Tours for deaf people
(hearing people also welcome) Using registered Auslan interpreters
Involving, informative and fun
Exploring the Gallery through a different theme each month Free Collection Highlights Tours Sundays at 1.30pm
(Last Sunday of the month) 27 January
Angry Penguins of the night
Exploding onto the staid Australian art scene, the Angry Penguins championed the cause of modernism and were determined to shake Australia out of its postwar complacency and isolationism. These young painters, influenced by Surrealism and Expressionism, were the rebels of their day. To complement the exhibition Sidney Nolan: Retrospective. 24 February
Drawn with light
Emerging from the scientific advances of the 19th century, photography at first appeared to supercede the role of painting in art. Explore the many roles played by this new medium, documentary, narrative, landscape, scientific, paranormal and its developing relationship with painting. 30 March
Michael Riley: sights unseen
Discover the prolific talents of a quiet observer whose photomedia continues to have a profound effect on Australia’s contemporary representation and comprehension of Indigenous Australia. 27 April
Painted revelations
Oscar Wilde said that ‘every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter’. Discover what a portrait can show us of the artist who created it. To complement the annual Archibald Prize exhibition. 25 May
Ghosts in the machine
The most prolific and the most eclectic artists of the 20th century are unknown photographers. Explore this remarkable exhibition which draws from a number of collections of discarded amateur photographs. 29 June
Plum blossom, autumn moon
Contemplate the spirit of nature in Asian art and discover the poetic associations of the seasons and the beauty and poignancy of transience. 27 July
Revolutions – Forms that turn
The 16th Biennale of Sydney is a constellation of historical and contemporary works of art that celebrate and explore revolving, rotating, mirroring, repeating, reversing, turning upside down or inside out, and changing perspectives – both in art and life. 31 August
Earth, sky and paint
How can a landscape reflect the artist and culture in which it was produced? Look at the works of artists who explore their feelings of connection to the land through their art. Special Event
Saturday 23 August
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28 September
Love and death
Succumb to the seductive world of art in the Age of Queen Victoria. Experience transcendental love, earthly beauty and tragic death in the work of the Pre-Rahaelite Brotherhood and the Victorian Olympians. 26 October
The French connection
Since French mariner La Perouse arrived at Botany Bay hours after Governor Phillip there has been a link between French and Australian culture. Investigate the influence of French art on Australian artists from the Impressionists through modernism and beyond. 30 November
Visions of colour
Learn the radiant language of colour. Encounter the works of artists who express emotions and ideas in vibrant and glowing paint. To complement the exhibition Monet and the Impressionists . Free Performances for FamiliesSundays at 2.30pm
(Last Sunday of the month, except December)
27 January
Aditi and her rickshaw
Theatrical storytelling with Bronwyn Vaughan. 24 February
Interactive art
Interactive, imaginative, explorative, improvisational storytelling with Open Stage Productions. 30 March
Adamriginal
Dhungatti descendant Adam Hill blends Indigenous music, song, story, information, humour and art into an energetic extravaganza. 27 April
A mime for all reasons
Interactive theatrical storytelling, illusion and mime with Jean-Paul Bell 25 May
Cartoon your head off
Let Dave Hackett show you how to create some exaggerated cartoon characters. (Note: event previously listed as The Arabian Nights, including in Signing Art Jan-Nov 2008 program.)
29 June
Commedia dell’ Arte
Meet a cast of carnival characters in a lively puppetry performance with lots of laughter and mischievous action with Dennis Murphy. 27 July
Cartoon your head off
Let Dave Hackett show you how to create some exaggerated cartoon characters. 31 August
Drawn into mime
Experience the talent, creativity and cheeky humour of Dennis Clare as he unmasks the world of art. 28 September
Australian Folklore
Using stories and music Gerard Cafe brings Australian legends and heroes to life in this interactive performance. 26 October
Drawn into mime
Experience the talent, creativity and cheeky humour of Dennis Clare as he unmasks the world of art. 30 November
When camels could fly
Travellers' tales from the Silk Road told through theatrical storytelling, song and music with Bronwyn Vaughan.
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