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Sunday 24 February 2013

EXHIBITIONS

ARTEXPRESS 2013

20 Feb – 14 Apr 2013

A dynamic and popular exhibition featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts, 2012.

Dadang Christanto
They give evidence

until 21 Jul 2013

A reprise of the confronting and moving, larger-than-life sculptures of human suffering by Dadang Christanto.

Francis Bacon
five decades

17 Nov 2012 – 24 Feb 2013

LAST DAY

Surveying Bacon’s life and work, this is the first major exhibition in Australia of rare works by this towering figure of 20th-century art.

Papunya Tula
works on paper

13 Dec 2012 – 24 Mar 2013

Works from the early 1970s to a landmark 2009 print portfolio, including leading artists such as Timmy Payungka Tjapangati, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Doreen Reid Nakamarra and Naata Nungurrayi.

Soul of simplicity
seven centuries of Korean ceramics

until 21 Apr 2014

Discover the clarity of forms, understated elegance of decoration and subtlety of colour in these exquisite objects from the world’s most outstanding collections of Korean ceramics.

The fashion of Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims

9 Feb – 19 May 2013

Over 50 works by two iconic fashion photographers, from the Gallery’s photography collection.

The London years 1960–67

Fri–Sun only 13 Jul 2012 – 7 Apr 2013
(See exhibition page for exact dates)

Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills

Special hours

Explores Brett Whiteley’s art and life from 1960 to 1967. Includes works from his Bathroom, Christie and London Zoo series, and monoprints of conversations with Francis Bacon.

We used to talk about love
Balnaves contemporary: photomedia

31 Jan – 21 Apr 2013

This exhibition of photomedia, video, collage, sculpture and installation considers the variegated terrain of love’s language – joy, elation, desire, eroticism, longing, loss, melancholia and memory.

  • 10am

    Gallery opens

    Open every day, except Christmas & Good Friday

    Times vary. See Opening hours

  • Lecture / symposium

    Jane Austen coffee lecture

    Jane Austen and Chawton House Library

    Sandy Lerner, co-founder of CISCO Systems and founder of Urban Decay Cosmetics, is also founder of the wonderful Chawton House Library, at the Centre for the Study of Early English Women Writers. Chawton House is an Elizabethan manor house that was inherited by Jane Austen’s brother. Sandy is also a novelist (under the name Ava Farmer). She is in Australia for the first time and will be speaking about the establishment of the library, its collections and its future. Members of the Art Gallery Society and of the Jane Austen Society of Australia are invited to this very special event.

    10am Coffee, Yiribana Foyer
    10.30am Talk, Domain Theatre

    Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
    Domain Theatre
    Charges apply

  • 10.15am

    Workshop

    Printmaking with Andrew Totman

    Introduction to printmaking

    In this inspiring practical workshop, Andrew Totman will introduce you to basic printmaking techniques and processes. Using a printing press and a variety of materials, you will create your own traditional prints.

    This workshop is designed for beginners.

    Duration 6 hours
    Function space
    Charges apply

  • 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

    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

  • Art After Hours    Tour

    Guided tour: We used to talk about love

    Guided tour of the exhibition and contemporary collection highlights

    In association with We used to talk about love.
    Duration 1 hour
    Information desk
    Free

  • Film

    Iconic interviews with Francis Bacon

    Daily documentary screenings on Bacon’s life and career

    In association with Francis Bacon.
    Duration 3 hours
    Centenary Auditorium
    Free

  • 1pm

    Tour

    Francis Bacon guided tour

    An introduction to the exhibition

    In association with Francis Bacon.
    Duration 1 hour
    Major exhibition gallery
    Free with exhibition entry

  • 1.15pm

    Tour

    Francis Bacon guided tour

    An introduction to the exhibition

    In association with Francis Bacon.
    Duration 1 hour
    Major exhibition gallery
    Free with exhibition entry

  • 1.30pm

    Auslan    Tour

    Auslan-interpreted tour: We used to talk about love

    Discover how contemporary artists explore the theme of love

    In association with We used to talk about love.
    Duration 1 hour
    Information desk
    Free

  • 2pm

    Tour

    Australian collection guided tour

    An introduction to selected highlights from the Australian collection

    Duration 1 hour
    Information desk
    Free

  • Art After Hours    Film

    Film series: Ain't there anyone here for love?

    Casablanca

    Dir: Michael Curtiz 1942 (US)
    102 mins 35mm B&W Rated PG
    Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
    Made while the world was engulfed in the horrors of World War II, Casablanca is considered one of the great romances in movie history. Thousands of movie-goers empathised with the war-torn lovers, forced apart by patriotic duty, which underpinned the compelling moral conflict of the film. Ilsa (Bergman) loves her resistance leader husband, Victor, and wants to be faithful to him. But, in order to obtain exit visas for them both, she is faced with the obligation to seduce Rick (Bogart). The film is blessed with a splendid expatriate cast and crew and is the pinnacle of the cosmopolitan talent that Hollywood amassed during this period.

    In association with We used to talk about love.
    Duration 1 hour, 52 minutes
    Domain Theatre
    Free

  • Performance

    Sydney Poetry 2013

    Chris Andrews

    Sydney-based Andrews was born in Newcastle, NSW in 1962 and grew up in Melbourne. He is the author of two books of poems: Cut lunch (Indigo, 2002) and Lime green chair (Waywiser, 2012). He has translated books of fiction by Latin American authors, including Roberto Bolaño’s By night in Chile (Harvill/New Directions, 2003) and César Aira’s Varamo (New Directions/Giramondo, 2012), and received the Vallé-Inclan Prize for Literary Translation from Spanish (British Society of Authors, 2005). He teaches at the University of Western Sydney.

    Duration 2 hours
    Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
    Free

  • 2.30pm

    Auslan    For kids    Performance

    Gallery Kids Sunday performance 2013

    Aditi and her rickshaw

    Theatrical storytelling, song and music with Bronwyn Vaughan. Designed by Janet Clouston.

    24 February performance is Auslan interpreted

    Duration 30 minutes
    Entrance court
    Free

  • 5pm

    Gallery closes

    Normal hours: 10am–5pm, Wednesdays till 9pm

    See Opening hours

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