Australian Symbolism lectures
Three art historians take a deeper look at Symbolist tendencies in Australian art.
Image: Tom Roberts A study of Jephthah’s daughter (1899) (detail)
Wednesdays 16–30 May 2012, 7.30pm
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free
Australian Collection Links guided tour
Links to the Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
Image: Elioth Gruner Spring frost 1919 Gift of F G White 1939
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays 1pm
15 May – 3 June 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Coffee lectures: Australian Symbolism
With curator Denise Mimmocchi
Image: Tom Roberts Adagio c.1893 (detail)
Thursday 31 May 2012, 10.00am
Thursday 7 June 2012, 10.00am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Charges apply
Australian Symbolism celebrity events
Music and talks
Wednesdays 6.30pm, 6–20 June 2012
Location: Entrance court
Free
Australian Symbolism exhibition talks
Specialists discuss their choice of works in the exhibition.
Image: Charles Conder Hot wind 1889 (detail) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Wednesdays 6 – 27 June 2012, 5.30pm
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free
What is Symbolism?
A beginner’s guide to Symbolism, from its origins in Europe to Australia
Fridays 15, 22, 29 June 2012
Saturdays 16, 23, 30 June 2012
12.15pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free
Australian Symbolism drawing sessions
Drawing in small groups
Wednesdays 27 June & 4 July 2012, 7pm & 8pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free
Australian Symbolism guided tour
An introduction to the exhibition
Image: Sydney Long Spirit of the plains 1897 (detail) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Gift of William Howard-Smith in memory of his grandfather Ormond Charles Smith 1940 © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays 1pm
Wednesdays 7.15pm
14 May – 28 July 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free
Australian collection guided tour
An introduction to selected highlights from the Australian collection
Image: Margaret Preston Implement blue 1927 Gift of the artist 1960 © Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Daily 2pm
From Monday 14 May 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free