What’s on Exhibition talk

Wayne Tunnicliffe, head of Australian art, and Deborah Edwards, senior curator of Australian art, introduce the Australian collection.
Sunday talk interpreted into Auslan.

Jane Clark, senior research curator, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, examines the continuing significance Australian impressionist art.

Grace Karskens, associate professor of History at the University of NSW, explores iconic images of Sydney harbour as painted by some of Australia’s most important artists.

Curator Alison French explores the art of Albert Namatjira and the enduring significance of the Hermannsburg School.

Deborah Hart, senior curator of Australian painting and sculpture post-1920, National Gallery of Australia, explores the art of one of Australia’s most important artists, John Olsen, including his masterpiece Five bells.

Dr Ann Stephen, art historian and senior curator at the University of Sydney Art Gallery, collaborated with conceptual artist Ian Burn on various projects, from the Artworkers Union to The necessity of Australian art (1988). In 1996 Stephen curated the exhibition Artists think: the late works of Ian Burn and in 2006 published On Looking at Looking: The Art and Politics of Ian Burn.

Andrew Sayers, director, National Museum of Australia

Hendrik Kolenberg, senior curator of Australian prints and drawings, discusses the landscape paintings of Lloyd Rees, one of Australia’s most significant 20th century artists.

Professor Ian Howard, dean, College of Fine Arts, Sydney. In the politically-charged environment of the Vietnam War era, Ian Howard began to make art about the ever-increasing militarisation of our global society. In 1975, using a technique similar to brass-rubbing, he made a life-sized impression of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Deborah Edwards, senior curator of Australian art, discusses the significant developments in 20th century Australian sculpture produced by artists such as Robert Klippel and Margel Hinder.

Simon Ives, paintings conservator, discusses the challenges of conserving iconic paintings in the Gallery’s collection, from 19th century oil paintings to contemporary mixed-media works.

David Hansen, senior researcher, Sotheby’s Australia, discusses the work of John Glover, one of the finest painters of colonial Australia.

Deborah Edwards, senior curator of Australian art, discusses the significant contribution to Australian art made by the artists of the Sydney Moderns group.
Interpreted into Auslan

Artist Pedro Wonaemirri and Jonathan Jones, curator of Aboriginal art, discuss the importance of Tiwi art and the significance of the Gallery’s commission, in 1958, of Pukamani poles by Tiwi artists, the first major commission of Aboriginal art by an Australian gallery.

Natalie Wilson, assistant curator of Australian art, discusses Australian artists’ journeys in the Pacific and the influence of their travels on 20th century Australian art.