Events
Events list
Tour
Guided tour Art Gallery highlights
Daily 12pm, 2pm
Wednesdays also 5.30pmFree, no bookings required
Tour
Guided tour Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022
Monday 23 May – Friday 26 August 2022
Daily 11.30am, 2pm
Wednesdays also 5.30pm
Free with exhibition entry
Online
Art Appreciation 2022 Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
Wednesday 16 February – Thursday 1 September 2022
Charges apply
Online
Online lecture Reinterpreting our collections: from theory to practice
Thursday 16 June – Friday 16 September 2022
Free, bookings required
Film
Members Screening Room Trimpin: the sound of invention
Bookings: Thursday 16 June, 5pm – Monday 29 August 2022, 9am
Free, bookings required
Film
Members Screening Room And the alley she whitewashed in light blue
Bookings: Thursday 16 June, 5pm – Monday 29 August 2022, 9am
Free, bookings required
Film
Members Screening Room Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe 1500–1800
Bookings: Thursday 16 June, 5pm – Monday 29 August 2022, 9am
Free, bookings required
Tour
Mandarin and Cantonese-language guided tours of Art Gallery highlights 中文專人導覽 畫廊亮點之旅
Cantonese tour: Tuesdays at 11am
Mandarin tour: Thursdays at 11 am
Free, no bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Making it Home workshop Art-making in the Aquilizan Studio
Fridays–Sundays 16 July – 28 August 2022
Thursdays–Sundays 1–25 September 2022
11.30am – 1.30pmFree, no bookings required
Online
Art Appreciation 2022 online Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
Wednesday 3 August – Thursday 8 December 2022
Charges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Brett Whiteley Studio drawing course Six-week life-drawing classes
Saturdays 6 August – 3 December 2022
10.30amCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Brett Whiteley Studio drawing course Six-week ‘Follow the curve’ classes
Saturdays 6 August – 3 December 2022
1.30pmCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and make Local Rhythms and Actions
Sundays 7–28 August 2022
11am – 3.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Tour
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art guided tour
Daily 11am
Free, no bookings required
Access program
Pause program for carers
Saturdays 13, 20, 27 August 2022
9.30–11am
Free, bookings required
Film
Members preview screening Blaze
Saturday 20 August 2022
10.30am
Free, bookings required
Lecture/symposium
Enchanting cities Be inspired to travel
Saturdays 13 August – 17 September 2022
10.30–11.30amCharges apply
Off-site
Art walk Darlinghurst precinct
Saturday 20 August 2022
1.30pm
Charges apply
Film
The Afterlight Screening and director Q&A
Saturday 20 August 2022
2pm
Free, bookings recommended
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Mirra Whale Portrait painting workshop
Sunday 21 August 2022
10.30amBooked out
Film
Feeling 22 Celebrating two decades of Art Gallery Cinema
June–October 2022
Free, bookings recommended
Music
Jazz at the Gallery James Morrison with special guest Hetty Kate
Sunday 21 August 2022
6pm
Booked out
Tour
Coffee tour Collection conservation projects
Tuesday 2 and Monday 22 August 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Talk
Monday meetups
Mondays July–December 2022
11amFree, bookings required
Tour
Coffee tour Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022
Various dates
May – August 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Shop event
Father’s Day double-discount shopping days For Art Gallery members
Wednesday 24 August 2022, 10am – 8.45pm
Saturday 27, Sunday 28 August 2022, 10am – 4.45pm
Lecture/symposium
The art of cinema Presented by CJ Johnson
Various Wednesdays
13 July – 9 November 2022
11am
Charges apply
Talk
Live at the Lounge
Wednesdays July–December 2022
Various timesFree, bookings required
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Lecture/symposium
Art Appreciation 2022 Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
20 July – 24 November 2022
Wednesdays 6pm
Thursdays 1pmCharges apply
Access program
Art and Dementia visits
Last Friday of the month
July–November 2022
11am
Free, bookings required
Lecture/symposium
Australia’s rock art With Ian Waina and Damien Finch
Saturday 27 August 2022
10.30am
Charges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Making it Home workshop for members Art-making in the Aquilizan Studio
Saturdays 27 August, 17 September 2022
1.30–3.30pmFree, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Kids workshop Colourful collage for 5–8 year olds
Sunday 28 August 2022
10.30am – 12pmCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Kids workshop Abstract attack for 9–12 year olds
Sunday 28 August 2022
1–2.30pmCharges apply
Tour
Auslan tours
Last Sunday of the month (except December)
July–November 2022
1.30pm
Free, bookings required
Tour
Coffee tour 20th-century galleries
Tuesdays 30 August, 6 September 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Talk
In conversation Sol LeWitt: Affinities and Resonances
Wednesday 31 August 2022
6.30pmFree, no bookings required
Music
Performance Sol LeWitt: Resonances
Wednesday 31 August 2022
8pm
Free, no bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and make Lines, swirls and tangles
Monday–Friday, 26 September – 7 October and Sundays 4 September – 2 October 2022
11am – 3.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Tour
Audio-description tours
July–November 2022
1.30pmFree, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and draw
Various dates and times in 2022
Free, no bookings required
Off-site
Bus tour Art Bus: Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
Thursday 8 September 2022
12.30pmCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
Learning Curve Walking into existence
Friday 9 September – Saturday 22 October 2022
10.30am – 12.30pm
Charges apply
Tour
Coffee tour Elemental and From Here, South is North
Tuesdays 13, 20 September 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Talk
ReCollection
August 2022
6pmFree, no bookings required
Talk
Panel discussion Emerging voices: the new writers of Western Sydney
Wednesday 14 September 2022
6.30pmFree, bookings required
Access program
Art and Dementia online
Third Thursday of the month
July–November 2022
11am
Free, bookings required
Music
Resonate concert Springtime opera with Lawergren and Lowe
Sunday 18 September 2022
6pmCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
Conservation lecture The power of touch: a conservator’s view
Tuesday 20 September 2022
11.30amCharges apply
Tour
Young Members exhibition tour 20th-century galleries
Wednesday 21 September 2022
6.30pm
Charges apply
Lecture/symposium
Art for starters European art explained
Saturdays 24 September – 26 November 2022
2pm
Charges apply
Lecture/symposium
Sydney Asian Art Series 2022 Troubling images
Various dates and times
April–November 2022Free, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and make Elemental animals
Sundays 9–30 October 2022
11am – 3.30pm
Free, no bookings required