New exhibition presenting select works from the Lyon Collection by artists Marco Fusinato, Rosemary Laing, Louise Forthun, Daniel Crooks and New Acquisitions to the museum's permanent collection. Together these works showcase the fertile and energetic nature of contemporary Australian art.
Find out more here.
$10.00 PER PERSON
We regret to advise that public tours of the original Housemuseum remain suspended for the time being due to social distancing restrictions. We look forward to welcoming you back to the Housemuseum soon.
The original Lyon Housemuseum is available for pre-booked tours on designated days each year. Visits last one and a quarter hours and are limited to 25 people.
Cost of visit, including guided tour by a member of the Lyon family, is $25.00 per person for the general public and $12.00 per school student visiting as part of a school group.
If you are interested in visiting the original Housemuseum, please email or telephone +61 3 9817 2300 to make a booking.
$25.00 PER PERSON
The NGV’s annual Architecture Commission is a key highlight of the NGV’s summer calendar offering opportunities for Australian architects and multidisciplinary teams to design an engaging temporary structure in one of Melbourne's great civic and cultural spaces. Selected through a national open-call process the series has enabled designers to experiment and speculate on new architectural propositions.
Join Ewan McEoin, the NGV's Senior Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture for this illustrated talk as he presents highlights from the six winning designs.
Thinking about starting a collection of contemporary art? Whether you're looking to acquire one or many works this is a forum not to be missed.
Join our panel of leading Australian collectors Craig Semple, Alana Kushnir and Corbett Lyon on this Saturday afternoon as they examine how and why collectors collect and provide insights into their collecting strategies.
Illustrated presentations by panel members will be followed by a Q&A session.
Join us for refreshments following the discussion.
In this workshop we explore ways in which paintings and images can be read to increase our understanding of them and our satisfaction in viewing them.
Should a painting be explored as a whole or as the sum of its parts? Or both? How is the painting composed and structured? How does it set up a relationship with us as viewer?
These questions will be explored by Dr Michael Vale and Corbett Lyon as they analyse three paintings from the Lyon Collection.
Join us for a glass of bubbly following the session.
Ever considered learning to draw in perspective like an architect? Spend a Saturday morning learning to draw alongside Corbett Lyon, equipped with his 40 years experience in architectural drawing and design. Enjoy learning the fundamentals of sketching and colouring. Beginners and aficionados all welcome! Drawing paper and pens provided on the day.
$10.00 RESIDENTS OF BOROONDARA (please call the Galleries to reserve your ticket).
This event is generously supported by the City of Boroondara.
Performance practice is now firmly embedded in the contemporary art arena and is opening up new opportunities for artistic expression. It has also changed the ways in which audiences engage with creative ideas. What does this mean for artists? What might the future of contemporary art look like?
Join us for a conversation with Joel Stern, James Nguyen and Anador Walsh as they discuss different modes of performance practice and reflect on the ongoing potential of performance in contemporary art settings.
Join Kerry Gardner AM, film director, author and cultural ambassador as she presents a history of Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale and the impact this has had on the careers of presenting artists and on the global reception of Australian art.
Gardner is currently chair of Australia’s Venice Council and is the author of a recently published book Australia at the Venice Biennale: A Century of Contemporary Art.