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Exhibitions

Thursday 30 April
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

Sam Martin

Contact

Futures Gallery
Thursday 9 April – Saturday 9 May

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

Lena Becerra

Xenobotany

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 11 April – Sunday 3 May

Jeff Raglus

Free Jazz

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Yoko Georgiou

Flow

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Adrianne Dimitrakakis

Golden Lands

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Jo Joyce

The Everyday

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

B.Ballirò

Practica.

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Kel Ward

Country Wide

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Group Show

A Thousand Words

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 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

De / formed

Five Walls
Friday 10 April – Saturday 2 May

Edwin Devril

seeing you at a distance

West Space
Saturday 21 March – Tuesday 5 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

Group Show

Surface Tension

No Vacancy
Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 9 May

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

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

This major international exhibition pairs the work of two of the most visionary and influential fashion designers in recent history, Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022) and Rei Kawakubo (1942–) of Comme des Garçons.

Emerging in the 1970s, both rebelled against rigid social expectations to find artistic and economic freedom through fashion. Self-taught iconoclasts who challenged the ‘rules’ of dress, their work is grounded in the desire for change. Throughout their careers, Westwood and Kawakubo have reframed ideas of beauty, gender and the relationship between body and garment through their rejection of fashion norms. By experimenting with cut, form and function, each designer has reimagined the traditions of tailoring and dressmaking. Today, their material, technical and conceptual innovations continue to disrupt the status quo and shape the way we dress.

Bringing together over 140 works from the NGV Collection with selected important loans from international museums, Westwood Heritage archive and private collections, Westwood’s and Kawakubo’s work is placed into dialogue, highlighting how their shared concerns, contrasting philosophies and distinctive design methodologies have profoundly transformed contemporary fashion.

Location

NGV International
180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3006, Australia

Date

Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

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Website

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/westwood-kawakubo/

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Exhibitions

Thursday 30 April
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

Sam Martin

Contact

Futures Gallery
Thursday 9 April – Saturday 9 May

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

Lena Becerra

Xenobotany

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 11 April – Sunday 3 May

Jeff Raglus

Free Jazz

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Yoko Georgiou

Flow

Boom Gallery
Thursday 23 April – Saturday 16 May

Adrianne Dimitrakakis

Golden Lands

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Jo Joyce

The Everyday

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

B.Ballirò

Practica.

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Kel Ward

Country Wide

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 May

Group Show

A Thousand Words

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 16 April – Sunday 3 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

De / formed

Five Walls
Friday 10 April – Saturday 2 May

Edwin Devril

seeing you at a distance

West Space
Saturday 21 March – Tuesday 5 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

Group Show

Surface Tension

No Vacancy
Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 9 May

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

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

This major international exhibition pairs the work of two of the most visionary and influential fashion designers in recent history, Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022) and Rei Kawakubo (1942–) of Comme des Garçons.

Emerging in the 1970s, both rebelled against rigid social expectations to find artistic and economic freedom through fashion. Self-taught iconoclasts who challenged the ‘rules’ of dress, their work is grounded in the desire for change. Throughout their careers, Westwood and Kawakubo have reframed ideas of beauty, gender and the relationship between body and garment through their rejection of fashion norms. By experimenting with cut, form and function, each designer has reimagined the traditions of tailoring and dressmaking. Today, their material, technical and conceptual innovations continue to disrupt the status quo and shape the way we dress.

Bringing together over 140 works from the NGV Collection with selected important loans from international museums, Westwood Heritage archive and private collections, Westwood’s and Kawakubo’s work is placed into dialogue, highlighting how their shared concerns, contrasting philosophies and distinctive design methodologies have profoundly transformed contemporary fashion.

Location

NGV International
180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3006, Australia

Date

Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Save to Calendar

Website

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/westwood-kawakubo/

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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