Skip to content

Contempo events

Get inspired by your surroundings; get engaged with art and culture; get in touch with like-minded people. Get along to a Contempo event at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Most are also open to non-members.

Collection stories: Ray Wilson

A sneak peak into a private collection

Image courtesy Ray Wilson

Thursday 27 June 2013, 6.30pm

Duration 2 hours
Charges apply

Watercolour workshop

Objects and light

Image: Rochelle Haley Mask 2012, watercolour and ink on tinted paper, 30 × 30 cm, courtesy of the artist and Galerie pompom, Sydney

Saturday 29 June, Saturday 6 July 2013
10.30am-4.30pm

Duration 6 hours
Location: Art Gallery Society (members lounge)
Charges apply

In situ: Mungo Mill studio collective

A sneak peak into artists studios

Image courtesy Mungo Mill Studio collective

Saturday 20 July 2013, 1pm

Duration 2 hours
Charges apply

Art of gastronomy

Cocktails and conversation

Image courtesy Grasshopper Bar

Wednesdays 10-31 July, 6pm


Location: Information desk
Charges apply

High tea and a tour

Take a closer look at the art on our walls

Third Sunday of each month
See listing for details


Location: Information desk
Charges apply

Drawing the figure 2013

Life drawing classes

Image: Edgar Degas After the bath c1900, charcoal

Various Saturdays in 2013
See listing for details


Location: Art Gallery Society (members lounge)
Charges apply

Contempo Art Bus 2013

Guided bus tour of artist-run spaces

Image courtesy stock.xchnge

Various Saturdays in 2013
See listing for details

Duration 3 hours
Location: Front of the Gallery
Charges apply