8 Nov 2025
5:00 am - 7:30 am
Location
Red Hill Recreation Reserve
Category(ies)
Free community event, presented by the National Gallery of Australia, hosted by MPRG & supported by the Friends of MPRG
Leading Australian contemporary artist Patricia Piccinini’s hyperreal hot air-balloon sculptures Skywhale and Skywhalepapa take flight at Red Hill Recreation Reserve. Pack a picnic, grab a coffee or breakfast from a food van and feel the anticipation build as the balloons inflate and take flight before your eyes. A soundscape sets the mood, followed by a special introduction from the visionary artist Patricia Piccinini herself. As the first light of day breaks over the Mornington Peninsula, the skywhales ascend and lift your spirits.
Bookings essential: mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/skywhalesSkywhales
Across Australia is a National Gallery Touring Event, supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring Outreach Program. Skywhales is the third instalment of The Balnaves Contemporary Series and is a Know My Name project.
Image Caption: Patricia Piccinini, Skywhale, 2013 and Skywhalepapa, 2020, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, © Patricia Piccinini
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