NGV FRIDAY NIGHTS: PIERRE BONNARD
Warm up this winter at NGV Friday Nights with Melbourne’s favourite bands and DJs combined with the blockbuster Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition, Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi.
NGV’s Ground Level is transformed with live music, pop-up bars and dining inspired by French artist Pierre Bonnard and award-winning Paris-based designer India Mahdavi. Explore Bonnard’s colourful artworks with after-hours exhibition access and enjoy live music all in one place.
PERFORMANCES
FINN IRREGULAR
Great Hall
8–9pm
Finn Irregular (he/him) is a London-born, Naarm-based producer and instrumentalist. Finn draws on inspiration from the world around him, fusing styles of Cosmic Soul, Acid jazz, R’n’B and House. His music is a mish-mash of big beats, colourful chord progressions, funky leads and rich synth textures; the resulting sound being vibrant and colourful – like a summer’s day – but with a complexity, depth and sophistication underpinning it all.
DAN ROCK
Federation Court
6–8pm
9–10pm
Dan Rock makes music. He is a Bass Player, Producer, DJ, Educator and Facilitator of taste. In these two special sets at the NGV he will present soul, funk, jazz, boogie, house and disco music from all over the world that influence his Bass Playing and Production.
DROP-BY DRAWING
MADELEINE PALMER
Pierre Bonnard Exhibition Space
6–8pm
Madeleine Palmer is a Melbourne based painter, who gained her Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) in 2022 at RMIT. Palmer’s work seeks to gently unpick assumptions about reality by exploring the tenuous state of mankind’s disturbance of the natural order in the anthropocene; it sits in a place between benign and malign, beautiful and grotesque, dissolving the borders between fantasy and reality. By imbuing quirky forms with an energy that speaks to the essence of fecundity, her subject matter acts as a vehicle for talking about growth, movement and change in the natural world.
EXHIBITION
The blockbuster Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi illuminates Melbourne this winter with a celebration of the artist’s colourful paintings in collaboration with award winning Paris-based designer India Mahdavi. Developed in partnership with Musée d’Orsay, Paris, the show features more than 100 works spanning the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The works are presented within a contemporary design by India Mahdavi, who has been described as the ‘virtuoso of colour’ and ‘possessor of perfect chromatic pitch’.
DINING
Inspired by regional French flavours, the Yering Station Wine Bar in Great Hall and Pommery Champagne Bar in Gallery Kitchen will serve a menu to warm you up, including cheese boards, gruyere croquettes, cassoulet and sweet profiteroles.
ANNIE SMITHERS AT NGV
Annie Smithers, one of Australia’s most highly regarded chefs, brings a French farmhouse menu to NGV Garden Restaurant. Dine on a menu inspired by Smithers’ award-wining restaurant du Fermier and the Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi exhibition. Book a table.
Yering Station Wine Bar
Visit the Yering Station Wine Bar in the Great Hall to enjoy fine wines from the Yarra Valley or a memorable wine tasting experience including varieties of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz.
Pommery Champagne Bar
Enjoy your Friday Night with elegance in the Pommery Champagne Bar in Gallery Kitchen. Indulge in the contemporary Pommery POPs or go traditional with the iconic Brut Royal. Either way, delight guaranteed!
Mimco Lounge
Mimco is delighted to support the NGV’s Friday Nights in celebration of the Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi exhibition, bringing guests an interactive pop-up experience fusing art and fashion.
With a shared Melbourne heritage and brand foundations built on innovation and collaboration, Mimco’s long-standing partnership with the NGV is a celebration of art, humanity and creativity.