If this email does not display properly, please click on this link   JULY HIGHLIGHTS  TAISHO CHIC - leaves Sydney in four weeks Akira Isogawa celebrity talk on 23 July Experimental film - special Saturday screening Win a DVD gift voucher from the Gallery Shop School holiday events on now until 18 July Biennale of Sydney - free tours Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm Wednesday until 9pm www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au  WORLD YOUTH DAY CLOSED Fri 18 July 1-5pm  Brett Whiteley Studio CLOSED 19-20 July TAISHO CHIC Japan in the 20s & 30s Last chance to see this exhibition before it leaves Sydney. Includes prints of coolly sophisticated young women, bold kimonos with abstract patterns and sleek art deco chic homewares. Organised by the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Until 3 August $8 adult / $5 conc. BIENNALE OF SYDNEY Revolutions - Forms That Turn Works by over 60 artists are presented, including blackboards by Joseph Beuys, sculptures by Len Lye, a kinetic installation by Michael Snow, anger management workshops by Stuart Ringholt and Marcel Duchamp's iconic Bicycle Wheel. More information. Free Guided Tours: daily 12noon, Wed 7.15pm (except Friday 18 July). Watch contemporary art curator Barbara Flynn talk with Penelope Seidler and Dick Quan about international biennales. Until 7 Sept Free HAROLD CAZNEAUX artist in photography Harold Cazneaux was a luminary in Australian photographic circles, a pioneering photographer whose aesthetic style and impressive output had an indelible impact on the development of photographic history in this country. Until 10 August Free ADAM CULLEN let's get lost Adam Cullen is a unique figure in contemporary Australian art. His often satirical works are a form of social allegory, a confronting and incisive view of contemporary life. This exhibition includes paintings and sculpture from early 1990s until now. Until 27 July Free BILL VIOLA: The Tristan Project Bill Viola is internationally recognised as one of the most important artists working in video today. The Fall into Paradise is part of The Tristan Project, a series inspired by Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde. Until 27 July Free LIVING BLACK Inspired by the title of the late Kevin Gilbert's award-winning book, Living Black, this exhibition from the Gallery's permanent collection reveals contemporary experiences of living black in 21st century Australia. Until 16 Nov Free JUDY CASSAB Landscapes from the collection Emigrating to Sydney from Europe in 1951, Judy Cassab quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. However it was her experience of Central Australia in the late 1950s that made her first feel fully at home in this country. This exhibition explores her exultation in the forms and colours of the Australian landscape. Until 31 August Free WEDNESDAYS UNTIL 9PM - FREE CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm 9 July The Black Olive (aka Mark Olive) delivers a cooking demonstration using indigenous ingredients: LIVING BLACK 23 July Akira Isogawa, fashion designer: TAISHO CHIC 30 July Ben Hills, author of Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne: TAISHO CHIC. EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm  9 July Laddie Timbery, local Aboriginal historian and cultural spokesperson: LIVING BLACK 16 July Kathryn Hunyor, arts consultant: TAISHO CHIC 23 July Peter McNeil, professor of design history, University of Technology Sydney: TAISHO CHIC 23 July Rosealee Pearson, dancer: LIVING BLACK 30 July Elaine Russell, artist and author: LIVING BLACK 30 July Chiaki Ajioka, scholar: TAISHO CHIC. MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR 7.30pm 9 July Emma Donovan: LIVING BLACK & NAIDOC week 23 & 30 July Asako Izawa: wear your vintage chic and enjoy period songs with moga ("moden girl") Asako Izawa. Please note there will be a limited program on Wed 16 July due to World Youth Day activities. www.artafterhours.com.au Subscribe to weekly emails  GALLERYKIDS PROGRAM FREE PERFORMANCES Sundays 2.30pm 13 July Ngununy, the Fruit Bat Join the cheeky fruit bat, for a NEW tour through the Yiribana Gallery. Performed by Russell Smith. 20 July Commedia dell' Arte Meet a cast of carnival characters in a puppetry performance with lots of laughter, with Dennis Murphy. 27 July Cartoon your head off Dave Hackett shows you how to create exaggerated cartoon characters. Sundays in July 2.30pm SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS DECORATIVE ARTS WORKSHOP Mon 14 July - Thur 17 July More information. Places are limited. Bookings essential. FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES including Ngununy: the cheeky fruit bat, Interactive art, The Arabian Nights and Floating on a sea of stories. SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Mon 7 - Fri 11 July Mon 14 - Thur 17 July Book online or call 9225 1740 REVOLUTIONS Film Series in association with BIENNALE OF SYDNEY  Screening features, documentary and experimental film selected from 100 years of cinema, this series examines revolutions in their many diverse forms. This month see Ten canoes (Dir: Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr, 2006), Videograms of a revolution (Dir: Harun Farocki & Andrei Ujica, 1992) and The man with a movie camera (Dir: Dziga Vertov, 1929.) EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA Saturday 19 July, 2pm This special screening includes 3 films by Robert Beer, a major figure in experimental animation, followed by 3 films by New Zealand-born filmmaker, painter, kinetic sculptor and writer, Len Lye. More information. Until 7 Sept Wed 2pm & 7.15pm Sun 2pm Special screenings Sat 19 July 2pm Sat 6 Sept 1.30pm Free FREE PERFORMANCE FOR NAIDOC WEEK Saturday 12 July 2pm The Wangatunga Strong Women’s Group from Nguiu, Bathurst Island NT, is a group of women who create and sing songs that reflect their land and heritage. Performing largely at ceremonial and social gatherings, their sound combines a gospel influence with the rhythmic and melodic structures of Indigenous Tiwi music. They visit the Gallery for one performance only. APPLICATIONS CLOSE FOR BRETT WHITELEY TRAVELLING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP This prestigious scholarship includes a 3 month residency in Paris and $25 000 to further the art education of a young artist. Mrs Beryl Whiteley, the artist’s mother, generously supports this scholarship, to encourage excellence in painting and offer young artists the opportunities to develop their careers. Applications close this Friday 11 July 2008. More information. WIN ONE OF FIVE DVD GIFT VOUCHERS The Gallery Shop has one of the most extensive selections of arthouse and fine art DVDs available anywhere, including DVDs on Australian and International artists, arthouse classics from the birth of cinema to the present day and children's DVDs. We have five $35 gift vouchers for lucky Artmail subscribers to spend on DVDs from the Gallery Shop. For your chance to win, name the publisher of the Mondrian From Naturalism to Abstraction DVD and email your answer along with your contact details to competitions@ag.nsw.gov.au. COMPETITION WINNERS Congratulations to our five lucky winners who each won a copy of the Biennale of Sydney catalogue: A. Howard, G. Lake, V. Parreno, J. Vrachas and K. Weiss. ARTMAIL FEEDBACK Is there something you would like to see in next month's Artmail? We welcome your thoughts and feedback. Please email us: artmailnews@ag.nsw.gov.au. IMAGES FROM TOP: Adam Cullen Templar birth - the devil is tired in war, 2007 (detail), acrylic on canvas; KOBAYAKAWA Kiyoshi Tipsy 1930 (detail) woodblock print: ink and colour on paper, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Gift of Philip H Roach Jr 2001; Harold Cazneaux Pergola pattern 1931 (detail) gelatin silver photograph, gift of the Cazneaux family 1975; Michael Rakowitz White man got no dreaming 2008, drawings, salvaged building materials, video, radio transmitter; EXHIBITIONS: FUJIKI Ako Scene of swimming in the ocean c1930 (detail) hanging scroll; ink and colour on silk, Honolulu Academy of Arts, purchase Florence Whitaker Bequest 2003; Bruce Nauman The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths (Window or wall sign), 1967 Collection National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1978, copyright Bruce Nauman/ARS. Licensed by Viscopy; Harold Cazneaux Doris Zinkeisen with her brushes 1929 (detail), gelatin silver photograph, gift of the Cazneaux family 1975; Adam Cullen Finding ways to forgive yourself 2001 (detail), acrylic on canvas; Bill Viola, The Fall into Paradise 2005, video/sound installation, colour high-definition video projection, (detail) five channels of sound with subwoofer (5.1), photo Kira Perov; Rusty Peters Chinaman's Garden Massacre 2000, natural pigments on linen canvas, purchased with funds provided by J.S. Watkins Memorial Fund, 2001 © Rusty Peters courtesy Jirrawun Arts; Judy Cassab Incredible lightness, Rainbow Valley 1998 (detail), Collection Art Gallery of New South Wales © Judy Cassab, licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2008. ART AFTER HOURS: Mark Olive, Akira Isogawa, Ben Hills. FOR KIDS: Ngununy, the Fruit Bat. FREE FILMS: Ten canoes (still) courtesy Palace Films NEWS: Samuel Wade Grey Day at Central 2006, oil on linen, (detail) winner of the 2006 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship; Frida DVD pack shot, Biennale of Sydney 2008 catalogue cover. Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone 02 9225 1744 or Toll Free 1800 679 278  www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au