Art appreciation lecture series 2018
The hidden language of art: symbol and allusion
Image: Francois Boucher The Rape of Europa c1732–34 (detail) oil on canvas, Wallace Collection, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
Various Wednesdays 6pm and Thursdays, 1pm
31 January - 15 November 2018
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Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Russia: collectors, art and music of the early 20th century
The emergence of the Russian avant-garde
Image: The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Saturdays 20 October, 3 and 24 November 2018, 10.30am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Special lecture: George W Lambert’s 'The Mask'
With Dr Anna Gray
Image: George Lambert recto: Sketch for 'The mask’ verso: unfinished male portrait circa 1911 (detail)
Wednesday 28 November 2018, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Friday 30 November 2018, 12.15pm
Duration 2 hours, 45 minutes
Location: Function space
Charges apply
Oceanic Art Society Forum
Aboriginal and Pacific art: collections and artists, then and now
Image: Kapriman people, Blackwater River, Papua New Guinea Gable mask from ceremonial house façade mid-1900s (detail) © Kapriman people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association’s (PIMA) Code of Ethics
Friday 1 February and Saturday 2 February 2019
Oceanic Art Society Forum: free Sunday events
Image: Kapriman people, Blackwater River, Papua New Guinea Gable mask from ceremonial house façade mid-1900s (detail) © Kapriman people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association’s (PIMA) Code of Ethics
Sunday 3 Feb 2019, 11am – 4pm
Free
Yuṯa Baman’puy Dhäwu: a new old story
A lecture on the expeditions to Ahnem Land
Image: Mundukul, father of the artist Noŋgirriŋa Marawili, at Gaṉdiwuy July 1935. Image from The Mulka Project archives and courtesy of The Thomson Family.
Saturday 16 February 2019, 2pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Art appreciation lecture series 2019
Being Human: The figure in art
Image: Charles Meere Australian beach pattern 1940 (detail) © Charles Meere Estate/Copyright Agency 2018
Various Wednesdays 6pm and Thursdays, 1pm
30 January - 14 November 2019
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Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply