This week we are thrilled to welcome city historian Dr Lisa Murray to directly respond to the Biennale artwork by Meriç Algün Ringborg titled The Library of Unborrowed Books, Section III: SMSA Library‚ Sydney (2014). Hear from Lisa about the role of libraries within our increasingly digital society. Are these institutions on the verge of extinction? Also this Wednesday, see the compelling murder mystery Rashomon and don’t miss the last of our photography talks inside the Australian vernacular photography exhibition.
14 May 2014
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5.30pm
Exhibition talks: Australian vernacular photography
Eleanor Weber, assistant curatorDuration 30 minutes. Photography gallery. Free.
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Art After Hours Tour
Guided tour: Afghanistan
An introduction to the exhibitionDuration 1 hour. Upper Asian gallery. Free with exhibition entry.
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Sydney students speak 2014
Krisztina Erdei ‘Ordinary exclusions’ 2009Duration 30 minutes. Major exhibition gallery. Free.
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6pm
Member Lecture / symposium Course
Art appreciation lecture series 2014
JaponismeDuration 1 hour. Domain Theatre. Charges apply.
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6.30pm
Celebrity events: Biennale of Sydney
Dr Lisa MurrayDuration 30 minutes. Entrance court. Free.
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7.15pm
Tour
Contemporary art guided tour
An introduction to contemporary art highlights in the GalleryDuration 1 hour. Free.
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Art After Hours Music
Live music: Matt Tonks
Our resident musician this MayDuration 1 hour, 45 minutes. Entrance court. Free.
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States of mind film series
RashomonDuration 1 hour, 28 minutes. Free.
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10pm
Gallery closes (Art After Hours)
Some parts of the Gallery have different hours
Exhibitions
19th Biennale of Sydney
You Imagine What You Desire
21 Mar – 9 Jun 2014
Afghanistan
hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
7 Mar – 15 Jun 2014
Australian vernacular photography
8 Feb – 18 May 2014
Forcefields
28 Feb – 29 Sep 2014
In the flesh
Picasso, Bacon, Freud, Soutine
12 Apr – 22 Jun 2014
Khadim Ali
The haunted lotus
6 Mar – 1 Jun 2014
Nike Savvas
Rally
18 Mar – 21 Sep 2014
Sol LeWitt
Your mind is exactly at that line
20 Feb – 3 Aug 2014
The hills beyond Hermannsburg
22 Mar – 2 Jun 2014
On Wednesdays the Gallery stays open late for Art After Hours
Displays until 10pm
Cafe until 9.30pm
Restaurant until 9pm
Gallery Shop until 8.45pm
Members lounge until 8.30pm
Library and archive until 6.30pm
Courtesy bus runs every 15 mins from 7pm until closing from the Gallery to various locations in the city close to public transport