Gertrude acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters on which we operate. We pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people and their ancestors and Elders – past and present.

Hours of operation

Gertrude Contemporary

Featured exhibitions

Burn Before Reading
Jenna Lee

Gertrude Glasshouse
3 October – 8 November 2025
See all exhibitions

Public Programs: Gertrude Contemporary

Artist Talk & Opening Event
Burn Before Reading

Public ProgramThursday 16 October 2025, 6:30amGertrude Glasshouse

Same Page Art Book Fair presented by Gertrude and Perimeter (2025)

Public ProgramSaturday 18 October 2025, 12:00amGertrude Contemporary

See all public programs

Latest News

Applications Now Open | Gertrude Studios 2026

Read more

Latest news

Applications Now Open | First Nations Studio 2026

Read more

Support Gertrude

Audiences, artists and curators at the opening event of A Fictional Restrospective: Gertrude's First Decade at Gertrude Contemporary. Photography: Machiko Abe.

Shape our Future

Nadine Christensen, 40 Knots, Variable Edition of 40. Courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Naarm Melbourne. Photo: Christian Capurro

Gertrude Editions

Limited Series

Gertrude 40 Year Anniversary tote bag. Design: Narelle Brewer.

Shop Gertrude

Our Programs

Installation view, And This Time the Well Is Alive, Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, 2024, photograph: Christian Capurro

Exhibitions

Ardi Gunawan, luckily there’s no inside, 2025, two-hour performance, performed by Tainá Araujo, Alex Fimeri, Gisele Forsyth, Lana Rosalea, Narii Salmon, Issy Staiger-Creed and Diana Quarshie, Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, documentation by Machiko Abe, image courtesy of the artist and ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta © the artist

Public Programs

Studio portrait of Gertrude Studio Artist Yusi Zang, Gertrude Contemporary, 2024. Photography: Machiko Abe.

Gertrude Studios

Installation view of Archie Moore’s exhibition Dwelling (Victorian Issue), presented at Gertrude Contemporary, 2022. Photo: Christian Capurro.

Education

Exhibition catalogue, 1964, 1969, 1977, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2025, authored by Helen Hughes and Spiros Panigirakis. Design identity: Narelle Brewer.

Publishing

Dancing, Sean Peoples, 2013, Channel G, West Space, Naarm Melbourne, 2013, courtesy and © Sean Peoples

Digital projects

Gertrude acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters on which we operate. We pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people and their ancestors and Elders–past and present.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Gertrude Contemporary

Wurundjeri Country
21-31 High Street
Preston South VIC
Melbourne, Australia

Opening hours:
Tuesday–Sunday 11am–5pm

Gertrude Glasshouse

Wurundjeri Country
44 Glasshouse Road
Collingwood VIC
Melbourne, Australia

Opening hours:
Thursday–Saturday 12–5pm

Gertrude’s community of supporters
Annual reports

Contact Us

+613 9480 0068
info@gertrude.org.au

View our privacy policy here. 

© 2025 Gertrude Contemporary
Website by Elle Williams Studio & Sorry Company.