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Heide Museum of Modern Art began life in 1934 as the home of John and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into one of Australia's most important cultural institutions. Heide, as it is affectionately known, has built a national reputation based upon the vision of the Reeds and their role in the development and promotion of modern art in Australia. Inspired by the Reeds' nurturing of the young artists of their generation, Heide continues to support the contemporary art of today through its collection and exhibition program.

Opening tomorrow in Heide Cottage, Personal Effects places everyday belongings and the tangible traces of life at Heide ...
18/09/2026

Opening tomorrow in Heide Cottage, Personal Effects places everyday belongings and the tangible traces of life at Heide in dialogue with contemporary creative practices 🪞🧸

Drawing on artefacts from John and Sunday Reed’s Personal Effects Collection, the exhibition seeks to rework archives, translate personal histories, recontextualise found materials and probe the instability of memory.

The exhibition features work from Tia Ansell, Darcey Bella Arnold, Kirsten Coelho, Kate Daw, Teelah George, Zac Langdon-Pole, Jacqueline Stojanović, Isadora Vaughan, Ella Wijt and a new commission by Nusra Latif Qureshi.

heide.com.au/exhibitions/personal-effects/

Image: Zac Langdon-Pole, Re Translatio Studii (ii), 2021, bowl fragments and brass staples, courtesy of the artist and STATION, Australia, photograph: Sam Hartnett

Art By Twilight makes a long-awaited return just in time for Halloween 🦇Visit Heide after dark and discover Brassaï: Sec...
17/09/2026

Art By Twilight makes a long-awaited return just in time for Halloween 🦇

Visit Heide after dark and discover Brassaï: Secret Paris with friends and family. Glimpse the underbelly of 1930s Paris and unearth real life stories of the nocturnal inhabitants of the City of Light.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibitions on display (free with admission) and wander through the sculpture park and gardens, all while enjoying refreshments in the forecourt courtesy of Heide Kitchen and Pidapipo, accompanied by live music.

🗓️ Saturday 31 October, 5–8pm
heide.com.au/events/art-by-twilight/

photograph: Jeremy Weihrauch

‘This plane is dhäwu-mirr [it has story]. When I was young I heard stories about the Japanese planes bombing Milingimbi ...
16/09/2026

‘This plane is dhäwu-mirr [it has story]. When I was young I heard stories about the Japanese planes bombing Milingimbi during World War Two. When my grandfather heard the planes coming he took my father and my aunty to the creek to hide them in the mangroves. Growing up, I also saw those old planes still lying in the bush at Milingimbi. That was a real thing that happened to our Old People, those bombs dropping.

‘The plane is woven from local materials including pandanus, sedge grass, kurrajong fibre, kapok tree, jungle vine, hibiscus timber and tree sap, and painted with ratjpa (purple ochre) and watharr (white ochre). I used ratjpa because it belongs to Mäl_arra people and identifies who made the work. My husband Alfred Walpay helped me with the structure, and my daughter Loretta Ŋalambana helped to weave, learning from me at the same time.’ — Jennifer Dikarr Roy

Presented throughout Heide Modern, visit Watch These Hands today. Members go free 🎟️
heide.com.au/exhibitions/watch-these-hands/

Image: Jennifer Dikarr Roy (Mäl_arra clan; Burarra, Yan-nhangu, Dhuwal (Djambarrpuyŋu) languages), War Plane, 2026, gunga (Pandanus spiralis), mewana/sedge-grass, bal_gurr/kurrajong (Brachychiton megaphyllus), gulu/kapok tree (Bombax ceiba), djal_i/jungle vine, malwan/hibiscus timber, man’gu/tree sap, ratjpa/purple ochre and watharr/ white ochre, courtesy of the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture, photographs: Christo Crocker

Discover Creative Age Join us during Dementia Action Awareness Week for a relaxed and welcoming session at Heide’s Sidne...
15/09/2026

Discover Creative Age
Join us during Dementia Action Awareness Week for a relaxed and welcoming session at Heide’s Sidney Myer Education Centre. Carers and adults living with dementia are invited to drop in, enjoy a cup of tea, and take part in gentle art making activities.
Meet art therapist Tanis Douglas and learn more about Heide’s innovative Creative Age program, designed to support connection, creativity and wellbeing.

🗓️ Tuesday 22 September, 1:30pm
FREE. Museum admission not included

Daringly, Brassaï chose darkness at a time when photography was almost always reserved for daylight 🌙It was a bold choic...
14/09/2026

Daringly, Brassaï chose darkness at a time when photography was almost always reserved for daylight 🌙

It was a bold choice to make in the 1930s. Exposure times for cameras were considerably longer, and light sources were scarce and unpredictable. Brassaï would walk the streets at night with with a bulky camera and several glass plates, using a tripod to stage his images over several minutes.

For Brassaï it was a question of instinct. The night suggests, transforms and reveals what the day conceals. In this relative darkness, the world becomes more uncertain, more open, more receptive to the imagination.

Brassaï: Secret Paris is now open. Book today, members go free 🎟️
heide.com.au/exhibitions/brassai/

Image: Brassaï, Colonne Morris, 1933, gelatin silver photograph © Estate Brassaï Succession—Philippe Ribeyrolles 2026.

A garden you can get lost in 🍃Connecting art with nature, Heide's gardens were transformed into a personal Eden through ...
13/09/2026

A garden you can get lost in 🍃

Connecting art with nature, Heide's gardens were transformed into a personal Eden through the love and care of John and Sunday Reed. We recommend visiting late afternoon for the most magical light ✨

Heide's gardens and grounds are open to the public all year round. Pick up a visitor guide from the front desk to discover all 6 hectares 🗺️
heide.com.au/landscape/

Photographs and video: Ruby Taylor

What's that? Heide Market returns tomorrow? 🪁Bringing an eclectic mix of art, design and handcrafted goods, Heide Market...
11/09/2026

What's that? Heide Market returns tomorrow? 🪁

Bringing an eclectic mix of art, design and handcrafted goods, Heide Market makes it long-awaited return this weekend with a showcase of makers from The Rose St Market. And yes, it is dog-friendly 🐕‍🦺

🗓️ Saturday 12 September, 10am – 3pm
📍 Heide Sculpture Park
🔗 heide.com.au/events/heide-market/

Photographs: Anne Moffat

Enter our photography competition and win a Secret Sofitel Experience 📸🤫 deadline has been extended to 8 Oct ⏳Photograph...
11/09/2026

Enter our photography competition and win a Secret Sofitel Experience 📸🤫 deadline has been extended to 8 Oct ⏳

Photography Protégés is a competition for aspiring young photographers that embraces the spirit of our current exhibition, Brassaï: Secret Paris. To enter, visit Heide to experience Brassaï’s iconic images of Paris and use it as inspiration for your own artwork, transforming the everyday into something surprising and intriguing.

Split into two categories, competition finalists will be displayed at .

🐥 Junior, 7-11 years old
🦉 Senior, 12-17 years old

Each category winner will receive a digital camera and an exclusive Secret Sofitel Experience for themselves and their family, stepping behind the scenes to uncover hidden spaces, stories and the inner workings of the hotel rarely seen by guests, followed by an elegant High Tea at No35 Restaurant 🏆

Visit our website for more information 👉
heide.com.au/kids-families/photography-proteges-brassai/

Image: Brassaï, Le premier client, c. 1931 (The first client), gelatin silver photograph © Estate Brassaï Succession — Philippe Ribeyrolles 2026

‘yingabeal stands as a witness, an ancient presence. Ochre marks remind yingabeal of the current generations of wurundje...
08/09/2026

‘yingabeal stands as a witness, an ancient presence. Ochre marks remind yingabeal of the current generations of wurundjeri woiwurrung gulinj ba bagurrk on Country.’ — Brooke Wandin

Watch These Hands invites us all to consider our own place within networks of responsibility and obligation, and to reflect on what it means to inherit, actively care for, and pass on the shared world around us. The works illuminate systems of responsibility and reciprocal relationships, and speak to the intergenerational knowledge exchange that sustains culture, community, Ancestral memory, and Country.

heide.com.au/exhibitions/watch-these-hands/

Image: Brooke Wandin (wurundjeri woiwurrung), yingabeal ngangabunhan, 2026, ochre, courtesy of the artist, photograph: John Gollings

08/09/2026

"A nostalgic pull for an age almost beyond living memory" — Ben Brooker, The Saturday Paper

A master of capturing the intimacy of his subjects, there was never a detail that escaped the careful eye of photographer extraordinaire Brassaï.

Entranced by the bustling streets and dazzling nightlife of 1930s Paris, Brassaï brings to light a side of the city typically cloaked in mystery.

Book today and discover the sensitivity with which Brassaï captured his Secret Paris. Members go free 🎟️
heide.com.au/exhibitions/brassai/

Image: Installation view, Brassaï: Secret Paris, 2026, Heide Museum of Modern Art. Video: Ruby Taylor.

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Bulleen, VIC
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Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
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