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The National Gallery of Victoria Triennial runs through April 7, 2024, at the NGV International in Melbourne. A snapshot of the world today, the event offers audiences a unique opportunity to explore, experience, and understand our modern world through nearly a hundred contemporary design, art, and architecture projects from around the globe. Of these, 25 are world premieres, while many of them will become part of the gallery’s permanent collection.
This edition of the NGV Triennial features works by over 120 leading international artists, designers, and collectives. It embraces a wide range of artforms and disciplines, from robotics to artificial intelligence, textiles to sculpture, and animatronics to conceptual art. The works are divided into three sections, according to the three thematic pillars of the event – that is, Magic, Matter, and Memory. Magic looks at some of the ways in which human spirituality has shaped our world. Matter highlights the central role that nature and natural materials play in defining human culture. Finally, Memory focuses on the history of the people, places, and objects that make up the complex tapestry of our contemporary world.
The exhibition will see the participation of Yoko Ono (Japan), Sheila Hicks (United States), Tracey Emin (United Kingdom), Betty Muffler (Australia), David Shrigley (United Kingdom), Maison Schiaparelli (France), Maurizio Cattelan (Italy), Shakuntala Kulkarni (India), Lin Fanglu (China), Ivan Navarro (Chile), Petrit Halilaj (Kosovo), Ihor Okuniev (Ukraine), Ezz Monem (Egypt), Thomas J Price (United Kingdom), Iris van Herpen (Netherlands), Jean Jullien (France), Fernando Laposse (Mexico), Azuma Makoto (Japan), Flora Yukhnovich (UK), Yee I-Lann (Malaysia), Farrokh Mahdavi (Iran), Hugh Hayden (USA), Elmgreen and Dragset (Denmark, Norway), and many more.
The various events taking place under the NGV Triennal 2023 umbrella include Megacities, a photography exhibition intended to stimulate reflection on the urban environment through over 500 images of major cities. For this exhibition, the NGV invited ten leading photographers to immortalize the urban environments of the same number of megacities: Cairo, Delhi, Dhaka, Jakarta, Lagos, Mexico City, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
The event also includes RIFIFI: Jean Jullien for Kids, for which French visual artist Jean Jullien has transformed the NGV Kids Gallery into a colorful underwater adventure for both fun and raising environmental awareness.
Location: NGV International, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Until 7 April 2024
All images courtesy NGV International
