Program

20 Feb — 10 Mar 2025

KAGAMI

Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum

An innovative mixed reality concert created by legendary composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Tin Drum.

Chronotopia

Sim Chi Yin

Chronotopia is a specially-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance One Day We’ll Understand.

SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed

This exciting exhibition offers fresh insights on science fiction. The lines connecting science fiction with ancient philosophy and mythologies are brought to light through the work of Asian and First Nations women artists and collectives.

Yayoi Kusama

Experience this ambitious world-premiere exhibition at NGV International, celebrating the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.

FROCK A WHANAUNGATANGA

The Pacific Sisters

An awe-inspiring exhibition and workshop series by legendary Tagata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters.

Shadows in Twin Cities: Watch Me Fly (바람을 만난 그림자)

JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO

A large-scale video installation takes place simultaneously on the screens of Federation Square and a civic location in Jeonju.

Shadows in Twin Cities: Find My Shadow (그림자 숨바꼭질)

JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO

The shadows of children in Korea have flown across hemispheres. Can you find where they’ve landed?

Shadows in Twin Cities (쌍둥이 도시의 그림자들)

JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO

Shadows in Twin Cities brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes.

NGV Friday Nights

Exclusively yours after-hours, explore the largest exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s work ever staged in Australia in a world-premiere exhibition featuring kaleidoscopic infinity mirror rooms, dancing pumpkins and immersive installations.

Tiny, Fluffy, Sweet

Ran Chen

A live performance exploring the long-underestimated complexity of the human-animal emotional experience of "cuteness".

Opera for the Dead (祭歌)

Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim

A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death.

Bunyi Bunyi Bumi

Raymond D. Blanco, Dr Priya Srinivasan, Waangenga Blanco, Alfira O'Sullivan, Murtala, Tyrel Dulvarie

Dance, body percussion, and stunning visuals, Bunyi Bunyi Bumi unites Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Indonesian artists in a groundbreaking world premiere.

A Nightime Travesty

A Daylight Connection

Join our motley crew as they venture out into the ether where flight attendant Angel must face off with the greatest man of all time in a battle for the ultimate prize.

INAMO Kiki Ball

Founding Mother of Naarm, Kianna 007 and Overall Founding Mother, Mira Silky (Mirasia)

Sensing Dark Matter

Su Wenchi

Sensing Dark Matter is a VR experience merging art and physics, inviting viewers to explore a speculative universe where dark matter and its gravitational effects become perceptible.