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Potter Museum of Art

Name: Potter Museum of Art
Address: Parkville, VIC, AU
Telephone: +61383445148
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A velvet ant, a flower and a bird exhibiting Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

29/05/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT 🐜 🌷 🦉

Step into a garden of knowledge and be guided by three familiar figures from nature in our latest exhibition.

A velvet ant, a flower and a bird is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm. Closing 6 June 2026.

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Images 1-4 and 8-10: Installation view of A velvet ant, a flower and a bird, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2026. Photography by Darren Gill.

Images 5-7: Installation view of A velvet ant, a flower and a bird, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2026. Photography by Astrid Mulder.

27/05/2026

A velvet ant, a flower, and a bird spans all levels of the Potter right now and there's only have a few weeks left to see it.

📍 Open Tue–Sat, 11am–5pm until 6 June.

https://potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au/

18/05/2026

In 2016, writer Ingo Niermann imagined the Army of Love: a community devoted to sharing love, touch and attention more fairly. 🫂

Since then, he and filmmaker Alexa Karolinski have brought this vision to life, recruiting volunteers across Europe to explore love as a form of care, labour and social action.

Their 2019 film, ‘Oceano de amor’ extends this vision.

See it as part of our latest exhibition, A velvet ant, a flower and a bird. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

13/05/2026

A ginormous thank you to everyone who joined us for the eighth iteration of the Interdisciplinary forum.

Repair. Time. Consent. Machine. Care. Language. Water.

And now, Intelligence.

Inspired by our current exhibition A velvet ant, a flower and a bird, this one-day forum on Saturday 9 May brought together artists and researchers across disciplines for a dynamic discussion considering the scope of intelligence.

Convened by Dr Kyla McFarlane, Academic Engagement Fellow and Isabella Hone-Saunders, Assistant Curator, Art Museums. With thanks to our line-up of panellists and presenters, as well as the University of Melbourne's Burnley campus and the Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation.

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Photos by Darren Gill.

07/05/2026

Step into the mind of one of the most influential figures in the contemporary art world.

Italian-American curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is visiting Australia for a series of public lectures, discussions and master classes. Here, she will share insights into platforming curatorial practice as a form of care, and as a vital tool for thinking, listening and responding to our shared historical moment.

This series is presented in partnership with The University of Queensland Art Museum, The University of Melbourne with support from the Potter Museum of Art, Art + Australia and the Dr Harold Schenberg Bequest, Australian Institute of Art History and the Macgeorge Bequest and Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney and supported by Milani Gallery.

🔗 Read more at the link in bio.

See for local program details.

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Image: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, 2026. Photo by Rainer Hosch. Courtesy of the speaker.

06/05/2026

ONE MONTH LEFT 🐜🌷🦉

A velvet ant, a flower and a bird is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

Closing 6 June.

04/05/2026

Join our reading group at the Potter Museum of Art! 🐛📖🐛📖🐛📖

Across three 90-minute sessions, we’ll explore what intelligence means through the intersecting lenses of curating, art-making and biosciences.

No prep needed. All readings provided. We’ll work through key texts together in a relaxed and conversational setting.

📆 Saturday 23 May, 30 May and 6 June
🕚 11am to 12.30pm
🔗 Express your interest at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=z_NbDvQft0aRdlLFOMIqTU0P4HK_l2dPrYmAtMdvbxdUQzBVTkM3MVlQT0ZJTEpBSVRWMFNXQ1kxNi4u

30/04/2026

We’re delighted to share that our 2025 exhibition, 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art, is the recipient of the Victorian Museums and Galleries Award for Large Project of the Year. 💙

Curated by Associate Provost and Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton AO, Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, and Associate Curator Shanysa McConville, in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and custodians, this exhibition revealed the importance and brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and knowledge while confronting the brutality of Australia’s colonial history.

Over 50,000 people joined us at the Potter Museum of Art to see this exhibition and to you, our visitors, we say thank you!

Learn more at: https://potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au/about/media/large-project-of-the-year-award

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Image 1: Janty Blair with Judith Ryan and Shanysa McConville from Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, winner of Large Project of the Year. Photo: Peter Casamento.

Image 2-10: Installation view of 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2025. Photography by Astrid Mulder.

29/04/2026

A stained glass window lies beneath Daphne Mohajer va Peseran’s Solar Rope.

Draped over the Leckie Window like a second skin, this colour-drenched work recalls petals, leaves and the internal architecture of flowers, forming a vertical organism that seems to grow upward like a hanging garden.

See it as part of A velvet ant, a flower and a bird. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

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28/04/2026

Consent. Time. Care. Repair. Language. Water.

These are just some of the ideas we’ve explored through our annual Interdisciplinary Forum.

This year, we turn to Intelligence.

Inspired by our current exhibition A velvet ant, a flower and a bird, and curator Chus Martínez’s call to rethink what intelligence can be, this one-day forum brings together artists and researchers from across disciplines.

Expect creative presentations and conversations spanning everything from robotic beetles to neurotechnology.

📅 Saturday 9 May
🕙 10am to 4pm
🔗 Register at https://potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/events/intelligence-interdisciplinary-forum

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Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

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+61383445148

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https://potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au/

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