Events
Events list
Tour
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art guided tour
Daily 11am
Free, no bookings required
Tour
Guided tour Art Gallery highlights
Daily 12pm, 2pm
Wednesdays also 5.30pmFree, no bookings required
Online
Art Appreciation 2022 Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
Wednesday 16 February – Thursday 1 September 2022
Charges apply
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
Tour
Mandarin and Cantonese-language guided tours of the Archibald Prize 2022 中文專人導覽 2022 年Archibald Prize特展
26 May – 11 August 2022
Cantonese tour: Tuesdays and Sundays, 11am
Mandarin tour: Thursdays and Saturdays, 11amFree, bookings required
Tour
Korean-language guided tour of the Archibald Prize 2022 한국어 가이드 투어 Archibald Prize 2022 투어를
Wednesdays, 15 June – 10 August 2022
1pmFree with exhibition entry
Online
Online lecture Reinterpreting our collections: from theory to practice
Thursday 16 June – Friday 16 September 2022
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
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 Trimpin: the sound of invention
Bookings: Thursday 16 June, 5pm – Monday 29 August 2022, 9am
Free, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Making it Home workshop Art-making in the Aquilizan Studio
Daily 2–15 July 2022, 11am – 3.30pm
Saturdays, Sundays 16 July – 28 August 2022, 11.30am – 1.30pm
Wednesdays 3–17 August 2022, 5.30–8.30pmFree, no bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and make Looking into the past
Sunday–Friday, 3–8 July 2022
11am – 3.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Tour
Japanese language guided tour of the Archibald Prize 2022 日本語ツアーアーチボルド賞 2022
Sundays, 5 June – 7 August 2022
1pmFree with exhibition entry
Film
Feeling 22 Celebrating two decades of Art Gallery Cinema
June–October 2022
Free, bookings recommended
Free members viewings
Free viewings for members Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022
Various dates and times
4 July – 3 August 2022Booked out
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, from 5 July 2022
Mandarin tour: Thursdays at 11 am, from 7 July 2022
Free, no bookings required
Lecture/symposium
High tea Old to new luxury: gilded age to experience culture
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Various timesBooked out
Performance
Poetry performance Brooke Scobie and Luke Patterson
Wednesday 6 July 2022
6.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Talk
Dean Widders in conversation
Wednesday 6 July 2022
7.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Music
Performance Chasing Ghosts
Wednesday 6 July 2022
8.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Lecture/symposium
Expanding the collection
Thursdays 30 June – 14 July 2022
1pmCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
Learning Curve Renaissance cities: the influence of art
1 July – 6 August 2022
Fridays and Saturdays, 10.30amCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Ann Cape Portrait drawing workshop
Sunday 10 July 2022
10.30amBooked out
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and make Seeing double
Monday to Friday 11–15 July and Sundays 10–31 July 2022
11am – 3.30pm
Free, no bookings required
Talk
Monday meetups
Mondays July–December 2022
11amFree, bookings required
Lecture/symposium
The art of cinema Presented by CJ Johnson
Wednesdays monthly
13 July – 9 November 2022
11am
Charges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Drop in and draw
Various dates and times in 2022
Free, no bookings required
Talk
Live at the Lounge
Wednesdays July–December 2022
7.30pmFree, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Abdul Abdullah Portrait drawing workshop
Sunday 17 July 2022
10.30amCharges apply
Music
Resonate concert 2022 Celebrate Bastille with Emily Sun and Andrea Lam
Sunday 17 July 2022
6pmCharges apply
Tour
Bus tour Art Bus: Darlinghurst precinct
Wednesday 20 July 2022
10amBooked out
Tour
Young Members tour Conservation labs
Wednesday 20 July 2022
6pmCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
Art Appreciation 2022 Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
20 July – 24 November 2022
Wednesdays 6pm
Thursdays 1pmCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Jonathan Dalton Precision in oil painting
Sunday 24 July 2022
10.30amCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
SAMAG in conversation Youth in the arts: building a career in the creative industries
Wednesday 27 July 20226.30pmCharges apply
Tour
Coffee tour Collection conservation projects
Tuesdays 9 and 23 August 2022
9.30amCharges apply
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Online
Art Appreciation 2022 online Pomp and ceremony: the celebratory role of art
Wednesday 3 August – Thursday 8 December 2022
Charges apply
Talk
Young Members: artist talks Julia Gutman and Gregory Hodge
Friday 5 August 2022
6pmCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Brett Whiteley Studio drawing course Six-week life drawing classes
Saturdays, 6 August – 10 September 2022
10.30amCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Brett Whiteley Studio drawing course Six-week follow the curve classes
Saturdays, 6 August – 10 September 2022
1.30pmCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Jessica Ashton Tonal portrait drawing
Sunday 7 August 2022
10.30amCharges apply
Tour
Coffee tour Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022
Various dates
May – August 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Workshop/demonstration
Masterclass with Mirra Whale Portrait painting workshop
Sunday 21 August 2022
10.30amCharges 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
Tour
Coffee tour 20th-century galleries
Tuesdays 30 August, 6 September 2022
9.30amCharges apply
Lecture/symposium
Sydney Asian Art Series 2022 Troubling images
Various dates and times
April–November 2022Free, bookings required