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Australian Performing Arts Collection Exhibitions

This is a list of exhibitions held by the Australian Performing Arts Collection at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, organised chronologically and grouped by decade until 2017. Since 2017, the Australian Music Vault has housed a permanent exhibition utilising the APAC collection. The collections on display are rotated regularly. Previous exhibitions have toured nationally and internationally, while other collections are occasionally loaned.

1980s edit

Year Exhibition Dates Exhibition Title Exhibition Summary Exhibition Curator Exhibition Catalogue Press/Reviews/Notes
1981 4 Mar-19 Apr Manipulating Reality: The Mask and Puppet as Theatre Nina Stanton OCLC 935604965.[1] First major exhibition of Performing Arts Collection, then known as Performing Arts Museum (PAM). Held at National Gallery of Victoria.
1982 ? Jun-23 Jan They Call Me Melba Celebrating Nellie Melba Nina Stanton "The Legend Still Lives" ISBN 0-7241-3711-4.[2] Opening exhibition of PAM.[3] Two costumes were lent to Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1983.[4]
1982 ? Oct-? Penny Plain, Tuppence Coloured
1982 27 Oct Fleshtights and Footlights: Costume Design from the Golden Age of Pantomime.
1983 26 Feb-? Nov Bourke Street on Saturday Night Frank Van Straten Opened by Daryl Somers. Designed by Shaun Gurton.[5]
1983 1 Oct-? Diversions
1983 27 Oct-11 Dec The Fashion Diary of a Victorian Housewife - Dame Edna's Wardrobe 1956-1983 Featuring costumes from Dame Edna Everage Ran for seven weeks.[6]
1983 19 Dec-12 Feb Beat! Australian Pop and Rock Culture Janine Barrand Featured displays dedicated to Split Enz and Skyhooks (band).[7] Poster designed by Bloody Good Grafix.[8]
1984 18 Feb-? Meet You At Allans
1984 18 Feb-? Just Across Princes Bridge
1984 20 Feb-29 Apr Don Quixote: The Creation of a Ballet Karen Reichelt OCLC 221492980.[9] Designed by Laurie Carew.
1984 10 Apr-? A Track Winding Back... A Jack O'Hagan Tribute
1984 7 May-15 Jul Magic! An Exhibition Frank Van Straten and Janine Barrand
1984 30 May-? Crass Art: Contemporary British Punk Graphics
1984 16 Jul-? The Fabulous Phonograph of Thomas Rome Held in the Concert Hall. Featuring a 90 year old Edison phonograph.[10]
1984 16 Jul-26 Aug Harry Jay - Seeing Stars Contains photographs by Harry Jay Held in the Concert Hall.[10]
1984 23 Jul-30 Sep Her Majesty's: A 50th Birthday Celebration Frank Van Straten
1984 8 Oct-9 Dec Pin-Up Frank Van Straten Held in the Concert Hall.[11]
1984 20 Oct-? The Glory of Chinese Opera
1984 22 Oct-? Ashton's: The Spirit of the Circus
1984 17 Dec-24 Feb Horror! A Spine Chilling Exhibition Karen Reichelt
1985 1 Mar-11 Mar Showing Together Karen Reichelt Held for Moomba Festival
1985 18 Mar-2 Jun All the Fun of the Fair Janine Barrand and Mimi Colligan
1985 1 Apr-? Strike Me Lucky!: The Great Days of Australian Vaudeville.
1985 20 May-? Joan Sutherland: La Stupenda.
1985 10 Jun-8 Sep Australian TV: The Story So Far Virginia Mullumby, Frank Van Straten, and Karen Reichelt
1985 29 Jul-? Three Faces of Percy Grainger OCLC 216711732.[12]
1985 23 Sep-1 Dec Dressed to Thrill Janine Barrand Exhibition came from National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra (NFSA)
1985 7 Oct-24 Nov Art and the Theatre in Victoria Frank Van Straten ISBN 0-9591265-1-1.[13] Celebrating Victoria's 150th Birthday. A Travelling Exhibition presented in association with the regional galleries of Victoria.
1985 8 Dec-16 Feb Horror! II Karen Reichelt
1985 16 Dec-? Still Alive
1986 10 Feb-? Pavlova: Invitation to the Dance Exhibition repeated in April 1996
1986 24 Feb-? Thanks for Listening Frank Van Straten
1986 14 Apr-? Amazing! Tim and Debbie Discover the Performing Arts Museum
1986 12 May-17 Aug Clips: The Music Video Exhibition. Sally Dawes
1986 7 Jul-? Animated Classics
1986 15 Sep-? A Peep into Dame Edna's Closet
1986 6 Oct-? Split Enz: Sew This is the Enz
1986 2 Dec-? Christmas Curiosity Shop
1986 13 Dec-22 Feb Horror! III: The Nightmare Continues Karen Reichelt
1987 9 Mar-? Triffitt!
1987 12 Mar-? Silent Smiles
1987 12 Mar-? Moomba Schools Video Awards Exhibition
1987 28 Mar-? Moomba MIMA Film and Video Festival
1987 15 Apr-12 Jul Marvellous Melba Celebrating Nellie Melba. Joan Rutley, Frank Van Straten Second exhibition on Dame Nellie Melba.[14]
1987 22 Jun-? Spangles at Sundown
1987 27 Jul-13 Sep Gone Bush Frank Van Straten Exhibition came from NFSA, Canberra
1987 21 Sep-? The Sixties Karen Reichelt, Janine Barrand
1987 26 Oct-21 Feb Constable
1988 27 Feb-? Dance! - The National Bicentennial Dance Exhibition
1988 7 Mar-? Comedy Makes an Exhibition of Itself Greg Sealy Original title 'See The Funny Side' - Part of 1988 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
1988 21 Mar-? The Mo Show
1988 28 Mar-? The Great Music Makers Louis Kahan drawings
1988 ? May-? NIDA Exposed Collections from National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney
1988 27 Jun-? La Mama: Happy Birthday!
1988 4 Jul-11 Sep George Dreyfus at Sixty
1988 19 Jul-14 Aug Historic Australian Theatre Posters Peter Sumner In association with Joseph Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
1988 22 Aug-12 Feb The Neighbours Exhibition Karen Reichelt
1988 19 Sep-16 Nov Performers In Bronze Busts by Peter Latona Australian Bicentennial Authority Touring Exhibition
1988 28 Nov-? Take '88 Touring NFSA exhibition
1989 28 Jan-? Special People
1989 4 Feb-? Evie! Tribute to Evie Hayes
1989 22 Feb-26 Apr Hooray For Hollywood! Vintage Movie Posters Frank Van Straten
1989 1 Apr-? The Fish of April Luzio Grossi photographs
1989 8 May-6 Aug Out of the Box Janine Barrand, Sally Dawes
1989 10 Jun-22 Oct The Beatles...All Those Years Ago Celebrating The Beatles visit to Australia, 25 years ago Karen Reichelt
1989 4 Sep-29 Oct Designs for Glamour: Angus Winneke's Tivoli Fantasies
1989 4 Sep-? Melba's Commode Exhibited in Museum foyer
1989 15 Sep-? Max Dupain's Dancers
1989 16 Dec-12 Mar Destination: Fantasy. Frank Van Straten, Nina Stanton

1990s edit

Year Exhibition Dates Exhibition Title Exhibition Summary Exhibition Curator Exhibition Catalogue Press/Reviews/Notes
1990 17 Mar-? Broadway Revisited
1990 1 Apr-24 May Laugh: Exhibiting Humour In Television Advertising TV ads which used humour to get their message across. Part of Melbourne Comedy Festival
1990 14 April-? Mahler In Wax
1990 19 May-? The Great Music Makers Louis Kahan Drawings Second time exhibited
1990 5 Jul-2 Sep Fanfare: The Wonderful World of Collectors and Collecting ISBN 0-7241-9836-9.[15]
1990 13 Aug-11 Nov Chevron Nights
1990 15 Sep-18 Nov The Last Edwardians Exhibition of memorabilia and photographs documenting the life of Violet Trefusis. In association with the Melbourne International Festival
1990 20 Nov-2 Dec Experimenta OCLC 220813862.[16] Held at National Gallery of Victoria
1990 10 Dec-15 Feb Carnegie Hall: 100 Years Exhibition from USA partner
1990 10 Dec-31 Mar Destination: Fantasy: The Adventure Continues
1991 7 Mar- Drag! Things Aren't Always What They Seem
1991 15 Apr-21 Jul Rockbiz:  Back Stage and on the road with Crowded House Janine Barrand
1991 6 Jun Pounder: A Great Lady of the Australian Theatre
1991 12 Aug-17 Nov Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On - An Exhibition of Melbourne Theatre Designers Sally Dawes
1991 12 Sep Oscar Asche: The Rise and Fall of a Theatre Giant Developed in association with the Queensland Performing Arts Trust
1991 5 Dec Stars In Your Eyes
1991 12 Dec-26 Apr Return to Destination:  Fantasy Nina Stanton
1992 17 Jan-15 Mar New Orleans And All That Jazz "New Orleans and all that jazz"[17] Collections for the New Orleans Jazz Club Collections, courtesy of Louisiana State Museum. Includes Australian jazz content loaned from APAC, Playbill, and Australian Jazz Archives, in association with the Mazda-Montsalvat Jazz Festival. Held at Westpac Gallery, Arts Centre Melbourne.
1992 5 Mar-26 Apr Click! The Lens of Laurie Richards.
1992 9 May-19 Jul TV Times - 35 Years of Watching Television in Australia ISBN 1-875632-01-8.[18] Exhibition from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1992 5 Jun The Imagemakers: Australian Directors in Frame OCLC 222742100.[19] Exhibited at the State Library of NSW in August 1991
1992 29 Aug-29 Nov Entertaining Melbourne
1992 12 Sep A Dance Treasury from the Australian Ballet Archives
1992 15 Sep-14 Dec Inge King Sculpture Exhibition Held at National Gallery of Victoria
1992 4 Dec Just Pretend I'm Not Here - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on Tour. Photographic exhibition by Peter Milne of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds On Tour, Europe 1992 Janine Barrand
1992 12 Dec-28 Mar In One Ear...and Out the Other
1993 5 Mar Back on the Bill! J. C. Williamson Posters
1993 2 Apr-25 Apr The Jimi Hendrix Exhibition
1993 1 May-27 Jun Strictly Success: Strictly Ballroom Exhibition from Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
1993 1 May The Romper Stomper Images Exhibition from the Photographer's Gallery, Melbourne
1993 7 Jul-5 Sep Much Ado About Shakespeare
1993 14 Jul-5 Sep Laugh Away Your Worries
1993 17 Sep-28 Nov Timewarp: The Seventies Exhibition Carolyn Laffan
1993 17 Sep YOU! Photographs of You, the Audience Photographs by Emmanuel Santos.
1993 27 Nov-5 Feb A Handful of Characters:  Puppets from Australasia Previously exhibited at East West Gallery, Melbourne
1993 18 Dec-20 Mar Stowaway:  The Adventurous Exhibition
1994 10 Feb Ballet Shoes Transformed into Artworks From Western Australian Ballet
1994 24 Mar-1 May Bob Marley: An Exhibition
1994 15 Apr-12 Jun Corroboree: Sights and Sound of the First Australians Carolyn Laffan OCLC 1255604578.[20]
1994 11 May-26 Jun A Special Madness: Celebrating the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Beatles in Australia ISBN 0-7241-8459-7.[21]
1994 15 Jun “Welcome to Television” Laurie Richards photographs.
1994 6 Jul-11 Sep Memories of Melba Designed by Anna French
1994 27 Aug National Treasure:  A Tribute to Gertrude Johnson and the National Theatre
1994 21 Sep-27 Nov “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word”: The Skyhooks Exhibition Celebrating twenty years since The Skyhooks released their debut album,
1994 16 Nov “We Laugh at Death”  
1994 10 Dec-22 Mar Out of this World:  The Science Fiction Exhibition Carolyn Laffan
1995 25 Feb Sweethearts of Rhythm:  All-Ladies Dance Bands of the 1920s and 1930s Dr Kay Dreyfus
1995 1 Apr-16 Jul A Pack of Cards:  Comedy Makes An Exhibition Of Itself
1995 1 Jun-3 Sep Marilyn - An Appreciation Exhibition on Marilyn Monroe for 40th anniversary of the release of The Seven Year Itch.
1995 25 Jul-11 Oct Jaffas Down the Aisle:  A Century Of Cinema-Going Collaboration with the NFSA Melbourne office.  Designed by Mark Wager
1995 19 Oct-6 Dec The Art of Stage Design:  Costumes by Kristian Fredrikson Designed by Anna French
1995 11 Dec-21 Apr Once Upon A Pantomime:  A Topsy-Turvy Exhibition Carolyn Laffan
1996 8 Mar Hidden Desires: One Hundred Years of Victoria's Women Playwrights Carolyn Pickett with Carolyn Laffan
1996 4 May-14 Jul Real Wild Child: Australian Rock Music Then and Now Exhibition from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Opened by Michael Gudinski
1996 17 May Out there: Images at the Edge of Melbourne's Music Scene Angela Jooste Part of Next Wave Festival
1996 30 Jul-17 Nov Tivoli: A Positively Titillating Exhibition Frank Van Straten Travels to Queensland Performing Arts Complex 19 Feb-4 May 1997.
1996 5 Oct-17 Nov Tom Roberts Retrospective ISBN 0-7308-3049-7.[22] Held at Art Gallery of South Australia
1996 4 Nov-7 Nov Playbox 21st Birthday Exhibition
1996 3 Dec-1 Apr It Came from Backstage: An Exhibition of Theatrical Thrills
1997 27 Mar-15 Jun Punkculture: Images from a Music Revolution Australian content curated by Angela Jooste Produced in association with Exhibit-A, London and Write Angle, Australia
1997 24 Apr-31 Jul Dance People Dance A travelling exhibition of the National Library of Australia
1997 May Rehearsing Rites – Tim Webster Carolyn Laffan
1997 1 Jul-30 Nov Techno'tainment: Revealing Theatre Technology Elyse White
1997 15 Dec-1 Feb The Circus Comes to Town. 150 Years of Australian Circus.
1997 17 Jan-26 Jan Circus Comes To Town: Summer Live - Circus
1998 Jul Handspan Puppets
1998 6 Oct-28 Feb Kindred Spirits: The Performing Arts Family
1999 Feb Green Room Awards Exhibition Honouring Bud Tingwell
1999 26 Mar-27 Jun Humphriana: The Alter Egos of Barry Humphries
1999 3 Apr-30 May Dame Edna's Frock-A-Thon: A Journey From Cardigan to Couture ISBN 0-7311-5255-7.[23] Costume Designed by Stephen Adnitt[24]
1999 Jul-Aug Ready Steady Go!: Photographs of the Australian Rock and Pop Scene, 1956–71 ISBN 0-646-37568-7.[25]
1999 14 Aug-30 Nov Director's Cut: Roger Hodgman at Melbourne Theatre Company Carolyn Laffan
1999 Sep-Oct The Magic of it all
1999 10 Dec-6 Feb Archibald Prize
1999 Dec-Feb Mr Brodziak and the Beatles
1999 Dec-Feb Please Leave Quietly: Images From Melbourne's Independent Music Scene

2000s edit

Year Exhibition Dates Exhibition Title Exhibition Summary Exhibition Curator Exhibition Catalogue Press/Reviews/Notes
2000 3 Feb-12 Mar Dame Edna's Frock-A-Thon: From Cardigan to Couture ISBN 0-7311-5255-7.[23] Repeated from 1999.
2000 12 Feb-26 Mar John Spooner: Recent Thoughts OCLC 990045125.[26]
2000 Feb-Mar Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award - Jill Perryman 2000
2000 23 Mar-7 May Taken on Request: Photographs of the Melbourne Comedy Scene, 1979-1989
2000 31 Mar-7 May Of My Country:  Emily Kame Kngwarreye
2000 7 Apr-18 Jun Look This Way: photographic portraits from the Performing Arts Collection
2000 5 May-9 Jul Quaintly Wild: Discotheque Dens of Style Margaret Marshall
2000 23 Jun-17 Sep Paradise Garden: Sidney Nolan's Garden of Earthly Delights and Despairs
2000 14 Jul-27 Aug Bel Canto: The Story of Italian Opera in Australia Carolyn Laffan
2000 Sep Glossy: A travelling exhibition from The National Portrait Gallery
2000 Sep Women's Circus: leaping off the edge
2000 Oct Tutu: Greg Barrett
2000 1 Dec-25 Feb Looks Cool, Sounds Hot: Jazz in Melbourne - the first 50 years Margaret Marshall
2001 9 Feb-25 Apr Star Spangled Manner: Americans and the Birth of Australian Television
2001 Feb Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award - 2001
2001 5 May-15 Jul Nellie Stewart - Australia's Darling of the Stage Margaret Marshall
2001 May Cats and Kings and other things: Costume designs from early 20th century pantomime
2001 May-Jul Pantomime Designs
2001 May-Jul Nellie Stewart: Australia's Sweet-heart Margaret Marshall
2001 Jun Off the Wall
2001 14 Sep-14 Jan A Dream of Passion: The Bell Shakespeare Company Carolyn Laffan Later tours Frankston Cultural Centre
2002 8 Feb-31 Mar A Step in Time: 40 Years of The Australian Ballet Margot Anderson
2002 2 Aug-13 Oct Into the Limelight: Recent Acquisitions
2002 23 Nov-3 Feb John Truscott: A Contract To Dream
2002 ? Archibald Prize 2001
2003 7 Feb-13 Apr As the Drama Unfolds: 50 years with Melbourne Theatre Company Margaret Marshall
2003 2 May-25 Jun Act XII - New Works On Paper ISBN 0-646-42294-4.[27] Held in George Adams Gallery. Later toured UTS Gallery Sydney 29 July-29 August, Artspace Adelaide 13 September-11 October
2003 2 Jul-24 Aug Rarely Everage: The Lives of Barry Humphries Collaboration with National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2003 29 Aug-5 Oct Drawn, Worn and Reborn: Stories from the Performing Arts Museum Costume Collection
2003 21 Oct-22 Feb CIRCUS: Under the Big Top
2003 Archibald Prize 2002
2004 13 Feb-4 Apr Creating A Scene: Australian Artists As Stage Designers 1940-1965 ISBN 0-646-43109-9.[28]
2004 9 Apr-30 May Garden For All Seasons: Paintings by Anne Marie Graham
2004 4 Jun-1 Aug Australians In Hollywood
2004 6 Aug-3 Oct Making a Song and Dance: The Quest For An Australian Musical Margaret Marshall ISBN 0-646-43786-0.[29]
2004 29 Oct-14 Nov Chameleon: John Timbers
2004 Archibald Prize 2003
2004 Hibiki & Kuukan
2004 Mark Ogge
2005 15 Jan-25 Apr Kylie: An Exhibition ISBN 0-9757406-0-1.[30] Exhibition toured nationally and internationally in 2005 to National Portrait Gallery Queensland, Performing Arts Centre Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Victoria Albert Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
2005 ? May-? Oct The Magic Tent
2005 Archibald Prize 2004
2005 25 Nov-29 Jan Archibald Prize 2005
2005 13 May-10 Jul The Sound of Painting ISBN 0-9757406-2-8.[31]
2006 7 Apr-2 Jul Bravo! Celebrating 50 Years of Opera Australia Margot Anderson ISBN 0-9757406-5-2.[32]
2006 10 Feb-1 Mar Dancelines ISBN 0-9757406-4-4.[33]
2006 17 Nov-18 Feb Ednaville: The Exhibition ISBN 0-9757406-7-9.[34] Part of Ednafest: Melbourne Celebration, 50 Golden Years of  Dame Edna
2006 27 Nov-25 Feb Celebrity Mannequin Part of Ednafest: Melbourne Celebration, 50 Golden Years of  Dame Edna
2007 28 Feb-8 Aug Australian Impressionism Held at National Gallery of Victoria. APAC loaned two Tom Roberts paintings for exhibition.
2007 20 Jul-7 Oct Drawn To The Stage ISBN 978-0-9757406-8-2.[35]
2007 1 Nov-1 Apr Nick Cave: The Exhibition Janine Barrand Later toured QPAC Brisbane 24 March to 10 May; WA Museum Perth 23 May to 19 July; NLA Canberra 15 August to 29 November. Book published 'Nick Cave stories : told in four chapters' ISBN 978-0-9757406-9-9in association with exhibition.
2007 18 May-15 Jul The Circus Diaries: intimate portraits of Australian circus families Photos by Andrea Lemon and Cal Mackinnon Andrea Lemon OCLC 271751164.[36]
2008 19 Jul-26 Oct Seamless: Where Costume Meets Dance Margot Anderson OCLC 658056468.
2008 2 Oct-26 Oct B-Side Music Portrait
2008 8 Nov-26 Jan ARIA Hall of Fame 2008
2008 14 Nov-15 Feb Peter Allen: The Exhibition Margaret Marshall ISBN 978-0-9802958-0-1.[37]
2008 5 Dec-? Lynne Golding Tribute
2008 12 Apr-13 Jul Silver Lined: Contemporary Artists and the Performing Arts Collection OCLC 271892543.[38]
2009 6 Feb-13Apr The Bowl: Celebrating 50 Years of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
2009 21 Feb-31 May Step Right Up
2009 6 Jun-21 Jun 10th Biennial Leviny Commemorative Exhibition
2009 6 Jun-20 Sep Creative Australia & the Ballets Russes ISBN 978-0-9802958-1-8.[39] Later toured to Shepparton Art Gallery and Hamilton Art Gallery
2009 27 Aug-14 Mar ARIA Hall of Fame 2009
2009 5 Nov-28 Feb AC/DC Australia's Family Jewels Tim Fisher ISBN 978-0-9802958-2-5.[40] Later toured Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Western Australian Museum, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP | SFM).

2010s edit

Year Exhibition Dates Exhibition Title Exhibition Summary Exhibition Curator Exhibition Catalogue Press/Reviews/Notes
2010 6 Mar-? Jun Bobby Dazzler ISBN 978-0-9802958-3-2.[41] Touring Exhibition presented by QPAC, includes material from the APAC.
2010 16 Jun-19 Sep Sight & Sound: Music & Abstraction in Australian Art ISBN 978-0-9802958-4-9[42]
2010 6 Nov-27 Feb Rock Chicks ISBN 978-0-9802958-5-6.[43]
2011 12 Mar-5 Jun Wild Things - Animals On Stage Tim Fisher
2011 23 Mar-23 Jun 25 Years of Laughs Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1987-2011
2011 4 Jun-18 Sep Black Box White Cube - Aspects of Performance in Contemporary Australian Art ISBN 978-0-9802958-6-3.[44]
2011 23 Jun-10 Oct Let's Show the World - National Display
2011 5 Nov-26 Feb Reg Livermore - Take a Bow Margaret Marshall ISBN 978-0-9802958-7-0.[45]
2011 15 Nov-28 Feb The play's the thing…Simon Phillips 12 years as Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company
2012 25 Feb-27 May A Sunbury Day Out
2012 2 Mar-27 May Singing the World
2012 9 Jun-23 Sep Time in Motion: 50 Years of the Australian Ballet OCLC 842063726.[46] Featured an online component with exhibition highlights.[47]
2012 28 Jul-29 Jul Dressing Room 34 Display for Open House Melbourne.[48]
2012 10 Nov-17 Mar War Horse and the Breath of Life
2013 23 Mar-23 Jun Performative Prints from the Torres Strait Selected works by four prominent contemporary Torres Strait Islander artists – Ricardo Idagi, Ellen Jose, Brian Robinson and Alick Tipot.[49] Dr. Steven Tonkin. Assistant curator Bridget MacLeod ISBN 978-0-9802958-8-7.[50]
2013 6 Jul-3 Nov The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush Margaret Marshall ISBN 978-0-9802958-9-4.[51]
2013 8 Aug-1 Sep The Contemporary Silver and Metalwork Award 2013 Presented in partnership with Buda Historic Home and Garden, Castlemaine.[52]
2013 5 Sep-6 Nov Celebrating John Truscott Held in Arts Centre Melbourne’s Smorgon Family Plaza.[53]
2013 16 Nov-23 Feb All That Glitters Costumes from the Performing Arts Collection
2014 8 Mar-1 Jul The Beatles in Australia Peter Cox (Powerhouse Museum) Carolyn Laffan Held in partnership with Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.[54]
2014 22 Mar-27 Jul Louis Kahan: The Great Music Makers Held in the St Kilda Road Foyer, Arts Centre Melbourne. Selections from The Great Music Makers donated by the ANZ Bank in 1987.[55]
2014 12 Jul-28 Sep Show Time: Spotlight on the Art Collection
2014 2 Aug-23 Nov 50 Years of The Australian Ballet School
2014 15 Nov-29 Mar Flash! Photography from APAC collection
2015 18 Apr-20 Sep Theatres of War: Wartime entertainment and the Australian experience Carolyn Laffan, Margaret Marshall OCLC 910498938.[56] Later toured Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane 9 Feb 2016 – 4 June 2016, Adelaide Festival Centre 2 Dec 2016 – 31 Jan 2017, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, and Port Macquarie 17 Feb 2017 - 30 Apr 2017
2015 13 Nov-28 Feb Making of Midnight Oil
2016 12 Mar-17 Apr Humour Us: Comedy Festival 30th Anniversary Exhibition
2016 29 Apr-4 Sep Stage Presence - Design from the Australian Performing Arts Collection Carolyn Laffan, Lesley Harding ISBN 978-0-9924935-1-6.[57]
2016 17 Sep-22 Jan Kylie on Stage Margot Anderson OCLC 1038063550.[58] Later toured Mildura Arts Centre, Geelong Gallery, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Western Australian Maritime Museum
2017 11 Feb-21 May Political Acts: Pioneers of Performance Art in Southeast Asia Dr Steven Tonkin ISBN 978-0-9924935-2-3.[59]
2017 3 Jun-17 Sep Print and Paste: Posters from the Australian Performing Arts Collection
2020 23 Mar-13 Feb Stranger than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition Janine Barrand Nick Cave Exhibition held at Royal Danish Library using APAC collection, but different items than previous APAC exhibitions

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  31. ^ The Arts Centre presents the sound of painting : the influence of music in the recent work of ten Australian artists. Lesley Harding, Victorian Arts Centre. George Adams Gallery, Arts Centre. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2005. ISBN 0-9757406-2-8. OCLC 225514306.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  32. ^ Marshall, Margaret (2006). Bravo! : celebrating 50 years of Opera Australia. Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. ISBN 0-9757406-5-2. OCLC 122311930.
  33. ^ Dancelines : contemporary Indigenous art inspired by Bangarra Dance Theatre. Victorian Arts Centre. George Adams Gallery. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2006. ISBN 0-9757406-4-4. OCLC 225189437.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  34. ^ Ednaville : an historic home. Tim Fisher, Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2006. ISBN 0-9757406-7-9. OCLC 225488210.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  35. ^ The Arts Centre presents drawn to the stage. Arts Centre. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9757406-8-2. OCLC 225437026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  36. ^ Lemon, Andrea (2007). The circus diaries : intimate portraits of Australian circus families. The Arts Centre. OCLC 271751164.
  37. ^ Allen, Peter (2008). Peter Allen. Tim Jacobs, Janine Barrand, Margaret Marshall, Victorian Arts Centre. Trust. Melbourne, Vic.: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. ISBN 978-0-9802958-0-1. OCLC 299734450.
  38. ^ Catherine., Tonkin, Steven, 1968- O'Donoghue (2008). Silver-lined : contemporary artists and the Performing Arts Collection : 12 April-13 July, the Arts Centre, Gallery1. Arts Centre. OCLC 271892543.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  39. ^ Creative Australia and the Ballets Russes. Margot Anderson. Melbourne: Arts Centre. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9802958-1-8. OCLC 431082561.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  40. ^ Fisher, Tim (2009). AC/DC : Australia's family jewels. Victorian Arts Centre Trust. ISBN 978-0-9802958-2-5. OCLC 500589687.
  41. ^ Bobby dazzler! : celebrating the Helpmann centenary. Christopher Smith, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Arts Centre. [South Bank, Qld.]: [QPAC Museum]. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9802958-3-2. OCLC 610497699.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  42. ^ The Arts Centre presents sight & sound : music & abstraction in Australian art. Steven Tonkin, Victorian Arts Centre. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9802958-4-9. OCLC 645805779.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  43. ^ Rock chicks : women in Australian music. Janine Barrand, Arts Centre. Melbourne: Arts Centre. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9802958-5-6. OCLC 699347156.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  44. ^ Black box white cube : aspects of performance in contemporary Australian art. Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne: Victorian Arts Centre Trust. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9802958-6-3. OCLC 734190199.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  45. ^ Marshall, Margaret (2011). Reg Livermore : take a bow. Janine Barrand, Reg Livermore, Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-9802958-7-0. OCLC 860834449.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  46. ^ Wales., Arts Centre (Melbourne, Vic.) Australian Ballet. State Library of New South (2012). Time in motion : 50 years of the Australian Ballet. Arts Centre Melbourne. OCLC 842063726.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  47. ^ Collection, Performing Arts (2012-06-28). "Time in Motion : 50 Years of The Australian Ballet … highlights now online". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  48. ^ Collection, Performing Arts (2012-07-27). "Visit us backstage at Dressing Room 34". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  49. ^ Collection, Performing Arts (2013-04-09). "Performative Prints from the Torres Strait". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  50. ^ Performative prints from the Torres Strait : Arts Centre Melbourne, Gallery 1, 23 March - 23 June 2013. Arts Centre. [Melbourne]. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9802958-8-7. OCLC 841232121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  51. ^ Marshall, Margaret (2013). The extraordinary shapes of Geoffrey Rush : Gallery 1, Arts Centre Melbourne : 6 July - 27 October 2013. Janine Barrand, Geoffrey Rush, Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-9802958-9-4. OCLC 860834467.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  52. ^ MacLeod, Bridget (2013-08-30). "Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award 2013". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  53. ^ MacLeod, Bridget (2013-09-18). "Celebrating John Truscott". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  54. ^ Collection, Performing Arts (2014-03-14). "The Beatles In Australia". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  55. ^ Collection, Performing Arts (2014-05-27). "Louis Kahan: The Great Music Makers". Australian Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  56. ^ curator., Laffan, Carolyn, curator. Marshall, Margaret. Theatres of war : wartime entertainment & the Australian experience. OCLC 910498938.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  57. ^ Collection., Arts Centre (Melbourne, Vic.). Australian Performing Arts (May 2016). Stage Presence : Design from the Australian Performing Arts Collection. Victorian Arts Centre Trust. ISBN 978-0-9924935-1-6. OCLC 950877193.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  58. ^ curator., Anderson, Margot. Kylie on stage. OCLC 1038063550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  59. ^ Political Acts : Pioneers of Performance Art in Southeast Asia. Steven Tonkin, Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Melbourne. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9924935-2-3. OCLC 970656884.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
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