OPENING FRIDAY: HAYLEY MILLAR BAKER IN ‘MOTHER’ AT NGV + CONVERSATION EVENT

21.03.2026

Hayley Millar Baker is part of an exciting exhibition, MOTHER: Stories from the NGV Collection, opening this Friday 27.O3.2O26 at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV, with her moving image work Entr’acte (2O23).

Featuring more than 2OO+ historical and contemporary works from the NGV Collection, MOTHER is the most comprehensive thematic exhibition exploring motherhood ever mounted in an Australian art institution. The exhibition explores how the experiences of being and having a mother continue to fascinate artists across cultures and generations, including Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Camille Henrot, David Hockney, Tracey Moffat, Iluwanti Ken, Käthe Kollwitz, Patricia Piccinini, Rembrandt van Rijn and more.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION:
Saturday, 28.O3.2O26, 1:3O  —  2:3Opm

Join Hayley in conversation with curators Sophie Gerhard and Katharina Prugger, as well as exhibiting artists Katherine Hattam and Ruth O’Leary, to explore motherhood in all its complexity  — from expectations and tensions to tenderness, joy, and love.
Booking required.

MOTHER
27.O3.2O26 — 12.O7.2O26
Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Federation Square
Flinders St & Russell St
Naarm/Melbourne VIC 3OOO

 

Image: Hayley Millar Baker, Entr’acte (still), 2O23, 11:2O minute single-channel video.

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