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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Moorina Bonini, We Were Never Meant to be Contained, hand engraved keys, sound 5:36 mins, installation view, We Were Never Meant to be Contained, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm Melbourne, 2026, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Christian Capurro

Moorina Bonini
We Were Never Meant to be Contained 

Gertrude Glasshouse
17 April – 16 May 2026
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Public Program: Glasshouse

In Conversation: Moorina Bonini and Mark Feary

Artist TalkSaturday 16 May 2026, 5:00amGertrude 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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Gertrude 40 Year Anniversary tote bag. Design: Narelle Brewer.

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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.

Gertrude Studios

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

Education

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

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Closed on Public Holidays

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