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Untitled, Christine Godden, will feature in the NGV's MOTHER exhibition. Image: NGV.
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MOTHER: NGV to premiere exhibition on motherhood 

MOTHER: Stories from the NGV Collection will run, free, from 27 March to 12 July 2026.

Cartier tiara with blue diamonds and platinum, to show at the NGV.
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Cartier’s largest Australian display to land at the NGV for 2026 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces

From June 2026, NGV will be home to Australia’s largest Cartier display, comprising over 20 tiaras alongside jewels and designs.

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Exhibition review: French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, NGV International

The NGV's Winter Masterpieces exhibition brings beloved old masters to Melbourne.

Model and crew backstage for the Melbourne Fashion Festival. A tall female model with pale skin and red lips is wearing a red satin dress with a large floral feature over her chest, while the crew adjusts something around her ear.
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Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025

What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

Best art. Claire Lambe, ‘Witnessing Bacon’, installation view at Sarah Scout Presents. A large tapestry based on a photo of Bacon’s messy studio, hanging against a violet wall with a saddle shaped seat in front.
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The best art I saw in 2024 across 11 cities and over 200 exhibitions

A note of appreciation to all the artists and artworks that left a mark on my year.

Sarah Brightman wearing a dark robe and holding onto an old-fashioned cream phone in a drawing room. On the left is a figure of man seen through the curtains.
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Most popular reviews in 2024

Which reviews of live performances, exhibitions and books attracted the most attention from ArtsHub's readers this year?

Reko Rennie's retrospective is just one of the many activities available in Melbourne this weekend.
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5 things to do in Melbourne this weekend

A deadly festival, foot-stomping celebration of Tina Turner, a 15-metre Rolls-Royce and much more in Melbourne this weekend.

Home Truth, a new work on sustainable housing from NGV, has just opened. Photo: Derek Swalwell
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Home Truth: artwork offers a bold paradigm shift in Australia's housing crisis

The latest Architecture Commission at the National Gallery of Victoria poses big questions for sustainable living.

Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', 2019, on display in NGV Triennial 2023. A single banana duct-taped to a white wall.
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Controversial duct-taped banana that drew crowds at NGV Triennial could fetch over US$1 million

Maurizio Cattelan's banana artwork, 'Comedian' will hit the auction block five years after it was purchased – the price is…

French Impressionism style painting of garden with purple flowers. Pierre Renoir.
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COVID lockdown blockbuster exhibition gets a second chance

NGV International’s epic ‘French Impressionism exhibition’ will return in 2025, after being cut short by the pandemic.

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