Art and dementia: Jeffrey Smart
Discussion and artmaking for people living with dementia and their care partners
Image: Jeffrey Smart Playground at Mondragone 1998 (detail). Art Gallery of New South Wales © Estate of Jeffrey Smart
Thursday 20 June 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
ReCollection: Andrew Hazewinkle
Hear from poet Marianne Boruch
Image: Andrew Hazewinkle Part 2, Withness: A Haunting from The Ongoing Remains (3 parts) 2019. Art Gallery of NSW
Thursday 20 June 2019, 12pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Make Music Day pop-up concert
With the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 21 June 2019, 1pm
Duration 20 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Performance lecture and film screening: From site to place
In association with UNSW Galleries
Image: Still from Silica
Sunday 23 June 2019, 2pm
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Directors in conversation
Thelma Golden and Michael Brand
Image: Thelma Golden. Photo by Julie Skarratt.
Wednesday 26 June 2019, 5.30pm
Location: Entrance court
Free
ReCollection: Nicolo dell'Abate
Hear from art history academic Tim McCall
Image: Nicolò dell’Abate Portrait of a gentleman with a falcon circa 1548-circa 1550 (detail). Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1991.
Thursday 27 June 2019, 12pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Drop in and make: ANZ customer weekend
Free artmaking activity for families
Image: Maya Butler de Castro, age 8, Grandma’s garden (detail), Young Archie 2019 finalist, 5-8 year olds
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2019
10am-4pm
Duration 6 hours
Location: Entrance court
Free
Auslan tour: Every portrait tells a story
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Image: Kate Matairavula
Sunday 30 June 2019, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings recommended
Duchamp’s playground
Co-presented with Concrete Playground
Image: Carlo Ritchie in The essential Duchamp exhibition at AGNSW 2019. Photo: Jenni Carter, AGNSW
Wednesday's 19, 26 June & 3 July 2019, 6-8pm*
*Please note that the start time on June 26 will be 7pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Entrance court
Free
Drop in and draw: July 2019
Free artmaking activity for all ages
Saturday 6 July 2019, 11am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Lower Asian gallery
Free
Celebrity talk: Thomas Mayor on the Uluru Statement from the Heart
Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together.
Image: Thomas Mayor
Wednesday 10 July 2019, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Children's access workshop: Face time
Free artmaking activity for children with specific needs and their families and carers
Image: Scarlett Li My mum and me (detail) Young Archie 2019 finalist
Wednesday 17 July 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Contemporary art express tour: The National 2019
A half-hour introduction to the exhibition
Wednesdays 6pm
3 April – 17 July 2019
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Art and dementia: Walking with gods
Discussion and artmaking for people living with dementia and their care partners
Image: Unknown artist, Tibet Kalachakra and Vishvamata 14th century (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales
Thursday 18 July 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Drop in and make: Face time
Free artmaking activity for families
Monday to Friday 15-19 July 2019
Sunday 21 July
11am-3.30pm
Duration 4 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Contemporary art guided tour: The National 2019
A one-hour introduction to the exhibition
Daily 1pm
29 March - 21 July 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Contemporary art guided tour
A one-hour introduction to contemporary art highlights in the Gallery
Image: Michael Parekowhai The English Channel 2015 (detail) © Michael Parekowhai
Daily 1pm
includes The National 2019 (29 March – 21 July)
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
FOMArt: July 2019
Presented by the Youth Collective
Saturday 27 July 2019, 12.30- 4pm
Duration 3 hours, 30 minutes
Free
Auslan tour: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Sunday 28 July 2019, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings recommended
Access workshop: About face
Free artist-led experience for adults with specific needs
Wednesday 14 August 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Art and dementia: In one drop of water
Discussion and artmaking for people living with dementia and their care partners
Thursday 15 August 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Stripping the armour
Uncovering visual culture in the Medici court
Image: Agnolo Bronzino Cosimo I de’Medici in armour 1540s (detail)
Saturday 31 August 2019, 10am
Duration 6 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings required
FOMArt: August 2019
Presented by the Youth Collective
Saturday 31 August 2019, 1- 4pm
Duration 3 hours
Free
Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm
Various Saturdays 1.30pm
26 June - 1 September 2019
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings recommended
Sydney Asian Art Series 2019
Art and urban culture
Image: Isfahan, Chehel Sotun (Forty Pillar) Palace, detail of the mural in the audience hall, Feasting reception hosted by Shah Abbas the Great, mid-17th century. Photo © Sussan Babaie
Various dates and times
28 March – 26 October 2019
See listing for details
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Free, bookings recommended
Unwrapping 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Making art public
Wednesdays 11, 18 & 25 September 2019, 6.30-7pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
FOMArt: September 2019
Presented by the Youth Collective
Saturday 28 September 2019, 1- 4pm
Duration 3 hours
Free
Living archive study sessions
Join our monthly study groups for your chance to go behind the scenes of Kaldor Public Art Projects.
Image: Ellen Waugh with coloured slides from Kaldor Public Art Project 1: Christo & Jeanne Claude, Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968–69.
Photo: Michael Waite.
Thursday 12 September, 10 October, 14 November, 12 December 2019, 16 January, 13 February 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Study room
Free, bookings required
FOMArt: October 2019
Presented by the Youth Collective
Saturday 26 October 2019, 1- 4pm
Duration 3 hours
Free
Poetry Sydney 2019
Poetry readings at the Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
Image: Brett Whiteley Studio
First Sunday of the month, 2pm
March-November 2018
Duration 1 hour
Location: Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
Free
Classical Sundays at the Studio 2019
Music recitals at the Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
Image: Brett Whiteley Shankar 1966, gift of Mrs Graham Ducker 1971 © Wendy Whiteley
Third Sunday of the month, 2pm
March-November 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills
Free
International Curators’ Panel: Making art public
Three visionary curators explore the impact of public art in a changing global context
Image: Jessica Morgan
Wednesday 4 December 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings required
Aboriginal art guided tour
An introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection
Image: Cornelia Tipuamantumirri Winga (Tidal movement, waves) 2012 © Cornelia Tipuamantumirri
Daily 10.30am
Until 21 December 2018
Resumes 4 February 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Asian art guided tour
An introduction to Asian art highlights in the Gallery
Image: Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III and Hiroshige Andō/Utagawa Garden in snow (Yuki no niwa) 1854 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales
Daily 12pm
Resumes 1 June 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Australian collection guided tour
An introduction to selected highlights from the Australian collection
Image: Margaret Preston Implement blue 1927 © Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Daily 2pm
Until 21 December 2018. Resumes 4 February 2019
Daily 1pm
5 January - 3 February 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Tuesdays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Last 2018 tour: 11 December. First 2019 tour: 5 February
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Collection highlights tour
An introduction to selected highlights from the Gallery's collection
Daily 11am
Until 21 December 2018. Resumes 5 January 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Contemporary art express tour
A half-hour introduction to contemporary art highlights in the Gallery
Image: Michael Parekowhai The English Channel 2015 (detail) © Michael Parekowhai
Wednesdays 6pm
includes The National 2019 (3 April – 17 July)
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Fridays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Last 2018 tour: 14 December. First 2019 tour: 1 February
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Korean-language guided tour
한국어 안내 투어
Fridays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays
Last 2018 tour: 14 December. First 2019 tour: 1 February
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Thursdays, Saturdays 11am
except January, last 2 weeks of December, public holidays
First 2019 tour: 2 February
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Mystery tour
A guided tour of a featured theme, artist or exhibition
Saturdays, Sundays 3pm
Until 16 December 2018
Resumes 9 February 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Welcome wander
A short talk featuring a theme, artist or exhibition
Image: Welcome wander discussing Stephen Bush’s I am still what I meant to be 2009, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Stephen Bush. Licensed by Copyright Agency
Weekdays 3pm
Duration 10 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Sydney Asian Art Series 2017
Beyond the studio: contexts for Asian art
Image: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar signed by Mubarak Mirza, b Mahmud, Iran, mid 19th century, private collection
9 March – 19 October 2017
See listing for details
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Free, bookings required