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Saturday 9 March 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.

Jim Masselos South Asia Archive

Tue–Sat only 5 Feb – 4 May 2013

Research library and archive

Special hours

A collection of images on paper related to India, including prints, lithographs and chromolithographs, photographs, posters, paintings and drawings.

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.

  • 9am

    Lecture / symposium    For teachers

    Learning symposium 2013

    The Gallery’s annual visual arts conference for teachers

  • 10am

    Gallery opens

    Open every day, except Christmas & Good Friday

    Times vary. See Opening hours

  • 10.30am

    Workshop

    Life drawing class 2013

    Term 1 (sold out)

    Duration 2 hours
    Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
    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

  • Course    Lecture / symposium

    Favourite British novels of the 20th century

    Murder and detection – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Gaudy Night

    The 1920s and 30s in Britain were the Golden Age of the detective novel. Agatha Christie rapidly became the ‘Queen of Crime’, producing over 60 crime novels and creating hundreds of fictional corpses. More ‘academic’ in style was Dorothy L Sayers, whose detective, Lord Peter Wimsey of Gaudy Night and other novels, remains a controversial literary figure. Enjoy some ‘cosy’ British crime in this lecture on murder and sleuthing.

    Duration 2 hours
    Domain Theatre
    Charges apply

  • 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

  • 1pm

    Tour    Contempo

    In-situ: artist studio visit

    Get a glimpse into the creative process

    Duration 2 hours
    Charges apply

  • 1.30pm

    Workshop

    Follow the curve 2013

    Course 1 (sold out)

    Duration 2 hours
    Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
    Charges apply

  • 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?

    The African Queen

    Dir: John Huston 1951 (US)
    105 mins 35mm Colour Rated G
    Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
    Bogart won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the gin-swilling Charlie Allnut, in director Huston’s celebrated World War I adventure. With the spinster sister of a murdered missionary, Rosie Sayer (Hepburn), as his unlikely passenger, the pair combat the elements, the Germans and each other as they make their way downriver on a dilapidated steamboat in East Africa. Despite their constant bickering, the odd companions are surprised to find themselves falling in love. With a script by James Agee and Huston from CS Forester’s novel, the film was shot on location in the Belgian Congo by Jack Cardiff.

    In association with We used to talk about love.
    Duration 1 hour, 45 minutes
    Domain Theatre
    Free

  • 5pm

    Gallery closes

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

    See Opening hours

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