Related events
Coming events related to these galleries are listed here. They’re updated frequently so check back later if none are currently scheduled. You can look for events by date, type or specific exhibition in What’s on.
Coming events
Tour de Farce
with Open Stage Productions
Image: Ugo Rondinone if there were anywhere but desert. wednesday 2000 (detail), 52.5 × 212 × 92 cm © the artist
Wednesdays 7.30pm
12 June - 3 July 2013
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Contemporary galleries holiday workshops
Sessions for ages 3-13
Mon 1 - Fri 5 July 2013
See listing for details
Location: Information desk
Charges apply
Tuesdays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Contemporary art guided tour
Contemporary art highlights in the Gallery, including Anne Landa Award
Daily 12pm, Wed 7.15pm
Includes The space between us: Anne Landa Award, 16 May - 28 July 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Japanese language guided tour
日本語による美術鑑賞ツアー
Fridays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Korean language guided tour
무료 한국어 아트 투어
Fridays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Thursdays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Past 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
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
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
David Chesworth: Richter/Meinhof-Opera
After a libretto by Tony MacGregor
Image: David Chesworth Richter-Meinhof/Opera 2010 Performance at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 8 June, 6.30pm
(Friday 8.10pm performance cancelled)
Saturday 9 June, 6.30pm & 8.10pm
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes
Location: Grand Courts
Charges apply
The absent body
Curator talk on the new contemporary collection display
Image: Rosslynd Piggott La somnambule (The sleepwalker) 1996–97 Mixed media. Contemporary Collection Benefactors’ Fund 2003 © Rosslynd Piggott
Wednesday 13 June 2012, 5.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Shaun Gladwell artist talk
Celebrated contemporary artist discusses his work
Image: Shaun Gladwell Broken Dance (Beatboxed) 2012 (detail), production still, two-channel synchronised video. Beatboxers: Marv-ill Superlungs, Belle Ehresmann aka Bellatrix (Boxettes). Dancers: Ashley Patricks aka Ghost (Soul Mavericks), Lexi Maize, Dannielle Lecointe aka Rhimes Lecointe. Image courtesy the artist & Anna Schwartz Gallery.
Saturday 1 September 2012, 1pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary project space
Free
Mandarin language tour of the Biennale of Sydney
and contemporary collection highlights
Image: Yun-Fei Ji The Three Gorge Dam Migration 2009 (detail) Hand-printed watercolor woodblock on Xuan Zhi paper, mounted on silk, scroll. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Modern Art Library, New York. Photograph: Ellen Watson
First & second Thursdays of each month, 11am
5 July – 13 September 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Korean language tour of the Biennale of Sydney
and contemporary collection highlights
Image: Hassan Sharif Slippers and wire 2009, slippers and wire, dimensions variable, courtesy the artist and The Flying House, Dubai
Fridays, 11am
29 June – 14 September 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Biennale of Sydney tour
Guided tour of the Biennale and contemporary collection highlights
Image: Jorge Macchi Blue Planet 2003 (detail) collage on paper. Courtesy Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela. Photograph: Mark Ritchie
Daily 12pm and Wednesdays 7.15pm
27 June – 16 September 2012
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free
Gillian Minervini in conversation with John Kaldor
In association with Art & About
Image: Analiese Cairis, Art & About banner (detail)
Wednesday 3 October 2012, 5.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Monday to Friday 24 September – 5 October 2012
11.30am
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Information desk
Free
Collection talks: new acquisitions
Insights from Gallery staff into new works
Image: Janet Laurence The Memory of Nature 2010 (detail) Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Contempo Group and the Contemporary Collection Benefactors with the generous assistance of Geoff Ainsworth AM, Peter Braithwaite, Sally Breen, Andrew & Cathy Cameron, Ginny & Leslie Green, Michael Hobbs, Ray Wilson OAM 2012. © Janet Laurence
Wednesdays 10 – 24 October 2012, 5.30pm
Location: Information desk
Free
Auslan-interpreted tour: We used to talk about love
Discover how contemporary artists explore the theme of love
Sunday 24 February 2013, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Audio-description tour: We used to talk about love
Explore key themes and selected works in the exhibition
Image: Tim Silver Untitled (Rory) #3 2009 (detail), photography Jamie North, image courtesy and © the artist
Thursday 14 March 2013, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free, bookings required
Workshop and tour: We used to talk about love
Collage workshop and exhibition tour in association with Seniors Week
Wednesday 20 March 2013, 11.00am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free, bookings required
Exhibition talks: We used to talk about love
Artists, writers and curators discuss artworks and ideas in the exhibition
Image: Justene Williams Milk seeped in bread and rocked the leg 2012–13 (video still detail), 7-channel HD video installation, image courtesy and © the artist
Wednesdays 5.30pm
13 February, 27 February - 20 March 2013
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Sunday 24 March 2013, 2pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Access workshop: We used to talk about love
For youth with disability and their carers
Saturday 13 April 2013, 11.00am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free, bookings required
Guided tours: We used to talk about love
Guided tour of the exhibition and contemporary collection highlights
Image: Paul Knight 19 months #1 (detail) from Untitled 2010, courtesy and © the artist
Daily 12pm, Wednesdays 7.15pm
31 January - 21 April 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Exhibition talk: Projecting our future
With Tony Albert, Hetti Perkins and Barbara Flynn
Image: Tony Albert with Tony Albert Projecting our future 2002-13 (detail in progress), private collection, New Zealand © the artist
Saturday 18 May 2013, 3pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary project space
Free
