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Why the NGV Triennial is the exhibition we need now

Despite Melbourne still in lockdown, the NGV is set to launch its second Triennial in December with over $10M in collection commissions, and a global dialogue intended to connect – in times of disconnection.

9 Oct 2020 12:00

Gina Fairley

Visual Arts

Porky Hefer (designer), Southern Guild, Cape Town (fabricator). Buttpus designed 2019, manufactured 2020. Commissioned by National Gallery of Victoria. Purchased by Barry Janes and Paul Cross, Neville and Diana Bertalli, 2020 © Porky Hefer.

Three years in the making, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced details of its second NGV Triennial, which is scheduled to open 19 December 2020 – 18 April 2021.

While that deadline remains a little tense, with Melbourne still currently in lockdown, Donna McColm assured ArtsHub that the installation crew are hard at work and that gallery ‘feels confident we can have everything in place.’

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina