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Free NGV Triennial on track to hit the visitor record books

13 January 2024

NGV’s latest blockbuster exhibition NGV Triennial is on track to be one of the gallery’s most popular exhibitions ever - with 600,000 visitors from near and far experiencing the exhibition in just two months.
large banner saying 'I LOVE YOU EARTH'
Installation view of Yoko Ono’s work I LOVE YOU EARTH on display in NGV Triennial from 3 December 2023 - 7 April 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy

The impressive visitation figure including almost 40,000 attendees at the Triennial EXTRA after hours festival and more than 14,000 children who joined the NGV Kids Summer Festival.

The free exhibition spans all four levels of NGV International. From digital artworks, fashion displays to massive sculptures and interactive installations, the NGV Triennial features works by 120 renowned local and international artists, designers and collectives.

The week-long, free NGV Kids Summer Festival featured a jam-packed program of all-ages events, workshops and activities led by Victorian artists and creatives and inspired by the Triennial’s interactive underwater-themed children’s exhibition, RIFIFI: Jean Jullien for Kids.

NGV’s programs for children, young people and their families continues with daily free activities on offer at Triennial, free activity sheets and special guides for children to the broader NGV collection and a suite of free Lunar New Year programs coming up.

NGV Triennial is on show until April 2024 - the exhibition’s legacy will live on with more than 75 Triennial artworks to become part of the NGV’s permanent collection.

More than 1.2 million visitors flocked to the inaugural NGV Triennial in 2017, which is currently the highest attended exhibition in the NGV’s history.

NGV Triennial is on show until 7 April 2024. For more information, visit ngv.vic.gov.au.