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Exhibitions in Melbourne in October 2026

31 events from Saturday, October 17 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 16. Busiest venues: Heide Museum of Modern Art, Linden New Art, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Visual arts
until Nov 1

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI · CBD
- Visual arts
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 Nov 15

The National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship

NGV International · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Art of the Pacific: From the NGV Collection

NGV International · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 25

ROME: Empire, Power, People

Melbourne Museum · Carlton
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 24

ZAHALKAWORLD: an artist's archive

Jewish Museum of Australia · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Watch These Hands

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Brassaï: Secret Paris

Brassaï

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Dance
until Oct 17

Walk With Me – The Final Rest

Threading Frames

Arts House · North Melbourne
- Dance
- Cinema
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart

ACMI · CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Gian Manik: Fantasy Chamber

Gian Manik

Linden New Art · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Natascha Stellmach: THE LETTING GO (2012-2026)

Natascha Stellmach

Linden New Art · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Free
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Visual arts
until Nov 8

Sarah CrowEST: one thing becomes another again

Sarah CrowEST

Linden New Art · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 22

Ken Whisson and John Foubister: Going Back In

Ken Whisson · John Foubister

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 17

Leyla Stevens: A Temple in Three Acts

Leyla Stevens

Gertrude Contemporary · Preston South
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 17

Marlene Gilson OAM & Matthew Harris: After all

Marlene Gilson · Matthew Harris

Gertrude Contemporary · Preston South
- Visual arts
Free
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 Oct 31

Lean In

Craft Victoria · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 17

Tarik Ahlip: Feast of the Compradors

Tarik Ahlip

Gertrude Glasshouse · Collingwood
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 22

NEW26

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) · Southbank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 29

Personal Effects

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 7

neutroportal

Craft Victoria · Melbourne CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Heidi Holmes: Kwik-Kwik-Kwik

Heidi Holmes

Linden New Art · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Leo: Swan Bay Dreaming

Linden New Art · St Kilda
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 7

Flawed

Craft Victoria · Melbourne CBD
- 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

Friday, October 30, 2026

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

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Visual arts
until Mar 14

David Jolly: Everything Else Falls Away

David Jolly

Heide Museum of Modern Art · Bulleen
- Visual arts

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