artists including new, site-specific installations as well as historically significant artworks, and is supported by a rich suite of talks, panels and workshops that provide a variety of engagement opportunities and modes of encounter with the Far South. Creative Antarctica demonstrates how artists and writers play an increasingly vital role in observing and recording the tensions between climate, landscape, technology, politics and humans. Lead Curator: Philip Samartzis This exhibition is presented across both RMIT Gallery and Design Hub Gallery.

David Neilson, Cartographer Noel Ward inspecting dog line in blizzard, Mawson Station, East Antarctica, December 1990

David Neilson, Cartographer Noel Ward inspecting dog line in blizzard, Mawson Station, East Antarctica, December 1990, 1990 / Courtesy the artist and RMIT Gallery

State Library Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.

Steven Print Gallery
208 Church Street, Richmond 3121.

Tolarno Galleries
Level 5, 104 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000.

West End Art Space
112 Adderley Street, West Melbourne 3003.

Flinders Lane

ARC ONE Gallery
⚲ Map
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9650-0589.
mail@arc1gallery.com
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, Tues by appointment.
March 4 to April 11 Beam running by Lydia Wegner.

BLINDSIDE
Nicholas Building, Level 7, Room 14, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.

Craft
Watson Place (off Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000.

Flinders Lane Gallery
⚲ Map
Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9654-3332.
info@flg.com.au
Director: Claire Harris.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00 or 3.00 on last Sat of each exhibition for de-install.
FLG presents their annual exhibition program both in-house and online via virtual tours.
The website also features an extensive, fully searchable online stockroom.
April 7 to 23 The Knot by Marise Maas.
April 28 to May 16 Step Outside by Melissa Boughey.

Marise Maas, Lemon, 2025

Marise Maas, Lemon, 2025, oil and acrylic on paper, 70 × 50cm / Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery

Melissa Boughey, Wetlands habitat, dark notes, light touches, 2025

Melissa Boughey, Wetlands habitat, dark notes, light touches, 2025, oil on linen, 153 ×153cm / Photograph: Bo Wong / Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery

fortyfivedownstairs
⚲ Map
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9662-9966.
gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com
Tues–Fri 12.00 to 7.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00. Closed Good Friday and Easter Saturday.
To April 18 Punchlines – group show. Also, Summer’s Rhythm by Adele Auchterlonie.

Adele Auchterlonie, Lounging In The Dunes

Adele Auchterlonie, Lounging In The Dunes, acrylic, oil pastel and paint pens on canvas, 76 × 101cm / Courtesy the artist and fortyfivedownstairs

April 21 to May 2 Sea like a mirror by Laura Williams, and Gathered by Lana Daubermann and Fiona O’Byrne.

Laura Williams, Between breezes, 2022

Laura Williams, Between breezes, 2022, watercolour on paper, cardboard, cotton thread, 45 × 90 × 10cm / Courtesy the artist and fortyfivedownstairs

Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
⚲ Map
Level 8, Room 16, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000.
0407-317-323.
st73599@bigpond.net.au
Director: Stephen McLaughlan.
Wed–Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.
April 8 to 25 Sue Callanan.
April 29 to May 16, 10/2026 curated by Stephen Wickham.

Southbank, Sth Melbourne

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
⚲ Map
111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.
(03) 9697-9999.
info@acca.melbourne
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
April 17 to June 14 Julius von Bismarck: This is not the storm. The first Australian solo exhibition by acclaimed German artist Julius von Bismarck.

Australian Tapestry Workshop
⚲ Map
262–266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205.

Buxton Contemporary
Cnr Dodds Street and Southbank Boulevard, University of Melbourne, Southbank 3006.

Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
⚲ Map
40 Dodds Street, Southbank 3006.
(03) 9035-9400.
fsmyer-gallery@unimelb.edu.au
Tues–Sat 12.00 to 5.00.
To April 11 Objects and Imagination artists: Khandakar Ohida, Moorina Bonini, Tessa Mackay, Julia Ciccarone, and Anu Kumar. The exhibition addresses the dialogue between the material world of objects and the boundless possibilities of human imagination. Through sculpture, painting, film, and photography the exhibition focusses the ways in which artists interpret and reinterpret familiar objects, transform everyday materials, and question the boundaries of perception. Highlighting the ways in which objects shape imagination, and imagination shapes the interpretation of objects, the exhibition articulates private and shared resonances within personal and universal contexts.

Moorina Bonini, installation of museum archival wooden boxes in the exhibition, Code-Switching: Creating Space to Align Structural Values, 2024

Moorina Bonini, installation of museum archival wooden boxes in the exhibition, Code-Switching: Creating Space to Align Structural Values, 2024, dimensions variable / Photograph: Andrew Curtis / Courtesy the artist and Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery

April 17 to May 16 wani toaishara – solo show. wani toaishara (b. 1990, Bukavu, D. R. Congo, lives and works Melbourne) is an artist whose works span various mediums including image-making, performance, installation and film. His practice explores Black life and representation, dislocation and Indigeneity. Engaging with the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Africa and its diaspora, toaishara often draws on personal narratives to create works of intimacy and resonance. In his films, urban spaces play a central role, recast from the everyday into theatrical sites of exploration and reflection. toaishara has exhibited and performed at Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Blak Dot Gallery, Wyndham Art Gallery, Arts House, and National Gallery Victoria, among other spaces. He has also received numerous awards and fellowships including a Green Room award, Arts House Evolution Award, Wyndham Art Prize, Darebin Art Prize, and most notably the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography award.

wani toaishara, do black boys go to heaven, 2021

wani toaishara, do black boys go to heaven, 2021, digital photo / Courtesy the artist and Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery

National Gallery of Victoria
NGV International
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180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004.

PCA Gallery
Print Council of Australia
⚲ Map
Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00.
The PCA Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary printmaking and artists’ books, including experimental forms of print and, more broadly, works on paper.

Carlton, Nth Melbourne

Bridget McDonnell Gallery
130 Faraday Street, Carlton 3053.

The Burke Gallery
Gateway Building, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville 3052.

The Dax Centre
⚲ Map
30 Royal Parade, Kenneth Myer Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010.
(03) 9349-2538.
info@daxcentre.org
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 3.30.
The Dax Centre work with emerging artists with lived experience of mental health issues, providing a safe and supportive environment for the artists to exhibit their work, develop their art practice and raise the public’s awareness of their important cultural contributions.

The Larwill Studio Melbourne – Art Series
48 Flemington Road, Parkville 3052.

Potter Museum of Art
University of Melbourne, Swanston Street (between Elgin and Faraday streets), Parkville 3010.

RMIT Design Hub Gallery
⚲ Map
Level 2, Building 100, RMIT University, Cnr Victoria and Swanston streets, Carlton 3053.
Facebook: @rmitgalleries
Instagram: @rmitgalleries
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To May 2 Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South. See gallery website for a full list of artists. A multifaceted exhibition featuring Australian artists and writers who have been influenced by their observations and experiences of the Far South. The exhibition seeks to foster new encounters and perspectives, highlighting the power of art and literature to transform human awareness of the South Polar region. The exhibition examines the role artists and writers play in expanding the Antarctic imaginary, offering new understandings of one of the world’s most remote and fragile wilderness zones. Creative Antarctica features work by over 35 artists including new, site-specific installations as well as historically significant artworks, and is supported by a rich suite of talks, panels and workshops that provide a variety of engagement opportunities and modes of encounter with the Far South. Creative Antarctica demonstrates how artists and writers play an increasingly vital role in observing and recording the tensions between climate, landscape, technology, politics and humans. Lead Curator: Philip Samartzis. This exhibition is presented across both RMIT Gallery and Design.

Keith Jack, Mt Erebus, Ross Is., 1914

Keith Jack, Mt Erebus, Ross Is., 1914 / Courtesy RMIT Gallery

Steps Gallery
Ground Floor, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton South 3053.

Fitzroy, Collingwood, Abbotsford

Artbank Melbourne
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18–24 Down Street, Collingwood 3066.

Australian Catholic University Sculpture Walk
115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy 3065.

Australian Galleries
⚲ Map
35 Derby Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 9417-4303.
melbourne@australiangalleries.com.au
Director: Stuart Purves AM.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00.
To April 18 Autumnal – group exhibition, and Unique State – group exhibition.
April 28 to May 16 Julian Twigg and Stu James.

Australian Galleries Stock Rooms
⚲ Map
28 Derby Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 9417-2422.
melbourne@australiangalleries.com.au
Director: Stuart Purves AM.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00.
To April 18 Prelude – emerging group show.
April 28 to May 16 Deborah William.

Australian Print Workshop
210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 3065.

Brunswick Street Gallery
Level 1 and 2, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.

cbOne Gallery
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Chapman & Bailey, 1C Marine Parade, Abbotsford 3067.
(03) 9415-8666.
gallery@chapmanbailey.com.au
chapmanbailey.com.au
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.30 to 3.00.
cbOne Gallery presents monthly exhibitions and works with a broad range of artists and Australian Aboriginal Art Centres. Browse their website for exhibitions, events, projects and stockroom.
To April 11 Between Bodies: Sylvia Wilson and Natalie Scholtz.
April 16 to May 16 Focus on Aboriginal Art and Culture Centres.

Sylvia Wilson and Natalie Scholtz, Between Bodies 02, 2026

Sylvia Wilson and Natalie Scholtz, Between Bodies 02, 2026, mixed media on Belle Arti Fabriano Paper Canvas, 150 × 105cm / Courtesy the artists and cbOne Gallery

Fox Galleries
63 Wellington Street, Collingwood 3066.

LOVED ONES GALLERY
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12 Robert Street, Collingwood 3066.
benjamin@lovedonesgallery.com
Mon–Wed by appointment, Thurs–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, and Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
May 8 to 22 Josh Lord – solo exhibition.

MAGMA Galleries
5 Bedford Street, Collingwood 3066.

Marios
303 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3068.

Nicholas Thompson Gallery
155 Langridge Street, Collingwood 3066.

North Gallery
Level 1, 55–57 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 3065.

Pineapple Gallery
81 Johnston Street, Collingwood 3066.

Red Gallery
157 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North 3068.

SOL Gallery
⚲ Map
420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.
(03) 9913-5833.
info@solgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 6.00, Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
April 7 to 19 S1: Darin Frankpitt, and Antonietta O’keefe.
S2: Shubham Malav.
Project Room: Linda Shaw and Mawrgan Shaw.
April 21 to May 3 S1: Harry Potocopy.
S2: Emily Medbury.

Harry Potocopy, Six Satisfied Customers

Harry Potocopy, Six Satisfied Customers, acrylic on canvas, 120 × 80cm / Courtesy the artist and SOL Gallery

Emily Medbury, Could you please face me

Emily Medbury, Could you please face me, mixed media, 61 × 46cm / Courtesy the artist and SOL Gallery

Sullivan+Strumpf | Melbourne
⚲ Map
107–109 Rupert Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 7046-6489.
art@sullivanstrumpf.com
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.
May 7 to June 6 to Liquid Vessels by Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran.

Tacit Art
314 Johnston Street, Abbotsford 3067.

VAS Gallery | Victorian Artist Society
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne 3002.

Vertical View Gallery
9/244 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.

Brunswick, Northcote

Beinart Gallery
307 Victoria Street, Brunswick 3056.

Counihan Gallery
Brunswick Town Hall (Merri-bek City Council), 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056.

Islamic Museum of Australia
15A Anderson Road, Thornbury 3071.

Neon Parc
15 Tinning Street, Brunswick 3056.

NGBE
255 Lygon Street, Brunswick East 3057.

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
189 High Street, Northcote 3070.

Sorse Gallery
31 Colebrook Street, Brunswick 3056.

Richmond

Charles Nodrum Gallery
⚲ Map
267 Church Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9427-0140.
gallery@charlesnodrumgallery.com.au
Director: Charles Nodrum (member of ACGA).
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 5.00.
April 7 to 24 Autumn Group Show.

Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
Cas Inc. PO Box 283, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9428-0568, 0407-059-194.
mail@contemporaryartsociety.org.au
A non-profit art society established 1938.
To April 6 A4 Art Australia 2026, held as part of the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival.
Open every weekend and public holidays. Gallery access via punt from Como Landing, South Yarra, 11.00 to 4.30.

The Front Room
Shamrock Street, Richmond 3121.

Lennox St. Gallery
⚲ Map
322–324 Lennox Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-2452.
contact@lennoxst.gallery
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays.
April 1 to 25 Être by Dagmar Cyrulla.

LON Gallery
136 Bridge Road, Richmond 3121.

Niagara Galleries
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245 Punt Road, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-3666.
mail@niagaragalleries.com.au
Director: William Nuttall (member of AGAA).
Wed–Fri 12.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
To April 18 Julie Dowling.
April 22 to May 23 Ken Whisson.

Roberson Art Gallery
⚲ Map
43 Bridge Road, Richmond 3121.

Sophie Gannon Gallery
2 Albert Street, Richmond 3121.

William Mora Galleries
⚲ Map
1/60 Tanner Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-1199.
mora@moragalleries.com.au
Director: Anna Mortley-Mora.
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, or by appointment. Established 1987.
To April 24 Ara-Thulu (tree) by Brian Martin, Srinivas Gomango, N’arwee’t Caroline Briggs, and Deeptimayee Patro. A partnership between Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab Monash University and Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India. In collaboration with BLAKDOT Gallery.
April 30 to May 28 (opening Thurs April 30, 6–8pm) Objects of Desire artists: Lisa Barmby, Steve Cox, Elizabeth Gertsakis, Deanne Gilson, Jumaadi, Jo Lane, Helen Maudsley, Darren McDonald, Mirka Mora, John Perceval, and Therese Strauss. To be opened by Dr Philipa Rothfield, Philosophy and Politics, La Trobe University.
Creature 1–3
performed by Katrina Rank on Sat May 9, 16, and 23 at 2pm.

Women’s Art Register
⚲ Map
Celebrating 50 years: 1975–2025
Richmond Library, 415 Church Street, Richmond 3121.
hello@womensartregister.org
Instagram: @womensartregister
By appointment only.
The Women’s Art Register is Australia’s living archive of women’s art practice and an artist-run, not-for-profit community and resource with information on 5,000+ women artists. Supported by the City of Yarra.

Toorak, Sth Yarra, Prahran

Artemisia Gallery & Event Space
248 High Street, Windsor 3181.

The Cullen Melbourne – Art Series
164 Commercial Road, Prahran 3181.

FIN Gallery
437 High Street, Prahran 3181.

Fletcher Arts
1/404 Malvern Road, South Yarra 3141.

Gallerysmith
40 Porter Street, Prahran 3181.

MARS Gallery
7 James Street, Windsor 3181.

Neon Parc
1 Hazeldon Place, South Yarra 3141.

The Olsen Melbourne – Art Series
637–641 Chapel Street, South Yarra 3141.

OTOMYS
424 Malvern Road , Prahran 3181.

Scott Livesey Galleries
⚲ Map
610 High Street, Prahran 3181.
(03) 9824-7770.
info@scottliveseygalleries.com
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
April 8 to 24 Alfred Lowe.

STATION | Melbourne
9 Ellis Street, South Yarra 3141.

St Kilda, Elwood, Brighton

Bayley Arts
1 Avoca Street, Highett 3190.

Bayside Gallery
⚲ Map / Melway Melway 67 F10
Cnr Wilson and Carpenter streets, Brighton 3186.
(03) 9261-7111.
gallery@bayside.vic.gov.au
Free entry.
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 1.00 to 5.00.
To April 19 Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection – presents an intimate, rarely seen collection by one of the most original artists of early twentieth-century Australia. Deeply sensitive to the effects of colour, light and atmosphere, Beckett painted the life and scenery of her coastal home in south-east Naarm/Melbourne with an eye for the commonplace and fleeting effects of nature. Her work captures a world on the cusp of modernisation, evoking both the natural environment and simple pleasures of suburbia.Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by The Australian Government through Visions of Australia.

Clarice Beckett, Sandringham Beach, c.1933

Clarice Beckett, Sandringham Beach, c.1933, oil on canvas, 55.8 × 50.9cm / National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri Canberra, purchased 1971

Also, Encounters with Port Phillip Bay. Drawing from Bayside City Council’s Art and Heritage Collection, Encounters with Port Phillip Bay explores the longstanding tradition of artists engaging with Melbourne’s expansive and picturesque coastline.

Lynne Boyd, Evening farewell, 2021

Lynne Boyd, Evening farewell, 2021, oil on linen, 122 × 91cm / Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection / Purchased 2024

Caelene nee Glen
art advisory and gallery
⚲ Map
Bunurong Country, 143 Martin Street, Brighton 3186.
0437-776-903.
cng@caeleneneeglen.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 6.00.
April 2 to 19 Convergence by Santiago Mals and Yoony Yoony.

Carlisle Street Arts Space
99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda 3182.

Kingston Arts Centre
⚲ Map
979 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin 3189.
(03) 9556-4440.
arts@kington.vic.gov.au
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
To May 16 Ikwewak (Women) by Caroline Monnet, Diva Worship by Hannah Brontë, and We are not our names and we are not our bodies by David Rosetzky.

Linden New Art
⚲ Map
26 Acland Street, St Kilda 3182.
(03) 9534-0099.
gallery@lindenarts.org
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
To May 24 Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art by Ernie Althoff, Carolyn Eskdale, Raafat Ishak, Callum Morton, Rose Nolan, Robbie Rowlands, Mitch Mahoney, Fiona Abicare, and Ry Haskings.
Also, The Long Journey Home by Maree Clarke.
To May 17 Sound of Colour·Speed of Light by Michael Graeve and Christoph Dahlhausen.

M.33
16 Carlisle Avenue, Balaclava 3183.

Vivien Anderson Gallery
⚲ Map
284–290 St Kilda Road, St Kilda 3182.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To April 18 The Women’s Show.

Armadale, Malvern

Firestation Print Studio Gallery
⚲ Map
2 Willis Street, Armadale 3143.
(03) 9509-1782.
fire@fps.org.au
Director: Liz McDowell.
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
April 8 to May 2 (opening April 16, 6–8pm) Firestation Print Studio Artists Book Prize 2026.
Esteemed Judging Panel: Susan Long – curator, State Library Victoria, Marian Carwford – artist and senior lecturer.
This year’s prizes are sponsored by Melbourne Etching Supplies.

Libby Edwards Galleries
Station Street, Malvern 3144.

Malvern Artists’ Society Gallery
1297–1299 High Street, Malvern 3144.

Manyung Gallery Malvern
6–10 Claremont Avenue, Malvern 3144.

Hawthorn

Ladder Art Space
⚲ Map
81 Denmark Street, Kew 3101.
(03) 9852-8772.
info@ladderartspace.com.au
Tues–Sat 11.30 to 5.00. Closed public holidays and outside exhibition dates.
Exhibition catalogues will be available via website. Applications are now open for our second half of 2026 exhibition program – proposal guidelines are available on our website. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any further information.
April 11 to May 2 (opening Fri April 10, 6–8pm) PPE Pandemic and Conflict Portrait by Sarah Cusack, The Vatwa of Angola by Guy Needham, Antagonism by Muzaffer Oruçoglu, and Behind the Wallpaper by Kerrie Giddings.

Quadrant Gallery + Art Advisory
72 Barkers Road, Hawthorn 3122.

Town Hall Gallery
⚲ Map
360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn 3122.
(03) 9278-4770.
arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00. Closed for Easter long weekend.
To April 25 The Secret Life of Wings by Yee Ann Chiu – celebrates the spirited personalities of Australian birds in familiar Melbourne landscapes.
To April 26 Familial sees six artists navigate the emotional and psychological terrain of family. Presented by the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Artists: Taysir Batniji, E. J. Hassan, Nur Aishah Kenton, Mariela Sancari, Abigail Varney, and Annie Wang.
To May 2 Garden Harvest by Erasmus Primary School. Brings together a series of still life drawings by young students inspired by their school garden.
To July 25 Wall of Magic Creatures by Kate Beynon. Become immersed in a magical world of colourful spirits inspired by supernatural tales and the Lunar zodiac. Beynon invites you to interact with a constantly transforming wall of fantastic figures along with an animation created by Beynon’s TudoFAM.

Kate Beynon, Wall of Magic Creatures

Kate Beynon, Wall of Magic Creatures, installation view, Town Hall Gallery, 2026 / © the artist / Courtesy the artist, Sutton Gallery, Naarm Melbourne, and City of Boroondara

Caulfield, Elsternwick

Gallery Sunari
444 Centre Road, Bentleigh 3204.

Glen Eira City Council Gallery
⚲ Map
Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn roads, Caulfield 3162.
(03) 9524-3333.
Curator: Diane Soumilas. Free entry.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 1.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays, and between exhibitions.
To April 26 Gallery One: Bound by Thread by Naarm Textile Collective, and Gallery Two: Together by Bill Potiris.

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
⚲ Map
Boonwurrung Country, 5 Malakoff Street, North Caulfield 3161.
(03) 9509-9855.
ausart@diggins.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, or by appointment. Closed for Easter break April 2–6.
Specialists in Australian Colonial, Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary and Indigenous painting, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts.
From April 18 JOHN DENT: Gouaches.
April 30 to May 3 exhibiting at the AAADA Fair, Malvern Town Hall.

John Dent, Backbeach Sorrento

John Dent, Backbeach Sorrento, gouache on paper, 75 × 51.5cm / Courtesy the artist and Lauraine Diggins Fine Art

MADA Gallery
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Building D, Ground Floor, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East 3145.

Melbourne Holocaust Museum
13 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick 3185.

Monash University Museum of Art
Ground Floor, Building F, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East 3145.

Greater Melbourne

Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden
⚲ Map
6 Manningham Road West, Bulleen 3105.
(03) 8850-3030.
Daily 9.00 to 5.00.
To April 7 Surface Tensions – group exhibition of Eltham ceramic artists.
April 11 to May 19 Natural Connections, Prints, Paintings, Ceramics and Artist Books by Karen Neal.

Box Hill Community Arts Centre
470 Station Street, Box Hill 3128.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora 3083.

Bunjil Place
2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren 3805.

Burrinja Gallery
⚲ Map
Wurundjeri Country, Burrinja Cultural Centre, 351 Glenfern Road, Upwey 3158.

Darebin Arts Centre
401 Bell Street (corner Bell Street and St Georges Road), Preston 3072.

Deakin University Art Gallery
⚲ Map
Deakin Burwood Campus (Building FA), 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125.
artgallery@deakin.edu.au
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00. Closed public holidays.
To May 1 ELK: Luke Cornish A survey of significant works from the career of Luke Cornish, also known as ELK, one of Australia’s leading stencil artists. Working in the medium for more than two decades, the exhibition traces the development of his career from the streets of his hometown of Kamberri/Canberra, to galleries across Australia and internationally. Now living in Gadigal Nura/Sydney, Cornish’s works are meticulously constructed using up to one thousand stencils and hundreds of layers of aerosol paint. A self-described artist/activist, his works tackle complex social issues including urban-living, freedom of expression, consumerism and the effects of conflict. Curated by Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts. Please note: Some works in this exhibition feature imagery relating to war, religion and social conflict.

Luke Cornish (ELK), Kevin McKenzie, 2025

Luke Cornish (ELK), Kevin McKenzie, 2025, stencil, aerosol and acrylic on canvas / © the artist / Courtesy the artist and Deakin University Art Gallery

Galleria Crocodillo
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738 Plenty Road, Reservoir 3073.
0458-191-429.
galleria.crocodillo@gmail.com
Thurs 11.00 to 6.00, Fri–Sat 12.00 to 8.00, Sun 1.00–6.00. Open Easter long weekend.
April 2 to 12 Write Up – an exhibition that explores identity and love, childhood memories, and inner beauty.

Gertrude Contemporary
21–31 High Street, Preston South 3072.

Heide Museum of Modern Art
7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen 3105.

Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens (Benga)
66 McCrae Street, Dandenong 3175.

Loft 275
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Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, Level 1, 275 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe 3079.
Mon–Thurs 9.00 to 9.00, Fri 9.00 to 6.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
April 9 to May 10 (opening Thurs April 9, 6:30–8:30pm) CHRYSALIS by Lachlan Plain. Presented by Melbourne International Animation Festival, Sanctum Studio and Banyule City Council.

Manningham Art Gallery
687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108.

Manyung Gallery Strathmore
335 Napier Street, Strathmore 3041.

Montsalvat: Barn, Residents and Woodshop Galleries
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7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham 3095.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG)
(map ref Melway 145 G4)
Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington 3931.

Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
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860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill 3150.
(03) 8544-0500.
maph@monash.vic.gov.au
Instagram: @maph_photography
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon and public holidays.
To May 24 Coded blooms | flowers have never been innocent – begins with the American artist Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs of flowers set the tone for a contemporary rereading of the floral. Drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, his works provide a charged framework for the exhibition. In his hands, the bloom becomes sculptural, erotic and exacting. From here, four artists push the floral beyond polite still-life traditions into new, unruly terrain. Pat Brassington, Del Kathryn Barton, Jake Preval, and Meng-Yu Yan – each take the floral in distinct directions, exploring the psychological, the sensual, the bodily and the relational. Curated by Angela Connor.

Pat Brassington, Annunciation #2, 2025

Pat Brassington, Annunciation #2, 2025, pigment ink-jet print, 65 × 55cm / Courtesy the artist and Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)

Spacecraft
7/107–109 Whitehall Street, Footscray 3011.

TarraWarra Museum of Art
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313 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road, Healesville 3777.
To July 5 TarraWarra International 2026: System Release.
Curated by Dr Emily Cormack.

Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre
Cnr Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong 3175.

Whitehorse Artspace
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Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill 3128.
(03) 9262-6250.
artspace@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To May 16 Irrepressible: Exchanging ideas through printmaking. In this exhibition artist Rona Green brings together 53 artists from across Victoria, inviting them to express what currently captures their imagination – from the provocative to the evocative.

Karen Neal, A Riot of Rainbow Lorikeets, 2025

Karen Neal, A Riot of Rainbow Lorikeets, 2025, hand-coloured linocut, 28 × 28cm / © the artist / Courtesy the artist and Whitehorse Artspace

Yering Station Art Gallery
38 Melba Highway, Yarra Glen 3775.

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