ACCA
Art Center / Melbourne
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art is an Australian flagship contemporary art space, and a leading centre for the artistic and wider communities to participate in a critically engaged contemporary art culture that encourages curiosity and transformation.
Established in Melbourne in 1983 and now situated in an iconic award-winning architecturally designed building in the Southbank arts precinct, ACCA develops exhibitions exploring the ideas and work of significant artists from around the world, commissions ambitious new works by local and international artists, and delivers a range of curatorial, education and public programs including talks, lectures, symposia, performances, screenings, music and events.
Renowned for the outstanding quality of its programs, and its capacity to bring inspiring Australian and international art to audiences, ACCA is a champion of new art and bold ideas, and a dynamic platform for current and future generations of artists, thinkers, enthusiasts and supporters of the visual arts.
ACCA acknowledges the Boon Wurrung as the traditional owners and sovereign custodians of the land on which ACCA is situated, along with the Wurundjeri and all Kulin Nations, and we extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past and present, and to all First Nations people.
Kate Newby
Ektor Garcia
Dwelling Poetically Mexico City
Isabel Nuno de Buen
Vincent Namatjira
Robert Fielding
Benita Clements
Authored Articles
Kate Newby
ACCA
Art Center / Melbourne
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art is an Australian flagship contemporary art space, and a leading centre for the artistic and wider communities to participate in a critically engaged contemporary art culture that encourages curiosity and transformation.
Established in Melbourne in 1983 and now situated in an iconic award-winning architecturally designed building in the Southbank arts precinct, ACCA develops exhibitions exploring the ideas and work of significant artists from around the world, commissions ambitious new works by local and international artists, and delivers a range of curatorial, education and public programs including talks, lectures, symposia, performances, screenings, music and events.
Renowned for the outstanding quality of its programs, and its capacity to bring inspiring Australian and international art to audiences, ACCA is a champion of new art and bold ideas, and a dynamic platform for current and future generations of artists, thinkers, enthusiasts and supporters of the visual arts.
ACCA acknowledges the Boon Wurrung as the traditional owners and sovereign custodians of the land on which ACCA is situated, along with the Wurundjeri and all Kulin Nations, and we extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past and present, and to all First Nations people.
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Ektor Garcia
Dwelling Poetically Mexico City
Isabel Nuno de Buen
Vincent Namatjira
Robert Fielding
Benita Clements
Authored Articles
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Lise SarfatiPhotographerBorn in 1958 in Oran, Algeria Lise Sarfati lives and works between Paris and Los Angeles and is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery, NY, Rose Gallery, LA, La Galerie Particulière, Paris. (more…)
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The American Document / Part IIFractured States / Peter van AgtmaelAfter returning from years of war coverage, Peter van Agtmael tries to piece together the memory, identity, race, class, and family, in a landscape which has become as surreal as the war he left behind. (more…)
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Joseph Beuys / 40 Years of DrawingJan 19 – Mar 22, 2023Presenting almost 100 works on paper from the Joseph Beuys Estate for the first time in the UK, Joseph Beuys: 40 Years of Drawing is the first major exhibition dedicated solely to the artist’s drawings to take place in London for 30 years. (more…)
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Fred SandbackLong-term viewUsing subtle methods and an economy of materials, Fred Sandback’s work creates striking perceptual effects in response to the surrounding architecture. (more…)
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First Look 2023Feb 1 – Mar 31, 2023Every photograph tells a story. When part of a body of work, the photograph takes on new meaning, becoming part of a bigger and more complete narrative. A portfolio allows the photographer to explore the complexities of their subject (more…)
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Matter. Non-Matter. Anti-Matter.Dec 3, 2022 – Apr 23, 2023The EU project Beyond Matter: Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality researches ways to re-experience past exhibitions using digital and spatial modeling methods. (more…)
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Rosemarie TrockelDec 10, 2022 – Jun 18, 2023As rigid as they are different, the white men look out at us. They are the Clock Owners. They are the time regime, dictating the pace of each day. Notre-Dame – a 2.9 meter-long hairpin – leans quietly against the wall. Adroit and elegant, it tames the wild (more…)
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Jasper JohnsArtistJasper Johns was an artist that came onto the scene in the 1950s. Much of the work that he created led the American public away from the expressionism form, and towards an art movement or form known as the concrete. (more…)
