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EXHIBITIONS
DOCKLANDS
Magnet Gallery - Docklands
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The Photography of Michael Silver
Michael Silver
to 24 May 2026
The Photography of Michael Silver remains on the walls of MAGNET almost to the end of May (closing 24 May) to honour his memory and give you a chance to come and enjoy them in tranquillity. An eclectic collection of Michael's work from the age of 14 to (almost) the present, these images show the breadth of his work as a press, a commercial and a personal photographer. If you see an image you like - talk to us.....we'll print you a copy for a modest price - and add those funds to our forthcoming fundraiser exhibition to benefit Dementia Australia.
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The Photography of Michael Silver
Michael Silver
to 24 May 2026
The Photography of Michael Silver remains on the walls of MAGNET almost to the end of May (closing 24 May) to honour his memory and give you a chance to come and enjoy them in tranquillity. An eclectic collection of Michael's work from the age of 14 to (almost) the present, these images show the breadth of his work as a press, a commercial and a personal photographer. If you see an image you like - talk to us.....we'll print you a copy for a modest price - and add those funds to our forthcoming fundraiser exhibition to benefit Dementia Australia.
Kindred Camera - Docklands
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Noesis: In Visual Absence a Formula Emerges
Peta Louise Tranquille
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.
'Triumph' of the Individual
Rhy Dyball & George Jefford
23 May to 2 June 2026
The world we live in has become hostile despite our efforts, creating a psychological uprising of uncertainty and dread. The world is consistently changing and developing, and so are people’s views. We are becoming more and more individualistic, disoriented by the oversaturation of choice we have forced upon us.
SITHOA – Shot in the Heart of Australia 2026
Various
6 June to 16 June 2026
Running since 2012, SITHOA has grown from its origins as Shot in the Heart of Melbourne into a nationally focused exhibition. AASPi is proud to coordinate the 14th SITHOA exhibition in 2026.Brunswick Darkroom Exhibition
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Noesis: In Visual Absence a Formula Emerges
Peta Louise Tranquille
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.
'Triumph' of the Individual
Rhy Dyball & George Jefford
23 May to 2 June 2026
The world we live in has become hostile despite our efforts, creating a psychological uprising of uncertainty and dread. The world is consistently changing and developing, and so are people’s views. We are becoming more and more individualistic, disoriented by the oversaturation of choice we have forced upon us.
SITHOA – Shot in the Heart of Australia 2026
Various
6 June to 16 June 2026
Running since 2012, SITHOA has grown from its origins as Shot in the Heart of Melbourne into a nationally focused exhibition. AASPi is proud to coordinate the 14th SITHOA exhibition in 2026.Brunswick Darkroom Exhibition
INNER CITY
Hillvale Gallery - Brunswick
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Correspondences
Jesse Boylan, Isabella Capezio, Jody Haines, Pia Johnson, Katrin Koenning, Christine McFetridge, Rebecca Najdowski, Clare Rae
to 31 May, 2026
Correspondences proposes a dialogical exchange between bodies and land, through the work of eight lens-based artists who each engage with ideas of place and space. Working in a settler/colonial context on unceded land, each artist is informed by eco feminist critique that proposes a relational and intersectional ethic of care for ecologies in our current climate crisis.
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Correspondences
Jesse Boylan, Isabella Capezio, Jody Haines, Pia Johnson, Katrin Koenning, Christine McFetridge, Rebecca Najdowski, Clare Rae
to 31 May, 2026
Correspondences proposes a dialogical exchange between bodies and land, through the work of eight lens-based artists who each engage with ideas of place and space. Working in a settler/colonial context on unceded land, each artist is informed by eco feminist critique that proposes a relational and intersectional ethic of care for ecologies in our current climate crisis.
Isamu Sawa Photography Gallery - Collingwood
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Virtuosity - Celebrating 80 Years of Maton Guitars
Isamu Sawa
16 May to 24 may 2026
Maton Guitars is a family-owned Australian company known for its rich history in handcrafted instrument manufacturing. The brand has gained international recognition among celebrated musicians such as Tommy Emmanuel, Keith Urban, Mark Lizotte (Diesel), and Neil Finn. Their guitars are known for their unique sound, often attributed to the use of locally sourced Australian tonewoods.
During my visit to the Maton guitar factory in May 2025, I was captivated by the skilled artisans who expertly handcraft raw timber into beautiful acoustic instruments.
In celebration of the company’s 80th Anniversary in 2026, this exhibition pays tribute to their craftsmanship through a series of still-life studies.
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Virtuosity - Celebrating 80 Years of Maton Guitars
Isamu Sawa
16 May to 24 may 2026
Maton Guitars is a family-owned Australian company known for its rich history in handcrafted instrument manufacturing. The brand has gained international recognition among celebrated musicians such as Tommy Emmanuel, Keith Urban, Mark Lizotte (Diesel), and Neil Finn. Their guitars are known for their unique sound, often attributed to the use of locally sourced Australian tonewoods.
During my visit to the Maton guitar factory in May 2025, I was captivated by the skilled artisans who expertly handcraft raw timber into beautiful acoustic instruments.
In celebration of the company’s 80th Anniversary in 2026, this exhibition pays tribute to their craftsmanship through a series of still-life studies.
Sol Gallery - Fitzroy
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The Dancer, 35mm Photography
Mia Pignataro
19 to 31 May 2026
35mm film photographs depicting a girl, replicating and using the art of Japanese rope tying as an thematic inspiration and as a reference to modern themes of fetishism and bondage. Playing with the concept of intention and perception, these images are filtered by retrospect. The subject alone in a low lit house, sometimes bound by literal ties, and in others standing still in a sullen house. Despite the intimacy fostered by her surroundings the girl at times stares directly at the camera almost occupying the viewers of an involuntary voyeurism. The composition fluctuates between mundane and overtly sexual, but remains in a subdued colour pallet, creating a false sense of uniformity and comfort. The woman depicts and suggests feelings of voyeurism questioning if innocence and beauty are born and the idea of unconsciously being our own voyeur in our most private moments.
I-Xposed
Paulino Dela Rosa Jr
19 to 31 May 2026
Nowadays whatever social media dictates becomes the standard and men’s physique has no escape on it. So many good-looking men in their Greek God like bodies most are bodybuilder, fitness influencer, actor, model, etc. I must say all are in their prime and perfection is just a click away. However this is not an accurate representation of men’s built in general, hence a larger demography is missing.
With my photography I want to represent the under represented/ordinary men in our society. To give them a chance to showcase what they have, to be confident regardless of body size, shape, and colour. We all have imperfection anyway and that what makes us unique and perfect.
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The Dancer, 35mm Photography
Mia Pignataro
19 to 31 May 2026
35mm film photographs depicting a girl, replicating and using the art of Japanese rope tying as an thematic inspiration and as a reference to modern themes of fetishism and bondage. Playing with the concept of intention and perception, these images are filtered by retrospect. The subject alone in a low lit house, sometimes bound by literal ties, and in others standing still in a sullen house. Despite the intimacy fostered by her surroundings the girl at times stares directly at the camera almost occupying the viewers of an involuntary voyeurism. The composition fluctuates between mundane and overtly sexual, but remains in a subdued colour pallet, creating a false sense of uniformity and comfort. The woman depicts and suggests feelings of voyeurism questioning if innocence and beauty are born and the idea of unconsciously being our own voyeur in our most private moments.
I-Xposed
Paulino Dela Rosa Jr
19 to 31 May 2026
Nowadays whatever social media dictates becomes the standard and men’s physique has no escape on it. So many good-looking men in their Greek God like bodies most are bodybuilder, fitness influencer, actor, model, etc. I must say all are in their prime and perfection is just a click away. However this is not an accurate representation of men’s built in general, hence a larger demography is missing.
With my photography I want to represent the under represented/ordinary men in our society. To give them a chance to showcase what they have, to be confident regardless of body size, shape, and colour. We all have imperfection anyway and that what makes us unique and perfect.
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.
City Gallery - Melbourne
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Exhibition: On the street where I live
Viva Gibb
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
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.
Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
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wani toaishara
wani toaishara
17 April 2026 To 16 May 2026
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.
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wani toaishara
wani toaishara
17 April 2026 To 16 May 2026
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.
CITY
NGV Ian Potter Centre - Melbourne
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Artist Room
John Gollings
To August 2026
John Gollings has been a leading Australian photographer for over fifty years. This collection of his architectural photography bridges modernism and the present day, celebrating Australian architecture through a surreal lens. This approach is exemplified in one of his most iconic photographs, Kay Street Housing by Edmond and Corrigan, which captures the optimism and energy of Melbourne’s postmodern architecture movement. Shot at night with double exposures and awash with flash, Gollings imbues the suburban setting with a mythic quality through the addition of bounding kangaroos.
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Artist Room
John Gollings
To August 2026
John Gollings has been a leading Australian photographer for over fifty years. This collection of his architectural photography bridges modernism and the present day, celebrating Australian architecture through a surreal lens. This approach is exemplified in one of his most iconic photographs, Kay Street Housing by Edmond and Corrigan, which captures the optimism and energy of Melbourne’s postmodern architecture movement. Shot at night with double exposures and awash with flash, Gollings imbues the suburban setting with a mythic quality through the addition of bounding kangaroos.
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.
BEARING WITNESS
CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART FROM THE NGV COLLECTION
FX Harsono, Huang Yan, Haris Purnomo, Qiu Zhijie, Prilla Tania, Xiao Lu, Yee I-Lann, Zhang Huan
to 30 August 2026
In these works, artists across Asia and its diasporas confront history and social change, transforming the body, language and visual traditions into forms of resistance. These works highlight how individuals negotiate the systems that seek to define, rename or erase them, and how art is used as both a record and resistance.
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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.
BEARING WITNESS
CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART FROM THE NGV COLLECTION
FX Harsono, Huang Yan, Haris Purnomo, Qiu Zhijie, Prilla Tania, Xiao Lu, Yee I-Lann, Zhang Huan
to 30 August 2026
In these works, artists across Asia and its diasporas confront history and social change, transforming the body, language and visual traditions into forms of resistance. These works highlight how individuals negotiate the systems that seek to define, rename or erase them, and how art is used as both a record and resistance.
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.
RMIT Gallery - Melbourne
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'Can I Hold You?'
Chloe Rose
19 May to 12 June 2026
Showcasing Chloe Rose Thomas and tattoo artist Eilish Hazell's non-binary bodies in conversation with the lineage of queer photographic art, community and family, this work interrogates how queer individuals care for and hold each other through lives that bear less traditional timelines and milestones.
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'Can I Hold You?'
Chloe Rose
19 May to 12 June 2026
Showcasing Chloe Rose Thomas and tattoo artist Eilish Hazell's non-binary bodies in conversation with the lineage of queer photographic art, community and family, this work interrogates how queer individuals care for and hold each other through lives that bear less traditional timelines and milestones.
Vic Archives Centre - North Melbourne
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Rehearsing the City
Ai Tam Do, Adrian Leung, Suzanne Phoenix, Ted Richards, Sande Harsa, Mark Forbes, Melanie Cobham, Michael Currie, Andrew Tan, Hashem McAdam, Chris Bekos and Deb Stembridge.
21 May 2026 to March 2027
This exhibition reflects on public space as a stage, a place where meaning is constantly performed, contested and redefined. On display are photographs sourced from the collections of Victoria’s State and National Archives, as well as work by contemporary photographers responding to Victoria’s urban environment.
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Rehearsing the City
Ai Tam Do, Adrian Leung, Suzanne Phoenix, Ted Richards, Sande Harsa, Mark Forbes, Melanie Cobham, Michael Currie, Andrew Tan, Hashem McAdam, Chris Bekos and Deb Stembridge.
21 May 2026 to March 2027
This exhibition reflects on public space as a stage, a place where meaning is constantly performed, contested and redefined. On display are photographs sourced from the collections of Victoria’s State and National Archives, as well as work by contemporary photographers responding to Victoria’s urban environment.
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!
SOUTH OF MELBOURNE CITY
Pride Centre - St Kilda
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Tableaux
Gerard O’Connor
11 June – 19 July 2026
These images present cinematic, camp tableaux that reimagine and foreground LGBTIQ+ figures who have long been overlooked in mainstream history. From men dancing the tango, to Victorian women archers, drag performers of the 1940s, star singers in Buenos Aires, and queer narratives woven through goldfields life in Caulfield’s National Trust house ‘La Bassa,’ these works inhabit and reclaim historical spaces. Trans bridesmaids at 1980s wedding parties further underline the continuity of queer presence across time.
Portraits 168
Steven Broadhurst
23 July – 6 August 2026
Steven Broadhurst’s practice is grounded in lived experience and shaped by community. Through portraiture, he explores the layered nature of friendship, revealing intimacy, difference and chosen kinship as vital expressions of queer life.
Body Language
Vicki Jones
22 October -29 November 2026
Body Language is a collaborative portraiture project with LGBTIQA+ people in Australia and The Pacific, which explores the expression of gender beyond the binary, presented as photographic prints with participant statements. Via the use of both digital and analogue photographic processes and set in safe spaces, the participants are the co-creators of their own representation, inviting the viewer to consider the idea that gender is a creative, evolving, personal life process, expressed by each individual.
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Tableaux
Gerard O’Connor
11 June – 19 July 2026
These images present cinematic, camp tableaux that reimagine and foreground LGBTIQ+ figures who have long been overlooked in mainstream history. From men dancing the tango, to Victorian women archers, drag performers of the 1940s, star singers in Buenos Aires, and queer narratives woven through goldfields life in Caulfield’s National Trust house ‘La Bassa,’ these works inhabit and reclaim historical spaces. Trans bridesmaids at 1980s wedding parties further underline the continuity of queer presence across time.
Portraits 168
Steven Broadhurst
23 July – 6 August 2026
Steven Broadhurst’s practice is grounded in lived experience and shaped by community. Through portraiture, he explores the layered nature of friendship, revealing intimacy, difference and chosen kinship as vital expressions of queer life.
Body Language
Vicki Jones
22 October -29 November 2026
Body Language is a collaborative portraiture project with LGBTIQA+ people in Australia and The Pacific, which explores the expression of gender beyond the binary, presented as photographic prints with participant statements. Via the use of both digital and analogue photographic processes and set in safe spaces, the participants are the co-creators of their own representation, inviting the viewer to consider the idea that gender is a creative, evolving, personal life process, expressed by each individual.
Town Hall Gallery - Hawthorn
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Desire Lines
Anna Kiparis
to 13 June 2025
Photographer Anna Kiparis explores the unofficial dirt trails that form when walkers consistently choose a more direct, or convenient, route instead of following a planned path, known as “desire lines”.
Walking through nature is an essential ritual for Kiparis, finding comfort and calm in the repetitive movement and taking notice of the details in the local landscape around Gardiners Creek. Documenting these desire lines and surrounding scenery with her camera allows Kiparis to take moments of pause, while contemplating human impact on natural landscapes.
Love from Boroondara: Boroondara Photography Competition
Various
to 27 June 2025
Explore the winning entries of the 2026 Boroondara Photography Competition: Love from Boroondara. Photographers of all ages and abilities submitted photographs from the past and present, capturing what they love about the people, places and natural environment in Boroondara.
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Desire Lines
Anna Kiparis
to 13 June 2025
Photographer Anna Kiparis explores the unofficial dirt trails that form when walkers consistently choose a more direct, or convenient, route instead of following a planned path, known as “desire lines”.
Walking through nature is an essential ritual for Kiparis, finding comfort and calm in the repetitive movement and taking notice of the details in the local landscape around Gardiners Creek. Documenting these desire lines and surrounding scenery with her camera allows Kiparis to take moments of pause, while contemplating human impact on natural landscapes.
Love from Boroondara: Boroondara Photography Competition
Various
to 27 June 2025
Explore the winning entries of the 2026 Boroondara Photography Competition: Love from Boroondara. Photographers of all ages and abilities submitted photographs from the past and present, capturing what they love about the people, places and natural environment in Boroondara.
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.
Develop
Various
to 6 July 2026
Develop highlights a selection of standout 2025 Bachelor-degree graduates from Melbourne’s tertiary institutions, showcasing the fresh vision and talent of emerging photographic artists. This annual exhibition serves as a launchpad, offering each artist the opportunity to present their work as they step into the next phase of their careers. Featuring artists from seven universities and a broad spectrum of styles and techniques, Develop is a celebration of Australia’s next generation of photographers.
ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion
Brook Andrew
6 June to 30 August 2026
A major commission by Brook Andrew, one of Australia’s most influential and internationally recognised artists. Working across visual art, research and long-term collaboration, Andrew’s practice reveals and reimagines the legacies of power and representation that continue to shape how histories are produced, circulated and understood. His work brings the unseen into view, unsettling inherited narratives and proposing new ways of seeing the entanglement of historical structures with contemporary life. This practice is informed by Andrew’s perspectives as a Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal person, and by sustained engagement with archives, museums and global systems of display.
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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.
Develop
Various
to 6 July 2026
Develop highlights a selection of standout 2025 Bachelor-degree graduates from Melbourne’s tertiary institutions, showcasing the fresh vision and talent of emerging photographic artists. This annual exhibition serves as a launchpad, offering each artist the opportunity to present their work as they step into the next phase of their careers. Featuring artists from seven universities and a broad spectrum of styles and techniques, Develop is a celebration of Australia’s next generation of photographers.
ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion
Brook Andrew
6 June to 30 August 2026
A major commission by Brook Andrew, one of Australia’s most influential and internationally recognised artists. Working across visual art, research and long-term collaboration, Andrew’s practice reveals and reimagines the legacies of power and representation that continue to shape how histories are produced, circulated and understood. His work brings the unseen into view, unsettling inherited narratives and proposing new ways of seeing the entanglement of historical structures with contemporary life. This practice is informed by Andrew’s perspectives as a Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal person, and by sustained engagement with archives, museums and global systems of display.
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.
Ladder Space - Kew
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Nostalgía (Νοσταλγία)
Maria Argyris, Despina-Nafsika Haidemenos & Elena Ioannou
6 to 27 June 2026
Nostalgía (Νοσταλγία) brings together three Greek and Cypriot artists whose migration to Melbourne has shaped a shared language of memory and longing. Through photography, textiles, drawing and mixed media, their works trace the quiet pull between places, where belonging is never singular but stretched across distance and time.
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Nostalgía (Νοσταλγία)
Maria Argyris, Despina-Nafsika Haidemenos & Elena Ioannou
6 to 27 June 2026
Nostalgía (Νοσταλγία) brings together three Greek and Cypriot artists whose migration to Melbourne has shaped a shared language of memory and longing. Through photography, textiles, drawing and mixed media, their works trace the quiet pull between places, where belonging is never singular but stretched across distance and time.
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.
Frankston Arts Centre - Frankston
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Good Times
Rennie Ellis
to 1 August 2026
A selection of iconic imagery and celebratory photographs of everyday people enjoying life from one of Australia’s greatest storytellers. Rennie Ellis was a photographer known for his candid, documentary-style images capturing the essence of contemporary Australia, the glamour of social events like music festivals, fashion and nightclubs, as well as the gritty side of urbanity. Ellis’s photographs are celebrated for their warmth, non-judgmental approach, and focus on human interaction and remain an enduring affirmation of his times.
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Good Times
Rennie Ellis
to 1 August 2026
A selection of iconic imagery and celebratory photographs of everyday people enjoying life from one of Australia’s greatest storytellers. Rennie Ellis was a photographer known for his candid, documentary-style images capturing the essence of contemporary Australia, the glamour of social events like music festivals, fashion and nightclubs, as well as the gritty side of urbanity. Ellis’s photographs are celebrated for their warmth, non-judgmental approach, and focus on human interaction and remain an enduring affirmation of his times.
Cube 37 - Cube Gallery - Frankston
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Second Nature
Natalie Finney
to 27 June 2026
Step into a dreamlike realm of photographic gardens and curious specimens, where illusion feels natural and the line between truth and imitation becomes delightfully uncertain. Featuring sculptural elements and video projection, this exhibition invites viewers to look closely and consider how beauty, perception and imitation merge within both nature and its manufactured reflections.
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Second Nature
Natalie Finney
to 27 June 2026
Step into a dreamlike realm of photographic gardens and curious specimens, where illusion feels natural and the line between truth and imitation becomes delightfully uncertain. Featuring sculptural elements and video projection, this exhibition invites viewers to look closely and consider how beauty, perception and imitation merge within both nature and its manufactured reflections.
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.
WEST OF MELBOURNE CITY
Focal Point Boutique Gallery - Geelong
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Moments In Film
Various from an archive
to 2 May 2026
18 photos from movies produced before 1956. These include: the world's first use of movies in a narrative, Soldiers of the Cross by the Salvation Army in Melbourne; the World's first feature-length narrative film, The Story of the Kelly Gang; Australia's first "epic" picture, For The Term Of His Natural Life; Australia's first "talkie", Showgirl's Luck; and Australia's first colour feature film, Jedda. Some of the other films represented are 40,000 Horsemen, The Enemy Within, The Sentimental Bloke, Lovers and Luggers, Dad & Dave Come To Town, The Church and The Woman, The Broken Melody and Bush Christmas.
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Moments In Film
Various from an archive
to 2 May 2026
18 photos from movies produced before 1956. These include: the world's first use of movies in a narrative, Soldiers of the Cross by the Salvation Army in Melbourne; the World's first feature-length narrative film, The Story of the Kelly Gang; Australia's first "epic" picture, For The Term Of His Natural Life; Australia's first "talkie", Showgirl's Luck; and Australia's first colour feature film, Jedda. Some of the other films represented are 40,000 Horsemen, The Enemy Within, The Sentimental Bloke, Lovers and Luggers, Dad & Dave Come To Town, The Church and The Woman, The Broken Melody and Bush Christmas.
NORTH OF MELBOURNE CITY
Incinerator Gallery - Aberfeldie (Moonie Ponds)
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Tending the Invasion
Angus Scott
to 13 June 2026
Tending the Invasion is a photographic installation by artist Angus Scott, who addresses blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) as a site of ecological, colonial, and personal entanglement. Introduced by imperial botanists, blackberry has since spread beyond control through native environments, becoming vilified within the same systems that once encouraged its presence. Rather than framing the plant as a problem to be solved, this exhibition seeks to approach it as a living presence shaped by histories of ecological imperialism and multi-species relations.
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Tending the Invasion
Angus Scott
to 13 June 2026
Tending the Invasion is a photographic installation by artist Angus Scott, who addresses blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) as a site of ecological, colonial, and personal entanglement. Introduced by imperial botanists, blackberry has since spread beyond control through native environments, becoming vilified within the same systems that once encouraged its presence. Rather than framing the plant as a problem to be solved, this exhibition seeks to approach it as a living presence shaped by histories of ecological imperialism and multi-species relations.
NORTHERN VICTORIA
Gold Street Gallery - Trentham East
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AG+
Chris Reid
15 April to 30 August 2026
Using various traditional silver gelatine processes I hope to convey the beauty of our world, from my homeland in Northern Ireland and my land of home in Laguna, Australia.
A camera is a tool, the darkroom a workshop and the print is life. My life is to print from the subconscious, from dreams and from the creative visions that lie in shadows of light.
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AG+
Chris Reid
15 April to 30 August 2026
Using various traditional silver gelatine processes I hope to convey the beauty of our world, from my homeland in Northern Ireland and my land of home in Laguna, Australia.
A camera is a tool, the darkroom a workshop and the print is life. My life is to print from the subconscious, from dreams and from the creative visions that lie in shadows of light.
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.
Framed in Footy: AFL Photography
Michael Willson
6 June 2026 to 4 October 2026
As the creator of many of the AFL’s defining images, Michael Willson presents Framed in Footy a considered selection of his most resonant photographs, foregrounding the artistic qualities inherent in his practice while also revealing the pathos and raw emotion that animates the game.
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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.
Framed in Footy: AFL Photography
Michael Willson
6 June 2026 to 4 October 2026
As the creator of many of the AFL’s defining images, Michael Willson presents Framed in Footy a considered selection of his most resonant photographs, foregrounding the artistic qualities inherent in his practice while also revealing the pathos and raw emotion that animates the game.
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 - Hamilton
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Forces of Nature
Various
To 26 July 2026
Drawing on the Hamilton Gallery collection, Forces of Nature explores how artists in China and Japan have imagined the natural world. Tracing centuries of exchange and adaptation, this exhibition reveals how elements, seasons and landscapes become poetic frameworks for balance and belief, as well as a carefully shaped cultural vision.
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Forces of Nature
Various
To 26 July 2026
Drawing on the Hamilton Gallery collection, Forces of Nature explores how artists in China and Japan have imagined the natural world. Tracing centuries of exchange and adaptation, this exhibition reveals how elements, seasons and landscapes become poetic frameworks for balance and belief, as well as a carefully shaped cultural vision.
