20th-century Australian collection talks
Insights into works in the Gallery's 20th-century Australian collection
Sidney Nolan First-class marksman 1946 (detail) © the Trustees of the Sidney Nolan Trust
Wednesdays 5.30pm
2 – 16 November 2011
Free
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Related exhibition: 20th-century Australian collection
Responses to Sydney Harbour
Join Emma Collerton, public programs, for a discussion of iconic paintings of Sydney Harbour including Brett Whiteley’s The balcony 1975 and John Olsen’s Five bells 1963.
Wednesday 2 November 2011 5:30pm – 6pm
Arthur Boyd
Join Camilla Shanahan, public programs, for a discussion of Arthur Boyd’s Nebuchadnezzar on fire falling over a waterfall 1966-68.
Wednesday 9 November 2011 5:30pm – 6pm
20th-century Australian abstraction
Join Sheona White, head of public programs, for a discussion of the significance of abstraction to the development of Australian modernism.
Wednesday 16 November 2011 5:30pm – 6pm
