| | Biennale of Sydney 2008
The 2008 Biennale of Sydney, under the artistic direction of internationally renowned curator, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, investigates revolutions - forms that turn.
18 June - 7 September 2008 |
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| | The Lost Buddhas
The discovery of these 6th-century stone Buddhist sculptures at the site of a long-destroyed temple in China is considered an archaeological find on par with the First Emperor's terracotta soldiers.
29 August - 23 November 2008 |
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| | Judy Cassab
Emigrating to Sydney from Europe in 1951, Judy Cassab quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter, however it was her experience of Central Australia in the late 1950s that made her first feel fully at home in this country.
29 May - 31 August 2008 |
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| | Living Black
Inspired by the title of the late Kevin Gilbert's award winning book 'Living Black', this exhibition from the Gallery's permanent collection features works that favour a darker palette or graphic aesthetic.
20 December 2007 - 11 November 2008 |
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| | Focus on Contemporary
Selected from the collection, this display focuses on art that explores history, memory and the associations that art objects can accumulate though time. |
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| | Australian Bookbinders Exhibition
Annual exhibitions of the bookbinders’ art have been held since 1997, providing a focus for practitioners’ skill and creativity.
18 June - 3 October 2008 |
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| | Francis J Mortimer
This exhibition, which includes Dutch scenes, patriotic British WWI homefront images and examples of Mortimer’s refined techniques, displays for the first time the major gift to the Gallery’s collection from the artist’s daughter.
26 July - 26 October 2008 |
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| | Kate Beynon
Melbourne-based artist Kate Beynon presents a new series of paintings in which she explores ideas of transcultural identity and the ‘global citizen’.
7 August - 26 October 2008 |
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| | War: The Prints of Otto Dix
This exhibition showcases Otto Dix’s war portfolio Der krieg 1924, a collection of 51 etchings with aquatint which is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of 20th-century printmaking.
22 August - 26 October 2008 |
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