Gertrude acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters on which we operate. We pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people and their ancestors and Elders – past and present.

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Jenna Lee, Burn before reading (detail), 2025, installation view, pages of Aboriginal Words and Place Names, calligraphy ink, florist wire, glue, Burn Before Reading, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery, Naarm Melbourne © the artist, photograph: Christian Capurro

Burn Before Reading
Jenna Lee

Gertrude Glasshouse
3 October – 8 November 2025
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Public Programs: Gertrude Contemporary

Same Page Art Book Fair presented by Gertrude and Perimeter (2025)

Public ProgramSaturday 18 October 2025, 12:00amGertrude Contemporary

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Artist Talk & Opening Event
Burn Before Reading

Public ProgramThursday 16 October 2025, 6:30amGertrude Glasshouse

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Audiences, artists and curators at the opening event of A Fictional Restrospective: Gertrude's First Decade at Gertrude Contemporary. Photography: Machiko Abe.

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Nadine Christensen, 40 Knots, Variable Edition of 40. Courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Naarm Melbourne. Photo: Christian Capurro

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Installation view, And This Time the Well Is Alive, Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, 2024, photograph: Christian Capurro

Exhibitions

Ardi Gunawan, luckily there’s no inside, 2025, two-hour performance, performed by Tainá Araujo, Alex Fimeri, Gisele Forsyth, Lana Rosalea, Narii Salmon, Issy Staiger-Creed and Diana Quarshie, Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, documentation by Machiko Abe, image courtesy of the artist and ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta © the artist

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Studio portrait of Gertrude Studio Artist Yusi Zang, Gertrude Contemporary, 2024. Photography: Machiko Abe.

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Installation view of Archie Moore’s exhibition Dwelling (Victorian Issue), presented at Gertrude Contemporary, 2022. Photo: Christian Capurro.

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Exhibition catalogue, 1964, 1969, 1977, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2025, authored by Helen Hughes and Spiros Panigirakis. Design identity: Narelle Brewer.

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Dancing, Sean Peoples, 2013, Channel G, West Space, Naarm Melbourne, 2013, courtesy and © Sean Peoples

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Gertrude acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters on which we operate. We pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people and their ancestors and Elders–past and present.

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Gertrude Contemporary

Wurundjeri Country
21-31 High Street
Preston South VIC
Melbourne, Australia

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Gertrude Glasshouse

Wurundjeri Country
44 Glasshouse Road
Collingwood VIC
Melbourne, Australia

Opening hours:
Thursday–Saturday 12–5pm

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