Melbourne Art Week is a week of activities catering to local, national and international visitors, including art lovers, collectors, curators, artists and the general public.
Melbourne Art Week 2010 will be launched with the Melbourne Art Foundation Lecture presented by a Bill Henson. This is followed by six days of events, functions and entertainment, including: the Galleries and Collectors Dinner, the celebrated opening night Vernissage and after party, free Lectures, Forums and Artist Talks, receptions for international guests, industry parties, walking art tours of Melbourne, live radio broadcasts from the venue, private morning teas, free Guided Tours, the launch and gifting of the Melbourne Art Foundation Commission, Project Rooms, Music Music Music! Fair Shake music night, and other public events and functions, and most importantly the Melbourne Art Fair exhibition of over 80 galleries and 10 project rooms held in the Royal Exhibition Building and surrounds.
Download Melbourne Art Week 2010 Program and Map (PDF)Program Details
Monday 2 August
Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture, presented by Bill Henson
BMW Edge, Federation Square Melbourne
6pm Free event
Tuesday 3 August
Collectors and Galleries Dinner
Sofitel Melbourne
7.00pm
Tickets $150, bookings essential: T: 61 3 9416 2050
Email mail(replace+with+at+symbol)melbourneartfair.com
Wednesday 4 August
Melbourne Art Fair 2010 Forums
Clemenger BBDO Auditorium
National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road
12.30 - 4pm Free event, bookings essential
T: 61 3 8662 1555. Event Code: P1095
Wednesday 4 August
Vernissage
Royal Exhibition Building
Opening night first preview cocktail party
7-10.30pm
Tickets: $175, bookings essential
Thursday 5 August - Sunday 8 August
Melbourne Art Fair Guided Tours
Guided tours are conducted hourly from 12 noon
Free upon entry to the Fair
Thursday 5 August
Melbourne Art Fair Public Day
Royal Exhibition Building
11am - 7pm
Friday 6 August
Melbourne Art Foundation and Monash University Museum of Art
10am Session, presented by Rober Storr
Dean of the Yale School of Art and Artistic Director of the 2007 Venice Biennale
Fitzroy Town Hall, Cnr Moor and Napier Streets, Fitzroy
Free entry, bookings essential
Friday 6 August
Melbourne Art Fair Public Day
Royal Exhibition Building
11am - 8pm
Friday 6 August
Music Music Music! Fair Shake
Ding Dong Lounge
18 Market Lane Melbourne
9pm
Saturday 7 August
Melbourne Art Fair Public Day
Royal Exhibition Building
11am - 7pm
Sunday 8 August
Melbourne Art Fair Public Day
Royal Exhibition Building
11am - 5pm
