Eugène Atget: Old Paris celebrity events
Talks on fashion, photographs and design, plus a special musical performance
Image: Elizabeth Farrelly
Wednesdays, 29 August – 3 October 2012, 6.30pm
Free
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Related exhibition: Eugène Atget
Elizabeth Farrelly, architect and columnist
Elizabeth Farrelly is a Sydney-based columnist and author who trained in architecture and philosophy, practised in London and Bristol, and holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Sydney. She was assistant editor of the Architectural Review in London, and an independent City Councilor in Sydney.
Wednesday 29 August 2012 6:30pm – 7pm
Joe Hildebrand, journalist and documentary maker
Joe Hildebrand writes for the Daily Telegraph and The Punch. In 2012 he hosted the ABC2 TV series Dumb, Drunk and Racist, which took four Indians on a road trip around Australia to examine the country’s worst stereotypes.
Wednesday 5 September 2012 6:30pm – 7pm
Georgina Safe, fashion editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
Georgina Safe joined The Sydney Morning Herald as fashion editor in 2011. Prior to that she wrote for The Australian as well as Vogue Australia, Wish Magazine and The Weekend Australian Magazine. Apart from fashion, she has written about the arts in Melbourne, particularly film, performing and visual arts.
Wednesday 12 September 2012 6:30pm – 7pm
Corinne with Viva perform French music
Principal singer and dancer Corinne teams with the Viva Duo to bring the music of Paris to the Gallery stage.
Wednesday 19 September 2012 6:30pm – 7pm
Peter Doyle, crime author and curator
Peter Doyle is author of the novels Get rich quick (1996), Amaze your friends (1998) and The devil’s jump, and the non-fiction titles City of shadows (2005) and Crooks like us (2009). In the early 2000s he worked as a part-time curator at the Justice & Police Museum in Sydney, where he curated the exhibitions Crimes of passion and City of shadows: inner city crime and mayhem, 1912–1948.
Wednesday 26 September 2012 6:30pm – 7pm
Interior designer Iain Halliday in conversation with arts broadcaster Fenella Kernebone
Iain Halliday is one of Australia’s most respected interior designers. He is a director of Burley Katon Halliday and was recently named the 2012 Belle/Coco Republic Designer of the Year.
Wednesday 3 October 2012 6:30pm – 7pm