Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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 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.
As part of the exhibition, musician Mindy Meng-Wang has written an original musical composition inspired by an anonymous letter of unrequited love hidden behind a painting at State Library Victoria and discovered in 2012.
Visit our website to learn more.
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/rebel-heart
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 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.
As part of the exhibition, musician Mindy Meng-Wang has written an original musical composition inspired by an anonymous letter of unrequited love hidden behind a painting at State Library Victoria and discovered in 2012.
Visit our website to learn more.
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/rebel-heart
