A velvet ant, a flower and a bird exhibition

Exhibition and Shows

6 May 2026 to 6 Jun 2026 Once Only Event

A velvet ant, a flower and a bird exhibition evokes a garden of knowledge anchored by three familiar figures from nature, a velvet ant, a flower and a bird. These figures represent a parliament of beings, each carrying symbolic and metaphorical weight that encourage us to reimagine what intelligence means.

Each museum floor presided over by one of these natural entities, creating a kind of garden where there is no pre-established order, but rather an ecosystem in which the analogue and the digital interrelate to give rise to a fantastic mental realm.

Drawing from the University of Melbourne’s Classics, Biology, and Art collections, alongside new commissions and performances; historic and contemporary art co-mingle to envision intelligence as living, continually evolving, interconnected and interdependent.

Guest curated by Chus Martínez, director of the Institute of Art Gender Nature at the FHNW Academy of Arts and Design, Basel, Switzerland.

Facilities

Bar Cafe Carpark Family Friendly Lockers Non Smoking Parents Room Public Toilet Restaurant

Internet Access

Free Wifi

Rates

Free Entry

Event Dates

Once Only Event

6 May 2026 to 6 Jun 2026

Nearby Accommodation

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Apartments of South Yarra

South Yarra, Stonnington

Hotel Claremont Guesthouse

Hotel Claremont Guesthouse

South Yarra, Stonnington

Convention Centre Pl Living Room

Mega Style Apartments

Melbourne

Kitchen and dining area

Adina Melbourne on Flinders

Melbourne

Lobby

The Larwill Studio Art Series

Parkville, Melbourne

The Savoy Hotel on Little Collins Melbourne

The Savoy Hotel on Little Collins Melbourne

Melbourne

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