ACCA is pleased to present ‘Five Acts of Love’, curated by Nur Shkembi . The exhibition features twelve local and international artists presenting newly commissioned, recent and more historic works across a range of mediums that explore the unexpected and nuanced manifestations of love as an intrinsic action, one that can harness the utmost depth of our humanity beyond pop culture references to romance and kitsch images of love.

‘Five Acts of Love’ offers space for reflection and an opportunity to delve into profound internal and external truth telling through the exploration of various acts of love. The exhibition revolves around five acts: resistance, revolution, intimacy, memory and annihilation. Each act of love circles around what we ultimately relinquish when we love – and are loved.

Featuring Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Hoda Afshar, Megan Cope, Eugenia Flynn, D Harding, Saodat Ismailova, Khaled Sabsabi, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Yhonnie Scarce, Ali Tahayori and Hossein Valamanesh.

Image caption: ‘Five Acts of Love’, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2025. Photograph: Andrew Curtis