Xanadu and the secret history of the Mongols
With Iain Shearer
Saturday 29 February 2020, 10.30am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Becoming yōkai: images and folktales of ubume
With professor Manami Yasui
Image: Ubume (detail) from the Illustrated book of monsters (Kaibutsu ehon) 1881. The collection of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan.
Wednesday 4 March, 6pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Wednesday 4 March 2020, 6pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: 20th & 21st c Australian art
Charges apply
Australia’s Rock Art: Connecting our deep past with the future
With Professor Jo McDonald
Image: Jo McDonald
Saturday 7 March 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Japanese Decorative Arts
Exquisite lacquerware, ceramics and fabrics
Image: Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 – 1868 Furisode uchikake (long-sleeve overcoat) with design of plum and cherry blossoms, peonies, chrysanthemums and wisteria on red figured silk satin ('rinzu’) 19th century Art Gallery of New South Wales. Asian Collection Benefactors’ Fund 2014.
Fridays 28 February to 13 March 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Raphael: Renaissance master revealed BOOKED OUT
Symposium
Image: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) The Sistine Madonna 1513 (detail) Gemaeldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Bridgeman Images.
Friday 20 March or Saturday 21 March 2020, 10.30am
This is a one day symposium – the Saturday symposium is a repeat of the Friday
Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
The roaring twenties: Fashion at its most decadent
With Charlotte Smith
Image: Harold Cazneaux Doris Zinkeisen 1929 (detail) gelatin silver photograph 25 × 19.8 cm image/sheet. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Gift of the Cazneaux family 1975.
Friday 27 March 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Celebrating Beethoven: Innovator, visionary, phenomenon
With Andy Bromberger
Image: Artwork by Gregory Firlotte, based on the painting by Joseph Karl Stieler
Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis 1820 © Gregory Firlotte
Thursdays 12, 26 March & 2 April 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Thursday 23 April 2020, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Collecting 101
A beginner’s guide to collecting contemporary art
Image: Lindsay Clement-Meehan, photo by Jacquie Manning
Saturdays 14 March, 18 April & 23 May 2020, 1.30pm
Duration 2 hours
Charges apply
Art Appreciation 2020
Love, sex and death: The constant companions of art
Image: Richard Larter Five in a row show 1969 (detail) synthetic polymer paint on five composition board panels, 244 × 610 cm. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Gift of Frank Watters 2018. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program © Richard Larter. Licensed by Copyright Agency.
Various Wednesdays 6pm or Thursdays 1pm
29 January – 19 November 2020
See listing for details
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply