Exhibition Opening
One of Melbourne’s landmark cultural events, the VCA Art Grad Show features new works of art by over 128 graduates from Photography, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and Printmaking, Honours, and Master of Contemporary Art.
The VCA Art Grad Show is spread across the Art Studios, VCA Artspace, the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, The Stables and the Martyn Myer Arena.
Details
26 November 5PM - 8.30PM
Welcome to Country and Opening Address at 5PM
Opening finishes at 8.30PM
Please note that the Opening is a glass-free, licensed event, and that BYO alcohol is not permitted.
We are in the process of developing the 2026 VCA Art Online Catalogue, a rich and comprehensive resource of all the VCA Art 2026 graduating students and researchers. We will notify you when this goes live.
Exhibition Dates
27 November – 3 December 11AM - 5PM
Final day 3 December extended opening hours from 11AM - 9PM
Image: Alyse Cook, Curated Bones, monotype print on paper, found objects, acrylic clock faces, metal, aluminium backing, ink. 2026.
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PARKING
The City of Melbourne has changed the parking restrictions around the Southbank Campus. Parking control hours are now expanded to 7am–10pm, seven days per week, and are capped at three hours. A $2-per-hour fee after 7pm is also now in place. There is no change to the $4-per-hour peak rate between 7am–7pm. Parking inspectors are regularly in the area fining drivers who overstay their meter, so we encourage everyone to be aware and avoid an expensive fine.
ACCESSIBILITY
We are committed to making our events accessible and will accommodate requirements wherever possible. All venues at the Southbank campus are wheelchair accessible. Please contact us at fineartsmusic-tickets@unimelb.edu.au if you have any questions.
Buxton Contemporary
a/part: Hoda Afshar
a/part presents a selection of photographic and video projects by acclaimed Melbourne-based artist Hoda Afshar. The subjects in Afshar’s works occupy positions at the edge of public consciousness and belonging – held apart by borders, institutions, and structures of exclusion, yet connected through shared experiences of dispossession, survival and resistance. Exhibition runs 30 October 2026 to 24 April 2027. a/part will be open for extended hours as part of the VCA Art Grad Show Opening, 5-8.30pm Thursday 26 November. Image: a/part: Hoda Afshar, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2026. Featuring Hoda Afshar, Vernon Ah Kee, Behrouz Boochani, Code Black
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