If this email does not display properly, please click on this link   This month Art After Hours Events Exhibitions Special offers GODDESS: DIVINE ENERGY Until 28 January 2007 Sydney only "The greatest exhibition mounted in Australia this year...It is as beautiful, as serious and fascinating a display as I have seen in this country." Sebastian Smee, The Australian THIS MONTH AT THE GALLERY Goddess: Divine Energy - masterpieces from India, Tibet & Nepal Anne Landa Award for video & new media arts opens 18 Nov 2006 Dobell Drawing Prize must close 3 Dec Celebrity Talks including Libbi Gorr and Marcia Hines North Indian classical music performances in the Artbar Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm Until 9pm every Wednesday www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au GODDESS: DIVINE ENERGY GUIDED TOURS Daily 11am & 2pm, Wednesdays 7.30pm, free with exhibition entry INDIAN DANCE PERFORMANCES Sundays 11.30am & 2pm, Free 12 & 19 Nov Odissi Dance Company 26 Nov Lingalayam Dance Company TEACHINGS Saturday 18 & Sunday 19, Free 18 Nov, 12pm Kulavadhuta Satpurananda, tantra expert Ten aspects of the Mother Goddess: Mahavidyas 19 Nov, 12pm Kulavadhuta Satpurananda Tara: Buddhist Mother Goddess For more about Goddesses, the exhibition and special offers visit www.goddess-art.com.au TOP: Pancharaksha ABOVE RIGHT: Female Figure, (detail)INDIA, Madhya Pradesh, c1000s. Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi. Gift of Walter Spink. WEDNESDAYS UNTIL 9PM - FREE A sublime series of Goddess Art After Hours events CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm 15 Nov Marcia Hines, Queen of Pop interviewed by Edmund Capon 22 Nov Libbi Gorr Suburban Goddess: How to master magnificence in mundanity 29 Nov Jonathan Biggins How men can get in touch with their Goddess side EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm (also Fridays 1pm as specified) 15 & 17 Nov Chaya Chandrasekhar, curator Tara and the divine female 22 & 24 Nov Acharaya Rami Sivan, Australian Council of Hindu Clergy Life lessons from the Hindu goddesses 29 Nov Christina Sumner, Powerhouse Museum Feminine power in Tibetan Buddhism LIVE MUSIC in the Artbar 7.30pm  Sardool Singh performs North Indian Classical music played on the Sarode. www.artafterhours.com.au or Subscribe to weekly emails  LEFT TO RIGHT: Libbi Gorr, Jonathan Biggins, Marcia Hines DREAM GIRLS Film series The Goddess film series celebrates goddesses of Asian and Western cinema, screening rare films from India and China as well as Western classics. Films this month include Mother India (dir: Mehboob Khan), Devi (dir: Satyajit Ray), Bandit Queen (dir, Shekar Kapur) and Devdas (dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali). Wednesdays & Sundays Check times MOVING IMAGE  Saturday 18 November 2pm, Free Part a: Anne Landa Award artists screening program Part b: Brendan Lee, The Beautiful Badlands and Pixel Pirate II: Attack of the Astro Elvis Video Clone (2002-06) by Soda Jerk & Sam Smith ANNE LANDA ARTIST TALKS  Saturday 18 November midday, Free Saturday 18 Nov only  Moving Image 2pm Artist talks midday FRIDA KAHLO Mirror of Mexico 20 November, 2-4pm To celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Australia, the Embassy of Mexico is bringing Mr Gregorio Luke, expert of Mexican art and Director, Museum for Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, to Australia. He will discuss one of the most popular Mexican artists of the 20th century, Frida Kahlo. $20, $15 members Bookings essential 02 9225 1878 LEFT TO RIGHT: Devdas (still) dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2002; Bandit Queen,(still) dir: Shekar Kapur, 1994; Mother India (still) dir: Mehboob Khan, 1957 ANNE LANDA AWARD FOR VIDEO & NEW MEDIA ARTS OPENS 18 NOVEMBER This award celebrates contemporary moving image art, including the presentation of recent work and the commissioning of new projects. Artists for 2006 include Philip Brophy, Daniel Crooks, James Lynch, Tony Schwensen, Grant Stevens, Monika Tichacek and Daniel von Sturmer. Opens 18 November Free THE 2006 DOBELL PRIZE FOR DRAWING The Dobell Prize, Australia's most prestigious drawing prize, brings the remarkable talents of Australian artists into the public domain. Finalists include David Fairbairn, Ruark Lewis, Allan Mitelman, Nick Mourtzakis, Ben Quilty,  Wendy Sharpe, Aida Tomescu and Salvatore Zofrea. Until 3 December Free MODERN CHINESE PRINTS FROM 'WE' TO 'ME' This exhibition reveals the very distinct journey Chinese printmaking has made from the 1930s to today. Comprising of around 70 prints by nearly 40 artists, the exhibition will provide an intriguing insight into Chinese cultural history. Until 28 January Free BRENDAN LEE TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE Melbourne artist Brendan Lee works in the medium of video installation. In this exhibition he re-creates the prison meeting room where a barrier separates inmate and visitor. Filmed in a menacing blue hue, two prison inmates, named Scum nuts and Pig killer, speak in aggressive tones. Until 10 December Free PETER KINGSTON & MARTIN SHARP MUST CLOSE Last chance to see this focus room exhibition exploring the inventive genius of Kingston and Sharp, two of the key artists of the Yellow House. Working within the halcyon days of the hippy, anti-establishment era, these two Sydney artists produced images of satirical humour and pop imagery that were entirely unique in the history of twentieth-century Australian art. Until 19 November Free CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION Exploring the themes of human experience and life events, this new display offers a reinterpretation of the Gallery's contemporary collection. With a focus on leading  artists, the exhibition highlights major new acquisitions by Anselm Kiefer and Bill Henson. More about the artists at www.contemporary-art.com.au Until April 2007 Free GODDESS ACCOMMODATION PACKAGE Feel like a goddess at Sofitel Wentworth Sydney. Enjoy overnight accommodation in a Superior Room with full buffet breakfast in the beautiful Bistro Garden Court, two tickets to the Goddess: Divine Energy exhibition and a Lattouf Aveda gift voucher to the value of $100. For more information, terms & conditions, visit the website. HALF PRICE ENTRY TO THE MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL Visit the Mind Body Spirit Festival Thursday 16 or Friday 17 November for half the adult price (save $7.50) by presenting this email at the ticket box. Meet natural therapists, conquer stress, check out the latest in organics or have a psychic reading. For more information, visit the website. CONGRATULATIONS to these Artmail subscribers who won tickets to Goddess  in our October competition: M. Auerbach, C. Dyson, K. Knight, P. Kramer, Y.N. Liu, R. Luxton, T. Mok, J. Rosenblatt, S. Srinivasan and B. York. EXHIBITION IMAGES TOP TO BOTTOM Monika Tichacek, The shadowers (detail) 2004 (video still.) 3 channel video installation, 35:15 minutes, surround sound. Courtesy of the artist, Sherman Galleries, Sydney & Karne Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne; Jane Lander, Disaster (detail) selected for the 2006 Dobell Prize for Drawing; SU Xinping (1960-) Dialogue, (detail) 1989, lithography, collection Art gallery of New South Wales; Brendan Lee, Scum nuts (from Two Birds with One Stone) 2006, original photo Paul Batt, courtesy of the artist; Martin Sharp, Ginger Meggs sings 'Mammy' at the school concert, 1979, colour screenprint, Art Gallery NSW collection; Matt Collishaw Waterfall (detail) 2001, full length mirror, picture frame, sandblasted glass, water and digital video, dimensions variable. Gift of Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth 2003. 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