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Scheduled events

Gregor Schneider in conversation

with Tony Bond, assistant director and head curator of international art

Image: Gregor Schneider

Saturday 26 May 2012, 3.30pm

Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Free

In Conversation with Contempo

Join Ralph Hobbs in conversation with Danish photographer Søren Solkær Starbird

Image courtesy of Art Equity

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 6.00pm

Duration 2 hours
Location:
Charges apply

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

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
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Study day: Vietnam

With Christopher Hartney

One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi. Photograph by Ruud.

Saturday 9 June 2012, 1.30pm

Duration 3 hours
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply

Miles Franklin Literary Award lecture

Special event and competition

Portrait of Miles Franklin (detail), circa 1940s

Thursday 14 June 2012, 6.00pm

Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Armchair travel: Treasures of ancient Persia

With John Tidmarsh

Imam mosque, Esfahan. Stock.xchng

Saturday 23 June 2012, 10.00am

Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply

Rinpa style: Japanese art and design

Symposium in conjunction with Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern Japanese design

Saturday 23 June 2012, 9.30am–4.30pm

Duration 7 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

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

Armchair travel: two bites of the Big Apple – New York

With Brian Ladd and Jonathan Biggins

Image: Times Square, New York

Saturday 21 July 2012, 10.00am

Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply

Armchair travel: The Saffron Road – India

With Judy Tenzing

Judy Tenzing

Saturday 4 August 2012, 10.00am

Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply

Coffee lectures: Gaining freedom

Stories of American art

Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait, 1796, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Various Tuesdays in 2012, 10am–11.30am


Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Coffee lectures: The glory of Russia

With Rosamund Bartlett

Image: Rosamund Bartlett

Thursdays 5, 12 July 9, 16 August 2012
10am


Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Arts of Asia lecture series 2012

Love

Image: India, Punjab Hills, Mankot, Lotus-clad Radha and Krishna c1700–10 (detail),
opaque watercolour (gouache) on paper 21.9 × 16.2 cm, purchased 2007

Various Tuesdays 1pm
6 March – 30 October 2012
See listing for dates


Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Diploma lecture series 2012

Absolutism to enlightenment: European art and culture 1665-1765

Francois Boucher (1703-70) The toilet 1742 (detail), oil on canvas, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, JP Zenobel, The Bridgeman Art Library

Various Wednesdays 6pm
Various Thursdays 1pm
1 February - 1 November 2012
See listing for dates


Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Figures of fame

Talks on iconic portraits

Image: Pierre Bonnard Self portrait c1938–40 © Pierre Bonnard/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney

Weekly from Wednesday 4 April 2012, 5.30pm until Wednesday 30 May 2012


Location: Information desk
Free

Contemporary curator tour

with Tony Bond, head curator of international art

Image: Anish Kapoor Void field 1989 Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1990 © Anish Kapoor

Saturday 2 June 2012, 12.30pm

Duration 1 hour
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free

Jacky Redgate artist talk

Jacky Redgate discusses her work and practice

Image: Jacky Redgate STRAIGHTCUT # 17 2001–03, printed 2009, type C photograph, purchased with funds provided by the Photography Collection Benefactors Program 2009 © Jacky Redgate

Saturday 2 June 2012, 2.00pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Photography gallery
Free

Simone Mangos in conversation

with Tony Bond, head curator of international art

Image: Simone Mangos Figure 2 2012 (detail) © Simone Mangos & VB Bild Kunst r.V.

Saturday 2 June 2012, 3.00pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary project space
Free

Julie Rrap artist talk

in association with the new contemporary collection display

Image: Julie Rrap

Wednesday 6 June 2012, 5.30pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free

Jacky Redgate exhibition talk

Vigen Galstyan, assistant curator, photographs

Image: Jacky Redgate STRAIGHTCUT # 17 2001–03, printed 2009, type C photograph, purchased with funds provided by the Photography Collection Benefactors Program 2009 © Jacky Redgate

Wednesday 20 June 2012, 5.30pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Photography gallery
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