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Exhibitions in Melbourne in December 2026

20 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 9. Busiest venues: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, ACMI, Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Feb 28

Made to Move: Australian Jewellery 1960–2020: From the NGV Collection

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 24

ZAHALKAWORLD: an artist's archive

Jewish Museum of Australia · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart

ACMI · CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Plant Life: The Nature of Design

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Margaret Preston: A retrospective exhibition

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 29

Personal Effects

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 21

Tree of Life: Four Perspectives

Jewish Museum of Australia · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Play On

ACMI · CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 24

a/part: Hoda Afshar

Hoda Afshar

Buxton Contemporary · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jun 14

Passage: The Art of Atong Atem

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 14

David Jolly: Everything Else Falls Away

David Jolly

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 12

Et cetera

Gertrude Contemporary · Preston South
- Visual arts
Free
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Visual arts
until Jan 9

In the Shape of Us

Craft Victoria · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 6

Visionaries 2026

Craft Victoria · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 18

Lifelike

ACMI · CBD
- Visual arts

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Visual arts
until Mar 7

Love Letters

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts

Friday, December 11, 2026

Visual arts
until Feb 21

Kent Monkman: Miss Chief’s Picture Show

Kent Monkman

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 25

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2026: Xu Tiantian

NGV International · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Squish, Twist, Fizz: Mika Rottenberg for Kids

NGV International · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Triennial 2026

NGV International · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free

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