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An evening with the Archibald BOOKED OUT

Celebrity, champagne and canapes

Image: Tim Storrier The Member, Dr Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KCB AO (detail), Packing Room Prize 2014 winner

Saturday 11 July 2015, 6pm

Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Charges apply

Free viewing for members

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015

Image: Rebecca Hastings She left us at Ikea and went off to find herself (detail), Sulman Prize 2015 finalist

Sunday 19 July 2015, 5.15-8pm
Monday 20 July 2015, 10am-12.30pm

Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free

Archibald artists tell all

Hear from the 2015 winner and finalists

Image: Myf Warhurst

Wednesday 22, 29 July 2015, 6.30pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free

Coffee afternoon: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015

For members and guests

Image: Filippa Buttitta Judy Cassab ‒ portrait of an artist (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Archibald: 28 July, 1, 4 August 2015, 1pm
Wynne and Sulman: 8 August 2015, 1pm

Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Charges apply

Coffee tour of the collection

Portraits

Image: John Longstaff Henry Lawson 1900 (detail)

Tuesday 4 August 2015, 10.30am
Saturday 8 August 2015, 1.30pm

Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Charges apply

Artist talk and book signing: Tom Carment

Celebrate National Bookshop Day at the Gallery Shop

Image: Tom Carment Self-portrait at 60 (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Saturday 8 August 2015, 3pm

Duration 45 minutes
Location: Gallery Shop
Free

Portrait printing workshop CANCELLED

Learn how to linocut portraits

Image: courtesy Libby Lloyd

Saturday 15 August 2015, 1pm

Duration 3 hours
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply

Moran Family Farm produce dinner BOOKED OUT

Drinks, dinner and exhibition viewing

Image: Moran Family Farm, 'Green Hills’

Monday 17 August 2015, 6.30pm

Duration 4 hours
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Charges apply

Archibald 2015 luncheon BOOKED OUT

Be part of the conversation

Image: Kim Leutwyler Start the riot (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Wednesday 19 August 2015, 12pm

Duration 2 hours
Charges apply

Art and dementia tour: It's all in the face

For people living with dementia and their carers

Image: Agnolo Bronzino Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour c1545 (detail)

Thursday 20 August 2015, 10.30am

Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required

Live music: Faces from the crowd

In association with the Archibald Prize

Image: Donny Benet

Wednesdays 6pm, 7.30pm
5 - 26 August 2015

Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free

Still-life drawing workshop BOOKED OUT

Learn to draw objects in place

Image: Mirra Whale Rialto Market catch sardines (detail) 2015. Courtesy the artist

Saturday 29 August 2015, 1.30pm

Duration 3 hours
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply

Auslan-interpreted talk: What are you looking at?

For deaf and hearing-impaired visitors

Image: William Dobell Margaret Olley 1948 (detail)

Sunday 30 August 2015, 1.30pm

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free

Audio-description tour: Archibald Prize 2015

For blind or vision-impaired visitors

Image: Guy Morgan Louise Voigt, CEO Barnardos Australia (after retinal detachment), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Thursday 3 September 2015, 2pm

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry

Free entry to the Archibald Prize 2015 for ANZ cardholders

ANZ customer days

Image: Sally Ross Eva (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 September 2015, 10am - 5pm

Duration 7 hours
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free

Facing off drawing workshop

Use fun and games to learn to draw

Image: Mike Barnard Ian 2009

Sunday 1 March 2015, 1pm
Sunday 16 August 2015, 1pm
Sunday 13 September 2015, 1pm

Duration 3 hours
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply

Auslan tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015 with Stefan Kater

For deaf and hearing-impaired visitors

Image: Stefan Kater A black diamond, Sulman Prize 2015 finalist

Wednesday 16 September 2015, 7.15pm

Duration 1 hour
Free with exhibition entry

Korean-language guided tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015

한국어 안내 관람: 2015년도 아치볼드, 윈 그리고 술만 공모전들

Image: Carla Fletcher Jenny Kee (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Wednesdays 11am
22 July - 23 September 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry

Late night laughs

Featuring some of Australia’s funniest comedians

Image: Cocky & Pompous

Wednesdays 6.30pm
2-23 September 2015
16 September is Auslan interpreted

Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free

Live music: September sounds

In association with the Archibald Prize

Image: Stu Hunter

Wednesdays 7.30pm
2-23 September 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free

Express tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes

A half hour of highlights from the 2015 exhibition

Image: Marc Etherington Del Kathryn Barton and Magic Dog (detail), Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Monday-Friday 12.30pm
20 July - 25 September 2015

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry

Mandarin-language guided tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015

普通話導覽:2015年阿契伯爾獎、溫尼獎和蘇曼獎

Image: Jiawei Shen How to explain art with a white rabbit, Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Saturdays 2pm
18 July - 26 September 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry

Cantonese-language guided tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2015

粵語導覽:2015年阿契伯爾獎、溫尼獎和蘇曼獎

Image: Jiawei Shen How to explain art with a white rabbit, Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

Sundays 2pm
19 July - 27 September 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry

Guided tour: Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes

An hour of highlights from the 2015 exhibition

Image: Richard Bell Me, Archibald Prize 2015 finalist

3pm daily
Also 5.30pm, 7.15pm Wednesday
18 July - 27 September 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry

Sydney students speak

Explore different abstract or contemporary artworks each week

Image: Background detail of Tony Tuckson’s White lines (vertical) on ultramarine 1970-73

Wednesday 5.30pm
16 September – 7 October 2015

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free