Celebrating its 30th year, Top Arts 2024 will be on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, featuring the work of 45 VCE student artists selected from a competitive pool of nearly 1200 applicants across Victoria. This exhibition provides a platform to celebrate the extraordinary talent of the next generation of Victorians engaged with VCE Art Making and VCE Exhibiting and Art Creative Practice. 

The Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship and exhibition program that pairs emerging Australian First Nations artists and designers with one of eight esteemed industry mentors.

Be inspired by outstanding VCE and VCE VET design and technology works at Top Designs 2024.

Nina Sanadze surveys the work of Melbourne-based contemporary artist Nina Sanadze.

Visited by 10+ million people worldwide and earning a spot on CNN's "must-see" list, The Art of the Brick comes to Melbourne! This brand new, immersive version of Nathan Sawaya's iconic LEGO® art exhibit features original collections, over 100 sculptures made from more than 1 million bricks, a LEGO® safari, moving installations, 360° projections, and much more.

Africa Fashion – the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of fashion from the African continent ever mounted in Australia – presents a dynamic survey of historical and contemporary designs from some of the most influential fashion designers in the region.

As you wander among the trees of the Forest Gallery, Biik Milboo Dhumba | Country Is Always Talking invites you to consider what it means to listen to Country.

In 2024, the NGV will partner with the British Museum to present Pharaoh, a landmark exhibition that celebrates three thousand years of ancient Egyptian art and culture with more than 500 works.

NGV Friday Nights brings music, mystique and more with Pharaoh after hours this winter 

Poetic, spontaneous, and emotionally resonant, the Joy exhibition shares personal stories that prompt reflection on what sparks joy.

This stunning street art exhibition of museum quality features over 160 artworks, including new originals added for Sydney, and is a “must-see” to celebrate Banksy’s art. The show is now touring Australia after its incredible worldwide success with over 1,650,000 visitors!

Taking over the City of Melbourne in the winter school holidays from 29 June to 14 July, this 16-day extravaganza promises an array of fun-filled family-friendly performances, workshops, exhibitions, crafts and activities designed to inspire and educate children aged 0 to 12 through dynamic, outdoor and indoor play.

The NGV’s dedicated free children’s galleries will present Kusama for Kids which will feature a renowned Kusama artwork to create immersive experiences for kids.

Curated by the NGV in collaboration with the artist especially for Australian audiences, the exhibition Yayoi Kusama includes many works never-before-seen by local audiences as well as a diverse display of the artist’s popular immersive rooms, including the global unveiling of the artist’s most recent immersive infinity mirror room work.