A velvet ant, a flower and a bird

Upcoming exhibition at The Potter Museum of Art in Melbourne, Australia

19 February – 6 June 2026

TBA21 supports the new exhibition curated by its associate curator, Professor Dr Chus Martínez—A velvet ant, a flower and a bird—opening on February 19, 2026, at The Potter Museum of Art in Melbourne, Australia.

Drawing from the University of Melbourne’s Classics, Biology, and Art collections, alongside new commissions and performances, the exhibition invites visitors to recognize intelligence as an ever-evolving and interdependent ecosystem. After Liquid Intelligence and Ocean Wants, Martínez continues reimagining intelligence by creating a fantastic mental realm spread over three museum floors as a garden, challenging the human-centric social order in the process.

The exhibition is supported by Pro Helvetia: Swiss Arts Council, Danish Arts Foundation, Swedish Arts Council, Embassy of Spain in Canberra, Oxenford Collection, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW and TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

LOCATION

The Potter Museum of Art, Cnr of Swanston St and Masson Rd, Parkville

ADMISSION

Free

OPENING HOURS

Tuesday – Saturday

11 am–5 pm

CURATOR

Chus Martínez

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Adrian Mauriks, Agnieszka Polska, Alan Craiger-Smith, Alexa Karolinski & Ingo Niermann, Alexandra Copeland, Ann Lislegaard, Anouk Tschanz, Anthony Romagnano, Archie Barry, Barbara A Swarbrick, Benjamin Armstrong, Brent Harris, Carol Murphy, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran, David Noonan, Derek Tumala, Din Matamoro, Eduardo Navarro, Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, Harold Munkara, Heather B Swann, Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Helen Maudsley, Ian Wayne Abdullah, Inge King AM, Ingela Ihrman, Jane Jin Kaisen, Joan Jonas, John Pule, Josie Papialuk, Judith Pungkarta Inkamala, Julia Mensch, Kate Daw, Lauren Burrow, Liss Fenwick, Lorraine Jenyns, Malcolm Howie, Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Marian Tubbs, Mel O’Callaghan, Mia Boe, Miles Howard-Wilks, Nabilah Nordin, Naomi Hobson, Neha Choksi, Noemi Pfister, Noriko Nakamura, Percy Grainger, Pippin Louise Drysdale, Rivane Neuenschwander & Cao Guimarães, Rosslynd Piggot, Rrikin Burarrwaŋa, Salvador Dalí, Sattar Stas Shärifulla, Taloi Havini, Tamara Henderson, Teelah George, Tessa Laird, and Tony Warburton.

MORE INFORMATION

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