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Exhibitions

Wednesday 13 May
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Kait James

Kiss my Moom

Neon Parc
Friday 17 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

Future Creatives

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Art + Language

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

Minimal

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

Jeff Raglus

Free Jazz

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Yoko Georgiou

Flow

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Group Show

LABOUR & LOVE

West Space
Saturday 9 May – Thursday 14 May

Rob Mchaffie

Designer Shell

Daine Singer
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 30 May

Group Show

Octopus 26: Melange

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 11 April – Saturday 30 May

Moorina Bonini

We Were Never Meant to be Contained

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 17 April – Saturday 16 May

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Aleks Danko

An Ecology of Ideas

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 18 April – Saturday 16 May

Rachael Robb

In Time

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 18 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

Form and Function—Australian Studio Ceramics

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art

Linden New Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Lisa Waup

TRACE

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 29 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

dribbling onward and nowhere

CAVES Gallery
Friday 1 May – Saturday 23 May

Group Show

‘Guwarguwarmirri’ – Colours of the Rainbow

Tolarno Galleries
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 16 May

Marina Rolfe

The Edge of Holding

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 15 April – Saturday 23 May

Group Show

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art

Linden New Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Before European arrival in 1835, this land was lived on and cared for by the Yalukit Willam, meaning “river home” or “people of the river”, a clan of the Boon Wurrung people. Situated at the meeting point of land and sea, the site where Linden New Art now stands was a place of social, cultural and economic exchange, sustaining community and belonging for generations.

Within four decades of colonisation, the property was acquired by Jewish immigrant Moritz Michaelis. In 1871, a Victorian mansion was constructed and named Linden, after the German word for the lime tree, a species associated with love, protection and justice. The house remained the Michaelis family home until 1957. It was subsequently sold and operated as the exclusive Linden Court private hotel until 1983, when it was purchased by the St Kilda City Council (now part of the City of Port Phillip). Following significant renovations to serve the wider community, Linden opened as a public art gallery in 1986.

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 Years of Linden New Art marks four decades of Linden as a cultural institution. Rather than surveying artists who have helped shape or been shaped by Linden, the exhibition excavates the layered histories of this distinctive St Kilda site, engaging with its history from pre-European occupation, to private residence, hotel, and ultimately one of Melbourne's most iconic contemporary art spaces.

At its core is a focus on Linden’s pioneering first decade, when the gallery emerged as a crucible for experimental practice. The building’s domestic architecture became a site for bold artistic interventions, while the artist-run initiative Room 4 established a precedent for installation-focused programming that challenged conventional gallery models.

Positioning this history alongside Linden’s present mission, the exhibition underscores the institution’s ongoing commitment to supporting mid-career artists working across experimental, conceptual and materially diverse practices. Through a dialogue between past and present, Time Moves Through These Walls honours the site’s transformations while signalling its continued evolution as a platform for artistic innovation.

By tracing the intersection of place, practice and institutional identity, the exhibition reveals how Linden’s heritage continues to inform and inspire the experimental art it champions, laying the groundwork for the next chapter of its contribution to Melbourne’s cultural life.

Location

Linden New Art
26 Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia

Date

Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

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Exhibitions

Wednesday 13 May
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Kait James

Kiss my Moom

Neon Parc
Friday 17 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

Future Creatives

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Art + Language

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

Minimal

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

Jeff Raglus

Free Jazz

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Yoko Georgiou

Flow

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Group Show

LABOUR & LOVE

West Space
Saturday 9 May – Thursday 14 May

Rob Mchaffie

Designer Shell

Daine Singer
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 30 May

Group Show

Octopus 26: Melange

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 11 April – Saturday 30 May

Moorina Bonini

We Were Never Meant to be Contained

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 17 April – Saturday 16 May

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Aleks Danko

An Ecology of Ideas

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 18 April – Saturday 16 May

Rachael Robb

In Time

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 18 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

Form and Function—Australian Studio Ceramics

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art

Linden New Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Lisa Waup

TRACE

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 29 April – Saturday 16 May

Group Show

dribbling onward and nowhere

CAVES Gallery
Friday 1 May – Saturday 23 May

Group Show

‘Guwarguwarmirri’ – Colours of the Rainbow

Tolarno Galleries
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 16 May

Marina Rolfe

The Edge of Holding

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 15 April – Saturday 23 May

Group Show

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art

Linden New Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Before European arrival in 1835, this land was lived on and cared for by the Yalukit Willam, meaning “river home” or “people of the river”, a clan of the Boon Wurrung people. Situated at the meeting point of land and sea, the site where Linden New Art now stands was a place of social, cultural and economic exchange, sustaining community and belonging for generations.

Within four decades of colonisation, the property was acquired by Jewish immigrant Moritz Michaelis. In 1871, a Victorian mansion was constructed and named Linden, after the German word for the lime tree, a species associated with love, protection and justice. The house remained the Michaelis family home until 1957. It was subsequently sold and operated as the exclusive Linden Court private hotel until 1983, when it was purchased by the St Kilda City Council (now part of the City of Port Phillip). Following significant renovations to serve the wider community, Linden opened as a public art gallery in 1986.

Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 Years of Linden New Art marks four decades of Linden as a cultural institution. Rather than surveying artists who have helped shape or been shaped by Linden, the exhibition excavates the layered histories of this distinctive St Kilda site, engaging with its history from pre-European occupation, to private residence, hotel, and ultimately one of Melbourne's most iconic contemporary art spaces.

At its core is a focus on Linden’s pioneering first decade, when the gallery emerged as a crucible for experimental practice. The building’s domestic architecture became a site for bold artistic interventions, while the artist-run initiative Room 4 established a precedent for installation-focused programming that challenged conventional gallery models.

Positioning this history alongside Linden’s present mission, the exhibition underscores the institution’s ongoing commitment to supporting mid-career artists working across experimental, conceptual and materially diverse practices. Through a dialogue between past and present, Time Moves Through These Walls honours the site’s transformations while signalling its continued evolution as a platform for artistic innovation.

By tracing the intersection of place, practice and institutional identity, the exhibition reveals how Linden’s heritage continues to inform and inspire the experimental art it champions, laying the groundwork for the next chapter of its contribution to Melbourne’s cultural life.

Location

Linden New Art
26 Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia

Date

Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

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Website

https://www.lindenarts.org/exhibitions/linden-new-art/40-years-of-linden-new-art/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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