Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations is a tribute to defiant expressions of the heart, celebrating true stories of the rebels of romance from the past to the present. 

This stirring new exhibition explores romantic love – and its foil, heartbreak – through State Library Victoria’s extraordinary archive of soul-baring letters, intimate diaries and rare manuscripts, amplified in powerful new music commissions. 

Featuring powerful new music commissions by Australian artists Angie McMahon, Mindy Meng Wang, Mo’Ju and Amos Roach.

With a special opening gala performance by Mindy Meng Wang, Margot Petrie and Anita Quayle.

Dates:

Thursday, 12 February 2026 - 6pm

Exhibition will be open until –Wednesday, 27 January 2027

Venue:

Keith Murdoch Gallery