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
EVENING NEWS
Great Hall
8–9pm
Evening News is the new moniker of the instrumental dance group formerly known as Beatnik Collective. The new era is complete with the house and electronica infused grooves that you know and love but more expansive influences ranging from Drum & Bass and 2 step Garage.
Fresh off their hot selling East Coast tour and new music around the corner the new era is still here to get jiggy with it.
HAWKRADA
Federation Court
6–8pm
9–10pm
Hawkrada is a daydreamer, stargazer, vinyl hoarder and a sampling enthusiast. The beatmaker considers his artistic pursuits as a nomadic journey, drawing inspiration from the elders and predecessors of the Hip Hop genre. Approaching the music through an afrofuturistic lens, he aims to create sounds that reflect the old and new paradigms moulded in the diaspora and Afro culture around the 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.