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EXHIBITIONS
DOCKLANDS
XYZ Photo Gallery - Docklands
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Japan:
Photos by Australians
Selections by Japanese
Julie Barratt, Sophie Breckenridge, Dean Constable, Luke David, Mark Davidson, George El Hajj, E.F.P., Scott Gould, Jem Hargreaves, Joseph Hixson, Miracle Mak, Mark Munro, Sara Nash, Desmond Ong, Nick Orloff, Michaela Ottone, Rosalind Pach, Helen Phillippou, Hayden Phoenix, Riley Purcell, Elizabeth Reeder, Andrew Tan, Jonny Tanoto, Marty Walker, Darcy Welbourn, Asher Woods.
To 19 April 2026
We Australians have a understanding of Japan there are things that interest us. What would a Japanese choose to illustrate their culture from the images we make?
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Japan:
Photos by Australians
Selections by Japanese
Julie Barratt, Sophie Breckenridge, Dean Constable, Luke David, Mark Davidson, George El Hajj, E.F.P., Scott Gould, Jem Hargreaves, Joseph Hixson, Miracle Mak, Mark Munro, Sara Nash, Desmond Ong, Nick Orloff, Michaela Ottone, Rosalind Pach, Helen Phillippou, Hayden Phoenix, Riley Purcell, Elizabeth Reeder, Andrew Tan, Jonny Tanoto, Marty Walker, Darcy Welbourn, Asher Woods.
To 19 April 2026
We Australians have a understanding of Japan there are things that interest us. What would a Japanese choose to illustrate their culture from the images we make?
Magnet Gallery - Docklands
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TBA
The passing of Michael Silver is a blow for photography in this city. Michael and Susanne have been the powerhouse behind Magnet Gallery. His contribution in encouraging photographers and providing a place to show, admire and discuss photography has been an inspiration to us here at XYZ and the newsletter. May he rest in peace and may what has been achieved to date be just the start of his legacy.
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The passing of Michael Silver is a blow for photography in this city. Michael and Susanne have been the powerhouse behind Magnet Gallery. His contribution in encouraging photographers and providing a place to show, admire and discuss photography has been an inspiration to us here at XYZ and the newsletter. May he rest in peace and may what has been achieved to date be just the start of his legacy.
Kindred Camera - Docklands
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Anomaly: Out of Place
A Group Exhibition by Kindred Cameras
14 to 24 March 2026
Anomaly: Out of Place brings together artists whose work sits just outside the expected. This exhibition gathers pieces that resist neat categorisation, lean into irregularity, or feel slightly misaligned with their surroundings.
An anomaly might emerge through process, material, subject, or approach. It may be found in experimental or alternative techniques, in unexpected combinations of form, or in quiet disruptions that unsettle familiar patterns. Some works may appear subtly displaced; others may challenge convention more directly.
Rather than seeking spectacle, this exhibition honours the gentle deviation, the unresolved detail, the work that does not quite belong yet insists on being seen. Anomaly: Out of Place invites viewers to linger with what feels different, and to consider the beauty held in misfit and divergence.
As it was, as they were
Matthew Jones
11 to 21 April 2026
A selection of photographs captured across different times, mediums and experimental approaches. The works loosely explore existence through everyday moments, imperfections, beauty found in the ordinary and ordinary found in the beauty. Some images connect naturally, most clash. Seen together they show a raw and fragmented rhythm of everyday life.
Optimistic Nihilism: Nature’s Imitations
Sionainne Costello
11 to 21 April 2026
This exhibition explores the theme of mimicry and imitation in nature, revealing unexpected connections between the microscopic, the human, and the cosmic. Through a series of comparative images, the work examines how patterns, forms and structures recur across different scales of existence—from molecular arrangements invisible to the naked eye to life-size phenomena that we encounter in our daily environment. By juxtaposing natural and human-made forms, the exhibition illuminates the surprising ways in which visual and structural echoes appear throughout the world, prompting reflection on both the complexity and the simplicity inherent in nature’s design.
Noesis: In Visual Absence a Formula Emerges
Peta Louise Tranquille
9 to 19 May 2026
Noesis takes its title from the philosophical term for intellectual knowing — understanding that exists independently of sensory perception. The exhibition is grounded in the artist’s lived experience of aphantasia, where mental imagery is absent. When memory is accessed through photographs, what persists most clearly are objects rather than scenes; however, narrative remains central, formed through reasoning, association, and contextual understanding rather than visual replay.
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Anomaly: Out of Place
A Group Exhibition by Kindred Cameras
14 to 24 March 2026
Anomaly: Out of Place brings together artists whose work sits just outside the expected. This exhibition gathers pieces that resist neat categorisation, lean into irregularity, or feel slightly misaligned with their surroundings.
An anomaly might emerge through process, material, subject, or approach. It may be found in experimental or alternative techniques, in unexpected combinations of form, or in quiet disruptions that unsettle familiar patterns. Some works may appear subtly displaced; others may challenge convention more directly.
Rather than seeking spectacle, this exhibition honours the gentle deviation, the unresolved detail, the work that does not quite belong yet insists on being seen. Anomaly: Out of Place invites viewers to linger with what feels different, and to consider the beauty held in misfit and divergence.
As it was, as they were
Matthew Jones
11 to 21 April 2026
A selection of photographs captured across different times, mediums and experimental approaches. The works loosely explore existence through everyday moments, imperfections, beauty found in the ordinary and ordinary found in the beauty. Some images connect naturally, most clash. Seen together they show a raw and fragmented rhythm of everyday life.
Optimistic Nihilism: Nature’s Imitations
Sionainne Costello
11 to 21 April 2026
This exhibition explores the theme of mimicry and imitation in nature, revealing unexpected connections between the microscopic, the human, and the cosmic. Through a series of comparative images, the work examines how patterns, forms and structures recur across different scales of existence—from molecular arrangements invisible to the naked eye to life-size phenomena that we encounter in our daily environment. By juxtaposing natural and human-made forms, the exhibition illuminates the surprising ways in which visual and structural echoes appear throughout the world, prompting reflection on both the complexity and the simplicity inherent in nature’s design.
Noesis: In Visual Absence a Formula Emerges
Peta Louise Tranquille
9 to 19 May 2026
Noesis takes its title from the philosophical term for intellectual knowing — understanding that exists independently of sensory perception. The exhibition is grounded in the artist’s lived experience of aphantasia, where mental imagery is absent. When memory is accessed through photographs, what persists most clearly are objects rather than scenes; however, narrative remains central, formed through reasoning, association, and contextual understanding rather than visual replay.
INNER CITY
Hillvale Gallery - Brunswick
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Australian Lustre
Trent Mitchell
13 March — 19 April, 2026
A collection of vibrant landscapes and sunburnt vignettes, drawn from a 15-year photographic journey across Australia. Drawing links with the idyllic holidays of his childhood, contemplating the notions of time and memory, and exploring where we belong in this, at times, strange place we call home. Building on the success of his stellar 320-page photobook Australian Lustre first published in 2024, now in it’s second edition (2025), Mitchell’s photographs are both playful and contemplative and invite the viewer’s to reflect on evolving realities and layered contradictions of the contemporary Australian landscape.
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Australian Lustre
Trent Mitchell
13 March — 19 April, 2026
A collection of vibrant landscapes and sunburnt vignettes, drawn from a 15-year photographic journey across Australia. Drawing links with the idyllic holidays of his childhood, contemplating the notions of time and memory, and exploring where we belong in this, at times, strange place we call home. Building on the success of his stellar 320-page photobook Australian Lustre first published in 2024, now in it’s second edition (2025), Mitchell’s photographs are both playful and contemplative and invite the viewer’s to reflect on evolving realities and layered contradictions of the contemporary Australian landscape.
Sol Gallery - Fitzroy
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‘TO HAVE SEEN SOMETHING, IS TO NOT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING ELSE’
Bronte Mietta Chris Macpherson Christopher Allery Jasmine Moseley Sara Maiorino
to 29 March 2026
“To have seen something, is to not have seen something else’ is an exhibition that conceptually ties together the photographic practices of five emerging artists based in Naarm (Melbourne), Meanjin (Brisbane) and Mparntwe (Alice Springs). The collective recently came across this quote in the oversaturated visual space of social media and felt it illustrated the photographic process - what is perceived through a lens takes precedence over what is omitted from the frame, whether by chance, intent or limitation. New works presented in this exhibition demonstrate a distinction between the focuses of each artist. By arranging these works together, the exhibition aims to encourage the viewer to consider the dialogues between the compositions and what is visible or absent.’
BENGAL STORYTELLERS
Kazi Mehrab Hossain Opi
31 March to 5 April 2026
“Photography to me is an instrument that allows me to explore around me in a different way, where I can hold the moments that I discover. I am passionate in photographing nature, landscapes, and the diverse wildlife. My photography captures mostly the quiet moments of nature that often go unnoticed. I am interested in stillness, the calm of forests, open fields, rivers, and the silent presence of animals. These moments seem to be simple, but they carry insightful meaning and significant beauty. I observe that nature speaks softly, and photography helps me listen, feel, and understand nature better. My work focuses on unexplored aspects of everyday environments. I try to observe and frame the reality. Photography allows me to explore life, time, and truth through light and space. My photographic efforts shall hopefully allow viewers to slow down, and connect with the natural world in a more thoughtful way.”
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‘TO HAVE SEEN SOMETHING, IS TO NOT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING ELSE’
Bronte Mietta Chris Macpherson Christopher Allery Jasmine Moseley Sara Maiorino
to 29 March 2026
“To have seen something, is to not have seen something else’ is an exhibition that conceptually ties together the photographic practices of five emerging artists based in Naarm (Melbourne), Meanjin (Brisbane) and Mparntwe (Alice Springs). The collective recently came across this quote in the oversaturated visual space of social media and felt it illustrated the photographic process - what is perceived through a lens takes precedence over what is omitted from the frame, whether by chance, intent or limitation. New works presented in this exhibition demonstrate a distinction between the focuses of each artist. By arranging these works together, the exhibition aims to encourage the viewer to consider the dialogues between the compositions and what is visible or absent.’
BENGAL STORYTELLERS
Kazi Mehrab Hossain Opi
31 March to 5 April 2026
“Photography to me is an instrument that allows me to explore around me in a different way, where I can hold the moments that I discover. I am passionate in photographing nature, landscapes, and the diverse wildlife. My photography captures mostly the quiet moments of nature that often go unnoticed. I am interested in stillness, the calm of forests, open fields, rivers, and the silent presence of animals. These moments seem to be simple, but they carry insightful meaning and significant beauty. I observe that nature speaks softly, and photography helps me listen, feel, and understand nature better. My work focuses on unexplored aspects of everyday environments. I try to observe and frame the reality. Photography allows me to explore life, time, and truth through light and space. My photographic efforts shall hopefully allow viewers to slow down, and connect with the natural world in a more thoughtful way.”
Fitzroy Public Art Gallery - Fitzroy
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The City Is Not Still
Andrew Tan and Rosalind Pach
To 22 March 2026
In this joint exhibition, Andrew Tan and Rosalind Pach reimagine the city as a living, shifting force. Long exposures, overlaps, and blurred figures reveal an urban world defined by flow rather than form.
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The City Is Not Still
Andrew Tan and Rosalind Pach
To 22 March 2026
In this joint exhibition, Andrew Tan and Rosalind Pach reimagine the city as a living, shifting force. Long exposures, overlaps, and blurred figures reveal an urban world defined by flow rather than form.
Counihan Gallery - Brunswick
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Pit Yourself Against
Ma Ei
to 19 April 2026
The artist seeks to highlight the invisible struggles and unspoken truths that people carry when they are not at peace. In these new video and photographic self-portraits, the fragility, resilience, and depth of human experience is laid bare, urging us to reflect on what it means to seek peace in a turbulent world.
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Pit Yourself Against
Ma Ei
to 19 April 2026
The artist seeks to highlight the invisible struggles and unspoken truths that people carry when they are not at peace. In these new video and photographic self-portraits, the fragility, resilience, and depth of human experience is laid bare, urging us to reflect on what it means to seek peace in a turbulent world.
Neon Parc - Brunswick
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True Love at Dawn
Anna Higgins
to 11 April 2026
Bringing together nine new large-scale works, ‘True Love at Dawn’ explores perception, memory and romantic longing. The exhibition takes its title from a short story by Yukio Mishima in which a couple seek refuge in the subtle and unstable light of dusk and dawn, where forms appear in silhouette and time seems briefly suspended, preserving the illusion of youth and innocence. Higgins situates her work within this transitional light, drawing on its atmosphere of desire, reverie and the poignancy of passing time.
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True Love at Dawn
Anna Higgins
to 11 April 2026
Bringing together nine new large-scale works, ‘True Love at Dawn’ explores perception, memory and romantic longing. The exhibition takes its title from a short story by Yukio Mishima in which a couple seek refuge in the subtle and unstable light of dusk and dawn, where forms appear in silhouette and time seems briefly suspended, preserving the illusion of youth and innocence. Higgins situates her work within this transitional light, drawing on its atmosphere of desire, reverie and the poignancy of passing time.
CITY
Leica Gallery Melbourne - Melbourne
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Fading Threads
Levin Mundinger
To 12 May 2026
“Fading Threads offers a brief glimpse into the lives of nomads at 5200 metres in the Himalayan mountain ranges. Moments from their everyday lives, that is both challenging and inspiring. The children are often sent to boarding school or join the army in the hope of new opportunities, gradually reshaping the nomadic way of life. I feel fortunate to have had this opportunity to capture and experience such a unique lifestyle and beautiful traditions.” - Levin Mundinger.
Levin’s passion for visual storytelling focuses on filmmaking, with photography remaining an integral part of his creative process. He works across commercial and documentary projects - often centred on people and natural, unscripted moments. He brings his photographic eye to his filmmaking approach, blending cinematic storytelling with an image-led, observational style.
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Fading Threads
Levin Mundinger
To 12 May 2026
“Fading Threads offers a brief glimpse into the lives of nomads at 5200 metres in the Himalayan mountain ranges. Moments from their everyday lives, that is both challenging and inspiring. The children are often sent to boarding school or join the army in the hope of new opportunities, gradually reshaping the nomadic way of life. I feel fortunate to have had this opportunity to capture and experience such a unique lifestyle and beautiful traditions.” - Levin Mundinger.
Levin’s passion for visual storytelling focuses on filmmaking, with photography remaining an integral part of his creative process. He works across commercial and documentary projects - often centred on people and natural, unscripted moments. He brings his photographic eye to his filmmaking approach, blending cinematic storytelling with an image-led, observational style.
NGV International - Melbourne
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Women Photographers 1900–1975
A Legacy of Light
Various artists
to 3 May 2026
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975. Featuring prints, postcards, photobooks and magazines, the exhibition explores the role of photographers as image-makers, and the ways in which women artists create an image of themselves, of others, of the times – from images of the women’s suffrage movement at the turn of the twentieth century, through to the women’s liberation movement and beyond. From Melbourne to Tokyo, Paris to Buenos Aires, the exhibition showcases the works of trailblazing artists.
City Gallery - Melbourne
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Exhibition: On the street where I live
Viva Gibb
5 March to 7 August 2026
On the street where I live showcases the photography of artist Viva Jillian Gibb (1945–2017). Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s she documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived. For nearly two decades, this was the primary focus of her work. Jewel-like portraits predominate, with her subjects set in a distinctive inner-suburban landscape. Grounded in her strong social and political convictions, Gibb created a sympathetic portrait of the community during a transformative period in Melbourne’s history.
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Exhibition: On the street where I live
Viva Gibb
5 March to 7 August 2026
On the street where I live showcases the photography of artist Viva Jillian Gibb (1945–2017). Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s she documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived. For nearly two decades, this was the primary focus of her work. Jewel-like portraits predominate, with her subjects set in a distinctive inner-suburban landscape. Grounded in her strong social and political convictions, Gibb created a sympathetic portrait of the community during a transformative period in Melbourne’s history.
City Library - Melbourne
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Manifesto Melbourne
Greg Branson
3 June to 12 July 2026
Artist Greg Branson visualises the city by crafting one photograph inspired by each master - translating their distinctive styles, philosophies and ways of seeing into Melbourne’s contemporary streetscape. Branson captures the spirit of these icons within Melbourne’s own visual language.
Familiar sites, the National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria Market, City laneways and the city’s dynamic dining culture all become meditations on light, geometry and emotion. These works are not imitation but homage: each print an exploration of how temperament and vision shape perception itself. Together, they form a collective portrait of Melbourne as muse - restless, reflective and endlessly photogenic.
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Manifesto Melbourne
Greg Branson
3 June to 12 July 2026
Artist Greg Branson visualises the city by crafting one photograph inspired by each master - translating their distinctive styles, philosophies and ways of seeing into Melbourne’s contemporary streetscape. Branson captures the spirit of these icons within Melbourne’s own visual language.
Familiar sites, the National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria Market, City laneways and the city’s dynamic dining culture all become meditations on light, geometry and emotion. These works are not imitation but homage: each print an exploration of how temperament and vision shape perception itself. Together, they form a collective portrait of Melbourne as muse - restless, reflective and endlessly photogenic.
Tolarno Galleries - Melbourne
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Holding Ceremony
Brook Andrew
21 March to 18 April 2026
Brook Andrew descends from the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples of southeast Australia and is an internationally renowned artist and curator. His studio is located in Melbourne on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nations. Brook’s creative practice centers Indigenous ways of being and offers powerful insights into contemporary conditions and the legacies of colonialism. He presents his artwork in Australia and internationally, with Wiradjuri language, and research-based museum and public space interventions being central to his practice.
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Holding Ceremony
Brook Andrew
21 March to 18 April 2026
Brook Andrew descends from the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples of southeast Australia and is an internationally renowned artist and curator. His studio is located in Melbourne on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nations. Brook’s creative practice centers Indigenous ways of being and offers powerful insights into contemporary conditions and the legacies of colonialism. He presents his artwork in Australia and internationally, with Wiradjuri language, and research-based museum and public space interventions being central to his practice.
RMIT Gallery - Melbourne
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Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South
Various artists
to 02 May 2026
The exhibition seeks to foster new encounters and perspectives, highlighting the transformative power of art and literature in unveiling the complexities of the South Polar region.
The exhibition examines the role artists and writers play in expanding the Antarctic narrative to afford new understandings and access to one of the world’s most remote and fragile wilderness zones. Creative Antarctica features both site specific and historically significant works of art, supported by a rich assortment of talks, panels and workshops that offer a variety of engagement opportunities, and modes of encounter with the Far South.
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Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South
Various artists
to 02 May 2026
The exhibition seeks to foster new encounters and perspectives, highlighting the transformative power of art and literature in unveiling the complexities of the South Polar region.
The exhibition examines the role artists and writers play in expanding the Antarctic narrative to afford new understandings and access to one of the world’s most remote and fragile wilderness zones. Creative Antarctica features both site specific and historically significant works of art, supported by a rich assortment of talks, panels and workshops that offer a variety of engagement opportunities, and modes of encounter with the Far South.
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
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International Women's Day Exhibition
Suzanne Phoenix
To 15 April 2026
An exhibition by Suzanne Phoenix featuring photographic portraits of cis and trans women and gender diverse people responding to what International Women's Day means to them.
This year's exhibition sees raw and honest portraits of 23 people from activists, artists, authors, dancers, models, musicians, photojournalists, singers, connectors and collectors who join the nearly 200 portraits by Suzanne Phoenix over the past 15 years.
Each subject responds to the question what International Women's Day means to them through their portrait and personal written response.
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International Women's Day Exhibition
Suzanne Phoenix
To 15 April 2026
An exhibition by Suzanne Phoenix featuring photographic portraits of cis and trans women and gender diverse people responding to what International Women's Day means to them.
This year's exhibition sees raw and honest portraits of 23 people from activists, artists, authors, dancers, models, musicians, photojournalists, singers, connectors and collectors who join the nearly 200 portraits by Suzanne Phoenix over the past 15 years.
Each subject responds to the question what International Women's Day means to them through their portrait and personal written response.
Old Treasury Building - Melbourne
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Swinging Sixties
Various
Until 2027
The 1960s is remembered as a turbulent decade. In contrast to the ‘conservative’ 1950s, the sixties are associated with changing ideas, youthful rebellion and experimentation. New music, new fashions and new attitudes to authority defined ‘the generation gap’.
Making Modern Melbourne
historical photographs & Sarah Pannell
Indefinitely
An optimistic new nation was created at the dawn of the 20th century. Australia was self-governing, and Melbourne would be its temporary capital while Canberra was constructed.
This free exhibition at Old Treasury Building examines the tumultuous century that was to come, with two world wars and a Depression. But also, a ‘long boom’, multiculturalism, rights for all citizens, increased public transport and heritage laws which would protect the historic buildings we still have today!
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Swinging Sixties
Various
Until 2027
The 1960s is remembered as a turbulent decade. In contrast to the ‘conservative’ 1950s, the sixties are associated with changing ideas, youthful rebellion and experimentation. New music, new fashions and new attitudes to authority defined ‘the generation gap’.
Making Modern Melbourne
historical photographs & Sarah Pannell
Indefinitely
An optimistic new nation was created at the dawn of the 20th century. Australia was self-governing, and Melbourne would be its temporary capital while Canberra was constructed.
This free exhibition at Old Treasury Building examines the tumultuous century that was to come, with two world wars and a Depression. But also, a ‘long boom’, multiculturalism, rights for all citizens, increased public transport and heritage laws which would protect the historic buildings we still have today!
Arc One - Melbourne
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BEAM
Lydia Wegner
4 March to 11 April 2026
Photography has always been bound to time. Every image is a record of duration: the brief interval in which the camera shutter remains open, whether a fraction of a second or something more extended, is seized and fixed in perpetuity. The photograph is therefore both an index of a moment and a container of it—time compressed, held, and made visible.
In Lydia Wegner’s new series, however, another register of time enters the frame—one far older than the photographic apparatus. The logic of the sundial, used in ancient civilisations over three millennia ago, has crept into the artist’s studio. A sundial, in its simplest form, consists of a flat plane and a raised gnomon whose shadow traces the sun’s passage across the sky. Time is not measured mechanically but cosmically, through the relationship between light, surface, and movement.
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BEAM
Lydia Wegner
4 March to 11 April 2026
Photography has always been bound to time. Every image is a record of duration: the brief interval in which the camera shutter remains open, whether a fraction of a second or something more extended, is seized and fixed in perpetuity. The photograph is therefore both an index of a moment and a container of it—time compressed, held, and made visible.
In Lydia Wegner’s new series, however, another register of time enters the frame—one far older than the photographic apparatus. The logic of the sundial, used in ancient civilisations over three millennia ago, has crept into the artist’s studio. A sundial, in its simplest form, consists of a flat plane and a raised gnomon whose shadow traces the sun’s passage across the sky. Time is not measured mechanically but cosmically, through the relationship between light, surface, and movement.
SOUTH OF MELBOURNE
Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre - Hawthorn
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Familial
Taysir Batniji, EJ Hassan, Nur Aishah Kenton, Mariela Sancari, Abigail Varneyan and Annie Wang
to 26 April 2026
‘Familial’ brings together six artists whose work traces the emotional and psychological terrain of family – of bonds and ruptures, tenderness, memory and the ache of absence. This exhibition reflects on the complexities of connection across time, presence and loss, in a meditation on love, longing and the enduring imprints our closest relationships leave behind.
Navigating the experience of distance, dislocation and ongoing uncertainty, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji documented two years of WhatsApp calls with his mother in Gaza; each communication shaped and destabilised by conflict. Argentinian artist Mariela Sancari’s typology of portraits depicts 70-year-old men dressed in her late father’s clothes show us a deeply personal journey of processing grief for a parent who is no longer present.
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Familial
Taysir Batniji, EJ Hassan, Nur Aishah Kenton, Mariela Sancari, Abigail Varneyan and Annie Wang
to 26 April 2026
‘Familial’ brings together six artists whose work traces the emotional and psychological terrain of family – of bonds and ruptures, tenderness, memory and the ache of absence. This exhibition reflects on the complexities of connection across time, presence and loss, in a meditation on love, longing and the enduring imprints our closest relationships leave behind.
Navigating the experience of distance, dislocation and ongoing uncertainty, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji documented two years of WhatsApp calls with his mother in Gaza; each communication shaped and destabilised by conflict. Argentinian artist Mariela Sancari’s typology of portraits depicts 70-year-old men dressed in her late father’s clothes show us a deeply personal journey of processing grief for a parent who is no longer present.
Museum of Australian Photography - Monash
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CODED BLOOMS | flowers have never been innocent
Robert Mapplethorpe, Pat Brassington, Del Kathryn Barton, Jake Preval, Meng-Yu Yan
To 24 May 2026
Flowers have long stood in for the things we couldn’t say aloud: sex, death, longing, defiance. Soft in appearance, potent in meaning, they are the great deceivers of art history. Across centuries and cultures, the bloom has operated as a colourful code, a motif that artists actively engage, reclaim and rewrite.
TOPshots 2026
Various
To 4 May 2026
OPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries. 2026 marks the 18th anniversary of this award and exhibition, which showcases exceptional photographic work produced by students who have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects of Art Making and Exhibiting, Art Creative Practice and Media, as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) subject of Visual Arts and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) subject of Visual Arts.
This exhibition was judged by artist Morganna Magee, who awarded Emmet Cooper-Flynn from Haileybury College as the winning artist, who received prize thanks to our generous exhibition supporter.
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CODED BLOOMS | flowers have never been innocent
Robert Mapplethorpe, Pat Brassington, Del Kathryn Barton, Jake Preval, Meng-Yu Yan
To 24 May 2026
Flowers have long stood in for the things we couldn’t say aloud: sex, death, longing, defiance. Soft in appearance, potent in meaning, they are the great deceivers of art history. Across centuries and cultures, the bloom has operated as a colourful code, a motif that artists actively engage, reclaim and rewrite.
TOPshots 2026
Various
To 4 May 2026
OPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries. 2026 marks the 18th anniversary of this award and exhibition, which showcases exceptional photographic work produced by students who have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects of Art Making and Exhibiting, Art Creative Practice and Media, as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) subject of Visual Arts and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) subject of Visual Arts.
This exhibition was judged by artist Morganna Magee, who awarded Emmet Cooper-Flynn from Haileybury College as the winning artist, who received prize thanks to our generous exhibition supporter.
Heidi Museum of Modern Art - Bulleen
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BRASSAÏ
BRASSAÏ
25 July – 8 November 2026
This exhibition will present the most comprehensive survey of the work of the eminent Hungarian-born, French photographer Brassaï yet to be seen in Australia. With a focus on the artist’s iconic images of the city and its people by night, the exhibition will also consider his friendship with Picasso and other leading figures of the Parisian avant-garde, his experiments with Surrealism, and his hallmark photographs of graffiti. Produced in collaboration with the artist’s estate, this survey brings together more than 150 vintage prints and offers a fascinating visual journey into the intimate world of Paris in the 1930s.
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BRASSAÏ
BRASSAÏ
25 July – 8 November 2026
This exhibition will present the most comprehensive survey of the work of the eminent Hungarian-born, French photographer Brassaï yet to be seen in Australia. With a focus on the artist’s iconic images of the city and its people by night, the exhibition will also consider his friendship with Picasso and other leading figures of the Parisian avant-garde, his experiments with Surrealism, and his hallmark photographs of graffiti. Produced in collaboration with the artist’s estate, this survey brings together more than 150 vintage prints and offers a fascinating visual journey into the intimate world of Paris in the 1930s.
Carlisle Street Arts Space - St Kilda
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Picturing Democracy
Bruno Benini | Ruth Maddison | Brook Andrew | Darren Sylvester | Martin Kantor | Ricky Maynard | Judith Webb | Michael Williams | Leanne Temme | Jacqueline Riva | Ben McKeown | Roderick McNicol | Martin Munz | Deborah Kelly | Sue Ford | Linda Jullyan | Rozalind Drummond | Michael Bastin | Trevor Graham | Pasqualina Grosso
23 February to 15 May 2026
In Picturing Democracy, Coulter explores and poetically creates representations of democracy, democratic processes, community participation, and connections across the City of Port Phillip.
Drawing from 4,000 photographs held within the Port Phillip City Collection, and in addition to creating his own photographs, artist and curator Ross Coulter re-imagines what democracy looks like, from the past and into the future.
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Picturing Democracy
Bruno Benini | Ruth Maddison | Brook Andrew | Darren Sylvester | Martin Kantor | Ricky Maynard | Judith Webb | Michael Williams | Leanne Temme | Jacqueline Riva | Ben McKeown | Roderick McNicol | Martin Munz | Deborah Kelly | Sue Ford | Linda Jullyan | Rozalind Drummond | Michael Bastin | Trevor Graham | Pasqualina Grosso
23 February to 15 May 2026
In Picturing Democracy, Coulter explores and poetically creates representations of democracy, democratic processes, community participation, and connections across the City of Port Phillip.
Drawing from 4,000 photographs held within the Port Phillip City Collection, and in addition to creating his own photographs, artist and curator Ross Coulter re-imagines what democracy looks like, from the past and into the future.
Latrobe Regional Gallery - Morwell
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A Country Practice
Janina Green
to 24 September 2026
A Country Practice brings new life to Janina Green’s seminal artist book – of the same title – A Country Practice, animating its pages into an immersive photographic installation that unfolds in chapters—much like the lived passages it draws from. Each section invites viewers into the shifting terrains of memory, migration, and belonging, tracing the contours of a life shaped by arrival, adaptation, and the quiet persistence of looking back.
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A Country Practice
Janina Green
to 24 September 2026
A Country Practice brings new life to Janina Green’s seminal artist book – of the same title – A Country Practice, animating its pages into an immersive photographic installation that unfolds in chapters—much like the lived passages it draws from. Each section invites viewers into the shifting terrains of memory, migration, and belonging, tracing the contours of a life shaped by arrival, adaptation, and the quiet persistence of looking back.
NORTH OF MELBOURNE
Gold Street Gallery - Trentham East
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The Print Exposed 2026
Benjamin Healey, Bianca Conwell, Danielle Edwards, David Weston, Diana Bloomfield, Elizabeth Opalenik, Gale Spring, Greg Soltys , Jo-Anne Cripps, Kaye Dixon, Keiko Goto, Mat Hughes, Mike Ware, Ossian Desmond-Jones, Paul Weiss, Peter Kinchington, Robert Poole, Robyn Moore, Stuart Clook, Tim Rudman and Wendy Currie
to 5th April 2026
The Print Exposed is a truly unique exhibition aimed at encouraging the understanding, and appreciation for handmade alternative/ historic photographic print processes evolved from the birth of photography.
The work selected for the exhibition will be eligible for the Mike Ware Award
Processes include: Argyrotype, Carbon Transfer, Chrysotypes, Cyanotypes, Daguerrotypes, Photogravure, Gum Bichromate, Lith, Mordançage, Opalotype, Orotone, Photopolymer Gravure, Platinum/palladium, Salt print, New Cyanotype, Simple Cyanotype, Silver gelatin and Zoukin Gake..
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The Print Exposed 2026
Benjamin Healey, Bianca Conwell, Danielle Edwards, David Weston, Diana Bloomfield, Elizabeth Opalenik, Gale Spring, Greg Soltys , Jo-Anne Cripps, Kaye Dixon, Keiko Goto, Mat Hughes, Mike Ware, Ossian Desmond-Jones, Paul Weiss, Peter Kinchington, Robert Poole, Robyn Moore, Stuart Clook, Tim Rudman and Wendy Currie
to 5th April 2026
The Print Exposed is a truly unique exhibition aimed at encouraging the understanding, and appreciation for handmade alternative/ historic photographic print processes evolved from the birth of photography.
The work selected for the exhibition will be eligible for the Mike Ware Award
Processes include: Argyrotype, Carbon Transfer, Chrysotypes, Cyanotypes, Daguerrotypes, Photogravure, Gum Bichromate, Lith, Mordançage, Opalotype, Orotone, Photopolymer Gravure, Platinum/palladium, Salt print, New Cyanotype, Simple Cyanotype, Silver gelatin and Zoukin Gake..
Castlemaine Art Museum - Castlemaine
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Groundswell
Arkeria Armstrong, Aunty Kerri Douglas, Melinda Harper, Judith van Heeren, Kate Just, Ruth O'Leary, Anna Read, Anna Schwann and lIka White.
To 18 October 2026
In order to effect change, you need a groundswell, a groundswell of opinion, a surge of emotion, a desire for new thinking. This exhibition celebrates artists who want to build a groundswell for change whether that be environmental, cultural, personal or political.
The exhibition pairs historical objects including embroidery, ceramics and metalwork from the CAM collection with work from contemporary artists. It builds on the CAM exhibition Wildflowers curated by Sarah Frazer and the recent MASC public art commission awarded to Laura Woodward both of which celebrate the woman founders of the Castlemaine Art Museum.
is an exhibition of profiles, slanted light, shadowy forms and occasional smiles. Paintings by Polly Hurry, Arnold Shore, W D McInnes, Hugh Ramsay, Mary Cecil Allen, A M E Bale and May Vale, among many others, explore the play of light on skin and fabric. The 19th and 20th century works from the collection form a wall of painted ghosts. Traces of once-living subjects are caught in a moment of stillness. They are not relaxed, they are posed and composed, tense, cigarette in hand, faces taut with concentration.
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Groundswell
Arkeria Armstrong, Aunty Kerri Douglas, Melinda Harper, Judith van Heeren, Kate Just, Ruth O'Leary, Anna Read, Anna Schwann and lIka White.
To 18 October 2026
In order to effect change, you need a groundswell, a groundswell of opinion, a surge of emotion, a desire for new thinking. This exhibition celebrates artists who want to build a groundswell for change whether that be environmental, cultural, personal or political.
The exhibition pairs historical objects including embroidery, ceramics and metalwork from the CAM collection with work from contemporary artists. It builds on the CAM exhibition Wildflowers curated by Sarah Frazer and the recent MASC public art commission awarded to Laura Woodward both of which celebrate the woman founders of the Castlemaine Art Museum.
is an exhibition of profiles, slanted light, shadowy forms and occasional smiles. Paintings by Polly Hurry, Arnold Shore, W D McInnes, Hugh Ramsay, Mary Cecil Allen, A M E Bale and May Vale, among many others, explore the play of light on skin and fabric. The 19th and 20th century works from the collection form a wall of painted ghosts. Traces of once-living subjects are caught in a moment of stillness. They are not relaxed, they are posed and composed, tense, cigarette in hand, faces taut with concentration.
Horsham Regional Gallery - Horsham
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Ancestral Silence
Demi Kromidellis
to 24 May 2026
Demi Kromidellis’ practice explores the layered intersections of heritage, memory, and identity. As a third-generation Australian of Greek descent, she reflects on the ways diaspora continues to shape cultural belonging within Victoria, where Greek immigrant communities have long contributed to the state’s social and cultural fabric.
In 2024, Kromidellis travelled to Greece to photograph her grandparents’ homes, now abandoned and decaying. These sites, once filled with life and tradition, stand as quiet monuments to migration, cultural practice, and family history. Through the act of revisiting and reimagining these spaces, she reflects on how culture adapts, transforms, and, at times, dilutes across generations.
This Working Life: from the collection
Mark Strizic, Robert Ashton, Shane Cahill, Harold Cazneaux, Con Kroker, John Werrett, Ross Schultz, Robert Billington, Ian Ward, Joyce Evans, Matthew Sleeth, Wolfgang Sievers, John Immig, and Bruce Postle
to 24 May 2026
This Working Life, an exhibition comprised of photographs from the Horsham Regional Art Gallery collection, explores how our labours shape both daily life and national identity. Through the eyes of fourteen acclaimed Australian artists, it presents a compelling portrait of Australians at work—whether in paddocks and factories or under the fluorescent lights of offices, with tools or pen in hand.
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Ancestral Silence
Demi Kromidellis
to 24 May 2026
Demi Kromidellis’ practice explores the layered intersections of heritage, memory, and identity. As a third-generation Australian of Greek descent, she reflects on the ways diaspora continues to shape cultural belonging within Victoria, where Greek immigrant communities have long contributed to the state’s social and cultural fabric.
In 2024, Kromidellis travelled to Greece to photograph her grandparents’ homes, now abandoned and decaying. These sites, once filled with life and tradition, stand as quiet monuments to migration, cultural practice, and family history. Through the act of revisiting and reimagining these spaces, she reflects on how culture adapts, transforms, and, at times, dilutes across generations.
This Working Life: from the collection
Mark Strizic, Robert Ashton, Shane Cahill, Harold Cazneaux, Con Kroker, John Werrett, Ross Schultz, Robert Billington, Ian Ward, Joyce Evans, Matthew Sleeth, Wolfgang Sievers, John Immig, and Bruce Postle
to 24 May 2026
This Working Life, an exhibition comprised of photographs from the Horsham Regional Art Gallery collection, explores how our labours shape both daily life and national identity. Through the eyes of fourteen acclaimed Australian artists, it presents a compelling portrait of Australians at work—whether in paddocks and factories or under the fluorescent lights of offices, with tools or pen in hand.
MAMA Murray Art Museum Albury - Albury
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Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya
Ruth Davys
To 7 June 2026
Ruth Davys has produced a new moving image work, featuring the artist’s puppet alter-ego, Little Ruthie. Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya. is a companion to Davy’s current Kid’s Gallery installation, Yamandhu wudhagarbinya? and extends that work’s focus on Language sharing, bringing in Wiradjuri philosophies of yindyamarra (to show honour and respect, to be gentle) and winhanganha (to know, think and remember).
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Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya
Ruth Davys
To 7 June 2026
Ruth Davys has produced a new moving image work, featuring the artist’s puppet alter-ego, Little Ruthie. Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya. is a companion to Davy’s current Kid’s Gallery installation, Yamandhu wudhagarbinya? and extends that work’s focus on Language sharing, bringing in Wiradjuri philosophies of yindyamarra (to show honour and respect, to be gentle) and winhanganha (to know, think and remember).
WESTERN VICTORIA
Hamilton Gallery
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A SERIES OF UNWARRANTED EVENTS
Hayley Millar Baker
to 19 APRIL 2026
Hayley Millar Baker is an Aboriginal Australian contemporary artist (Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung) of Anglo-Indian descent. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has been a finalist in numerous prestigious art prizes. Her works are held in major public collections, including the Australian War Memorial, Melbourne Museum, and the State Library of Victoria.
Hayley works across photography, collage, and film, exploring autobiographical narratives and themes relating to her own identity. A Series of Unwarranted Events presents four collaged photographic stories of the Gunditjmara people, revealing the harsh realities of life during the beginning of colonisation.
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A SERIES OF UNWARRANTED EVENTS
Hayley Millar Baker
to 19 APRIL 2026
Hayley Millar Baker is an Aboriginal Australian contemporary artist (Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung) of Anglo-Indian descent. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has been a finalist in numerous prestigious art prizes. Her works are held in major public collections, including the Australian War Memorial, Melbourne Museum, and the State Library of Victoria.
Hayley works across photography, collage, and film, exploring autobiographical narratives and themes relating to her own identity. A Series of Unwarranted Events presents four collaged photographic stories of the Gunditjmara people, revealing the harsh realities of life during the beginning of colonisation.