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
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
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
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
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