Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Members Exclusive Program for Kids
Under 4s: Julian Opie

The Under 4s program series invites children and families to discover the Gallery through looking and making activities. For children aged 2-4 and their parent or carer.

Tickets admit one child and one adult. Any additional adults wishing to attend the program can purchase…

Programs for Kids
Under 4s: Julian Opie

The Under 4s program series invites children and families to discover the Gallery through looking and making activities. For children aged 2-4 and their parent or carer.

Tickets admit one child and one adult. Any additional adults wishing to attend the program can purchase…

Programs for Kids
Under 4s: Julian Opie

The Under 4s program series invites children and families to discover the Gallery through looking and making activities. For children aged 2-4 and their parent or carer.

Tickets admit one child and one adult. Any additional adults wishing to attend the program can purchase…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 10-14
Week 5 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Members Exclusive: Term 4 Weekend Workshops
Ages 5-9
Week 5 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised. NGV Members exclusive sessions.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will…

Up Close: The Story of Clarice Beckett

Clarice Beckett emerged onto the Melbourne art scene in the early 20th century with a distinct style of painting, depicting street scenes and landscapes in a dreamlike haze.

Learn the story behind a woman who received little recognition during her lifetime but has since become…

Members Orientation Tours
NGV International

If you have recently become an NGV Member or just want to learn a little more about your Gallery, join us for a free orientation tour of the NGV facilities.

The orientation tour concludes with a free Voluntary Guide Tour of the NGV Collection (optional…

Members Orientation Tours
NGV Australia

If you have recently become an NGV Member or just want to learn a little more about your Gallery, join us for a free orientation tour of the NGV facilities.

The orientation tour concludes with a free Voluntary Guide Tour of the NGV Collection (optional…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 5-9
Week 5 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Jeff Mills In Conversation
Presented as part of Melbourne Music Week and curated by Jessie French

This program is fully booked. To be added to the waitlist, please email your full name, contact number and number of guests to programs@ngv.vic.gov.au and you will be contacted if tickets become available.

Innovative Australian multi-disciplinary artist and film-maker…

Members Exclusive Access

Despite their differences, George Baldessin and Brett Whiteley share many similarities in their lives and their art. Born in the same year, both artists were brilliantly provocative in their artistic language, were figurative expressionists and were attracted to popular culture and existentialist ideas.

Members and…

Auslan Tour
NGV Collection

Tour led by artist, Phoenix Cheung.
Presented in Auslan. No English interpretation is provided

MSO at NGV: PLEXUS & Roger Kemp
Presented as part of Melbourne Music Week

MSO Ensemble in Residence PLEXUS weaves a program of works by contemporary Melbourne composers in response to the iconic Roger Kemp tapestries that adorn the walls of NGV’s Great Hall.
PROGRAM
Mary Finsterer Julian Suite No 1, Movement 1: Nobility (2015)
Luke Speedy-Hutton…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Members Book Club
Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thomson

Members Book Club is an opportunity to come together and discuss classic and contemporary literature over a cup of tea and examine art through a literary lens with books selected to accompany current NGV exhibitions. Join the discussion with NGV Facilitator, Maggie Burgess

Members Christmas Shopping Night

Members and their guests are invited to an after hours shopping night at NGV Australia.

Enjoy late-night access to Baldessin/Whiteley: Parallel Visions, wine tasting with Yering Station and a sampling of locally produced chocolates, biscuits and Christmas cake presented by NGV design store…

Members Sketching in the Gallery

Discover the NGV Collection through small group tutored drawing sessions led by local artist Godwin Bradbeer.

Materials provided, no experience necessary.
FACILITATOR
Godwin Bradbeer is a Melbourne based artist known for intense and large scale figurative drawing. He has taught at the Victorian College of…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 10-14
Week 6 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Members Exclusive: Term 4 Weekend Workshops
Ages 5-9
Week 6 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised. NGV Members exclusive sessions.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will…

Members Sketching in the Gallery

Discover the NGV Collection through small group tutored drawing sessions led by local artist Godwin Bradbeer.

Materials provided, no experience necessary.
FACILITATOR
Godwin Bradbeer is a Melbourne based artist known for intense and large scale figurative drawing. He has taught at the Victorian College of…

Members Book Club
Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thomson

Members Book Club is an opportunity to come together and discuss classic and contemporary literature over a cup of tea and examine art through a literary lens with books selected to accompany current NGV exhibitions. Join the discussion with NGV Facilitator, Maggie Burgess

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 5-9
Week 6 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Music’s Visual Worlds
Presented as part of Melbourne Music Week

How often do album covers or video clips seep into your mind when you hear music?

Julian Opie’s work is known to many for the iconic album artwork he made for Blur.

As part of Melbourne Music Week, musicians and artists sit down among…

Members Studio Visit: Flack Studio

Australian designer David Flack invites Members to visit his Fitzroy studio, followed by lunch with the designer and Rigg Design Prize 2018 curator Simone LeAmon at local eatery Grub.

David Flack founded Flack Studio in 2015 after working for interior designer Kerry Phelan for several…

Film Screening: Whiteley
(2017, M, 90 mins)

Whiteley is a visual journey into the private life and creative legacy of one of Australia’s most well-known artists, told through personal letters, notebooks and photographs interwoven with reconstructions, animations, archival interviews and rare footage

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 10-14
Week 7 | NGV Australia

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Members Exclusive: Term 4 Weekend Workshops
Ages 5-9
Week 7 | NGV Australia

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised. NGV Members exclusive sessions.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 5-9
Week 7 | NGV Australia

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Designing Interiors

The designers behind the interiors on display in the Rigg Design Prize 2018 talk about their ideas and approach to the design brief.
SPEAKERS
2pm – Scott Weston on Wunderkammer

Scott Weston established his studio in 1997 and focuses on producing singular well-crafted interiors with…

Master of Illusion: M. C. Escher
Presented by NGV and The New York Times

A master of optical illusion, M. C. Escher combines different perspectives in his prints, presenting visual contradictions that have long intrigued audiences.

Benno Tempel, Director of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague, home of the world’s largest public collection of Escher’s work…

Members Exclusive Access
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds

Celebrated as a master of optical illusion, M. C. Escher created some of the most iconic images of the twentieth century. Exclusively for the NGV, Japanese design studio nendo creates an immersive exhibition experience inspired by M. C. Escher.

Members are invited to an exclusive…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Members Exhibition Preview
William Wegman: Being Human

William Wegman moves freely between painting, drawing, photography, film, video, books and performances but is most well-known for his portraits of his Weimaraners. For Wegman his dogs are his muses and a way to indulge in his fascination with art history through costume, props…

Members Exhibition Preview
Visions of Paradise: Indian Court Paintings

Visions of Paradise: Indian Court Paintings presents the NGV’s internationally important holdings of Indian miniature paintings from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including portraits of the kings and his court as well as depictions of scenes of palace life and rituals.

Members are…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 10-14
Week 8 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Members Exclusive: Term 4 Weekend Workshops
Ages 5-9
Week 8 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised. NGV Members exclusive sessions.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will…

Curator’s Perspective

Journey to the opulent palaces and lavish lifestyles of the Indian Maharaja and Maharana of Rajasthan with exhibition curator Wayne Crothers in an introduction to Visions of Paradise: Indian Court Paintings.

Featuring seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings that have come to represent Indian culture…

Curator’s Perspective

When a Weimaraner joined the William Wegman family in 1970, the artist found his muse. This dog was the first in a line of canine collaborators and became one of his most celebrated subjects.

Exhibition curator Susan van Wyk explores the versatility of Wegman’s…

Weekend Workshops: Term 4
Ages 5-9
Week 8 | NGV International

Budding artists discover the NGV Collection and create their own works of art using a variety of media. Weekend Workshops offer the flexibility to book into single or multiple sessions. Fully supervised.

Please note: The workshop on Saturday 1 December will take place at NGV…

Being Human: William Wegman

When referring to William Wegman’s first muse, his dog Man Ray, critic Laurence Wieder asked ‘does Man Ray understand his place in art?’

Guest curator William A. Ewing playfully explores Wegman’s work and shares how the artist’s photographs of his Weimaraner reveal…

Members Introductory Curator Talk
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds

Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds creates a visionary and immersive exhibition that seamlessly presents the worlds of both M.C. Escher and Japanese design studio nendo.

Before viewing the exhibition learn about the key works on display, covering the full span of the artist…

Up Close: Marvellous Melbourne – Cliveden mantlepiece

Originally from the mansion of Sir William Clarke, the Cliveden mantlepiece (1887) has undergone significant conservation work to be on display at NGV Australia. Discover the story behind its creation and restoration, and insights from an architectural, curatorial and conservation perspective

Members Orientation Tours
NGV International

If you have recently become an NGV Member or just want to learn a little more about your Gallery, join us for a free orientation tour of the NGV facilities.

The orientation tour concludes with a free Voluntary Guide Tour of the NGV Collection (optional…

Members Orientation Tours
NGV Australia

If you have recently become an NGV Member or just want to learn a little more about your Gallery, join us for a free orientation tour of the NGV facilities.

The orientation tour concludes with a free Voluntary Guide Tour of the NGV Collection (optional…

Auslan Tour
Julian Opie

Led by artist Elizabeth Reed

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
MEDITATION

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

Drop-by Drawing

Spend your Sunday afternoons drawing alongside some of the NGV’s most treasured works as Drop-by Drawing returns this summer each Sunday in January, led by local artists.

Paper, drawing boards and pencils provided

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2019

Get creative this January at the annual NGV Kids Summer Festival. Inspired by the power of imagination, this year’s festival focuses on the theme of – Make Believe. Come along with your family, friends, parents, grandparents, for free hands-on activities and workshops.

At NGV…

Drop-by Drawing

Spend your Sunday afternoons drawing alongside some of the NGV’s most treasured works as Drop-by Drawing returns this summer each Sunday in January, led by local artists.

Paper, drawing boards and pencils provided

Student Summer School 2019

Our summer school for senior art and design students is back. Two days of immersive and stimulating learning and activity connecting students with artists and designers, the creative process in art and design, original works, the NGV and other students.

This program will focus on…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
MEDITATION

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Teacher Summer School 2019

Our teacher summer school for primary and secondary art and design teachers provides two days of immersion in contemporary art and design, and inspiring ideas and resources that will invigorate your teaching in 2019.

Program includes practical art-making opportunities and viewing and discussion of…

Drop-by Drawing

Spend your Sunday afternoons drawing alongside some of the NGV’s most treasured works as Drop-by Drawing returns this summer each Sunday in January, led by local artists.

Paper, drawing boards and pencils provided

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Drop-by Drawing

Spend your Sunday afternoons drawing alongside some of the NGV’s most treasured works as Drop-by Drawing returns this summer each Sunday in January, led by local artists.

Paper, drawing boards and pencils provided

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
MEDITATION

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
MEDITATION

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
SWEAT

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…

Breathe. Stretch. Sweat.
FINALE – YOGA

MAJOR PARTNER

Making the most of the summer months, lululemon and the NGV present a 20-week program of free active and reflective sessions at the Gallery, led by lululemon’s Melbourne ambassadors.

Taking place before and after hours, these sessions provide an opportunity to…