The Art Gallery of New South Wales is open every Wednesday night until 9pm for Art After Hours.
Admission is free, although charges may apply to some special exhibitions.
As well as all exhibitions and the permanent collection display, events include performances, talks, films and music. The Gallery shop and members lounge are also open, and the library is open until 7.30pm.
Archibald Prize 2013 celebrity events
Interviews, talks and a special performance
Image: David Williamson
Wednesdays 6.30pm
27 March - 8 May, 22 - 29 May 2013
Location: Entrance court
Free
Artbar: Archibald Prize 2013
Celebrating Australian music with some of our best local singers and songwriters
Image: Buffalo Tales
Wednesdays 5.15pm & 7.30pm
27 March - 8 May, 22 & 29 May 2013
Location: Cafe
Free
Artist talks: Brenda L Croft
Artists including Brenda L Croft discuss the exhibition
Image: Brenda L Croft Strange fruit 1994 (detail), cibachrome photograph, 168.7 × 117.8cm frame; 152 × 101cm sight, © Brenda L Croft. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Wednesdays 5.30pm
8 May & 22 - 29 May 2013
Location: Yiribana Gallery
Free
Face to face
Drawing workshops
Wednesdays 6pm
27 March - 8 May & 22, 29 May 2013
Duration 2 hours
Location: Grand Courts
Free
Short talks: portraiture and landscape
A different work in the Gallery's collection each week
Wednesdays 5.30pm
24 April - 29 May 2013
Location: Information desk
Free
Guided tours: focus on the Archibald
Highlights from the Archibald Prize 2013
Image: Kathryn Del Barton hugo (detail), Archibald Prize 2013 winner
Daily 3pm. Also Mon-Fri 12pm & 1pm, Wed 7.15pm
23 March - 2 June 2013 (except 25 April)
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
Wednesday 5 June 2013
5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Bill Henson celebrity talk
A forum with the artist
Image: Bill Henson. Photograph by Louise Hearman.
Wednesday 5 June 2013, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
'Tree of Knowledge'
Performance by Christian Thompson
Image: Christian Thompson Desert Melon 2012, c-type print on Fuji pearl metalic paper, 100 × 100 cm, edition of 10 © the artist
Wednesday 12 June 2013, 7pm
Duration 40 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Blood and Fire
Performance by Lauren Brincat
Image: Lauren Brincat Blood and Fire 2012, tambourine © the artist
Wednesday 19 June 2013, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Wednesday 19 June 2013, 5.30pm
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Grand Courts
Free
Wednesdays 5.15pm & 7.30pm
12 - 26 June 2013
Location: Cafe
Free
Celebrity talks: The space between us
Explore the key themes in the Anne Landa Award 2013
Image: Robyn Davidson
Wednesdays 6.30pm
12 June, 26 June 2013
Location: Entrance court
Free
Exhibition talks: Bill Henson
Explore Henson’s evolving photographic practice
Image: Bill Henson, from the series Paris Opera Project 1990/91, type C photograph, approx 123.5 × 124.5 cm, Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1993 © Bill Henson
Wednesdays 5.30pm
5 - 26 June 2013
Location: Photography gallery
Free
Film program in recess
Screenings end 28 April, resume 3 July 2013
Our regular film program (Wed 2pm, 7.15pm & Sun 2pm) takes a break 1 May - 2 July 2013 due to theatre refurbishment
Duration 0 minutes
Exhibition talks: The space between us
Artists and specialists discuss artworks and ideas in the exhibition
Image: James Newitt Say it like you want it 2012 (detail), production still, image courtesy and © the artist
Wednesdays 5.30pm
12 June - 3 July 2013
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free
Tour de Farce
with Open Stage Productions
Image: Ugo Rondinone if there were anywhere but desert. wednesday 2000 (detail), 52.5 × 212 × 92 cm © the artist
Wednesdays 7.30pm
12 June - 3 July 2013
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Artist talk: Wanyubi Marika
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2013
Image: Wandjuk Marika Djan’kawu story c1963 (detail), natural pigments on bark, 161 × 51 cm, gift of Keith and Renée Free in memory of Tony Tuckson 1974 © Wandjuk Marika, licensed by Viscopy, Australia
Wednesday 10 July 2013, 5.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Yiribana Gallery
Free
Celebrity talk: Brenda L Croft and guests
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2013
Image: Brenda L Croft by Nancy Mithlo
Wednesday 10 July 2013, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Guided tours: Sydney moderns
An introduction to the exhibition
Image: Grace Crowley Portrait of Lucie Beynis 1929 (detail)
Daily 11am & 1pm, also Wednesdays 7.15pm
6 July - 7 October 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
