What’s on Calendar

EXHIBITIONS

• 10am

  Gallery opens

  Open every day, except Christmas & Good Friday

  Times vary. See Opening hours

• 11am

  Tour

  Aboriginal art guided tour

  A guided introduction to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander collection

  Duration 1 hour
  Information desk
  Free

• Tour

  Collection highlights tour

  An introduction to selected highlights from the Gallery's collection

  Duration 1 hour
  Information desk
  Free

• 12pm

  Tour

  Archibald Prize 2012 tour

  Including the Wynne & Sulman Prizes

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Major exhibition gallery
  Free with exhibition entry

• Tour

  Asian art guided tour

  A guided introduction to art from China, Korea, Japan, the Himalayas, India and Southeast Asia

  Duration 1 hour
  Information desk
  Free

• Tour

  Contemporary art guided tour

  A guided introduction to highlights from the contemporary collection

  In association with New contemporary galleries.
  Duration 1 hour
  Information desk
  Free

• Film

  Outsiders in Australian Cinema film series

  Bingo, bridesmaids and braces

  Dir: Gillian Armstrong 1988 (Aust)
  95 mins 16mm Colour Rated PG
  The third installment in an ongoing series of documentaries by director Gillian Armstrong, follows the lives of three women, Diana, Josie and Kerry, through puberty to adulthood. As teenagers, these working class Adelaide girls described themselves as misfits. Now they are 26 year-old women, dramatically changed and affected by the responsibilities of marriage, parenthood and employment. Using detailed flashbacks to the two previous installments, the documentary catalogues the day-to-day existence, betrayed hopes and fears of the three women as they share the critical times in their lives, and their satisfaction and surprise at having reached 26.

  Duration 1 hour, 35 minutes
  Domain Theatre
  Free

• 1pm

  Tour

  Archibald Prize 2012 tour

  Including the Wynne & Sulman Prizes

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Major exhibition gallery
  Free with exhibition entry

• Tour

  Australian Symbolism guided tour

  An introduction to the exhibition

  In association with Australian Symbolism.
  Duration 1 hour
  Temporary exhibitions gallery
  Free

• 2pm

  Tour

  Australian collection guided tour

  An introduction to selected highlights from the Australian collection

  Duration 1 hour
  Information desk
  Free

• Film

  Outsiders in Australian Cinema film series

  Satdee night + Love letters from Teralba Road

  Satdee night
  Dir: Gillian Armstrong 1973 (Aust)
  17 mins 16mm Colour Rated PG
  A young man (played by Stuart Campbell), living in a communal house, carefully prepares himself for a great Saturday night. Made while director Gillian Armstrong was studying at the Australian Film and Television School, this short film presents a wry slice of life from early 1970s Sydney. The director creates a realistic, documentary-like portrait of a gay man, describing the humour and common humanity of his experience with easy simplicity.

  Love letters from Teralba Road
  Dir: Stephen Wallace 1977 (Aust)
  50 mins 16mm Colour Rated M
  Director Stephen Wallace based this film on a collection of letters he found in a Sydney flat. The love letters are those of a husband, who is working in Newcastle, to his estranged wife, living in Sydney. Barbara (played by Kris McQuade) has trouble reconciling the tender, written emotions of Len (played by Bryan Brown) with their actual violent relationship. ‘The strength of this modest movie… largely derives from what… Wallace has chosen to leave unstated, and the way in which what seems at first an intolerable bind… is finally revealed to be something much more complex and less pessimistic.’ – John Pym, Time Out

  Duration 1 hour, 7 minutes
  Domain Theatre
  Free

• 3pm

  Tour

  Archibald Prize 2012 tour

  Including the Wynne & Sulman Prizes

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Major exhibition gallery
  Free with exhibition entry

• 5.15pm

  Art After Hours    Music

  ArtBar: The Rescue Ships

  Singer/songwriters

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Cafe
  Free

• 5.30pm

  Art After Hours    Exhibition talk

  Figures of fame

  Edward Poynter, Helen

  Sir Edward John Poynter Helen 1881 (View artwork)
  Ekaterina Abramova, assistant coordinator, public programs

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 30 minutes
  Information desk
  Free

• 6pm

  Course    Lecture / symposium

  Diploma lecture series 2012

  Fashioning identity in 18th century French portraiture

  Mark de Vitis

  Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 13 & 14 June 2012

  Duration 1 hour
  Domain Theatre
  Charges apply

• Lecture / symposium    Contempo

  Young art collectors: photography

  An insight into the world of collecting photography

  Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
  Centenary Auditorium
  Charges apply

• 6.30pm

  Art After Hours    Celebrity talk

  Archibald Prize 2012 celebrity event

  Jonathan Biggins

  Actor, author and director, in conversation with Archibald Prize finalists Angus McDonald and Melissa Egan

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 30 minutes
  Entrance court
  Free

• 7.15pm

  Tour

  Archibald Prize 2012 tour

  Including the Wynne & Sulman Prizes

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Major exhibition gallery
  Free with exhibition entry

• Tour

  Australian Symbolism guided tour

  An introduction to the exhibition

  In association with Australian Symbolism.
  Duration 1 hour
  Temporary exhibitions gallery
  Free

• Film

  Outsiders in Australian Cinema film series

  Satdee night + Love letters from Teralba Road

  Satdee night
  Dir: Gillian Armstrong 1973 (Aust)
  17 mins 16mm Colour Rated PG
  A young man (played by Stuart Campbell), living in a communal house, carefully prepares himself for a great Saturday night. Made while director Gillian Armstrong was studying at the Australian Film and Television School, this short film presents a wry slice of life from early 1970s Sydney. The director creates a realistic, documentary-like portrait of a gay man, describing the humour and common humanity of his experience with easy simplicity.

  Love letters from Teralba Road
  Dir: Stephen Wallace 1977 (Aust)
  50 mins 16mm Colour Rated M
  Director Stephen Wallace based this film on a collection of letters he found in a Sydney flat. The love letters are those of a husband, who is working in Newcastle, to his estranged wife, living in Sydney. Barbara (played by Kris McQuade) has trouble reconciling the tender, written emotions of Len (played by Bryan Brown) with their actual violent relationship. ‘The strength of this modest movie… largely derives from what… Wallace has chosen to leave unstated, and the way in which what seems at first an intolerable bind… is finally revealed to be something much more complex and less pessimistic.’ – John Pym, Time Out

  Duration 1 hour, 7 minutes
  Domain Theatre
  Free

• 7.30pm

  Art After Hours    Music

  ArtBar: The Rescue Ships

  Singer/songwriters

  In association with Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2012.
  Duration 1 hour
  Cafe
  Free

• Art After Hours    Lecture / symposium

  Australian Symbolism lecture

  The atavistic and the uncanny

  Dr Mary Eagle, art historian, Australian National University, Canberra

  In association with Australian Symbolism.
  Duration 1 hour
  Centenary Auditorium
  Free

• 9pm

  Gallery closes (Art After Hours)

  Wednesday 9pm

  (Thursday to Tuesday 5pm)