No Vacancy Gallery is one of Melbourne’s most prominent “for-hire” galleries and a mainstay in the city’s contemporary art and design scene. First established in 2008, the independent gallery has offered countless young artists and creatives a platform on which to launch their careers and provided creative organizations an accessible CBD space for small- to mid-sized events.
Not long after COVID-19 lockdowns first struck the country in the first half of 2020, owners Matthew Naturani and Hayley Haynes saw an opportunity to grow the small cafe operating in the space (previously a
