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Collection: Australian art
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Paintings that meet
Jun 20
12:45 pm
Jacqueline Chlanda, Curatorial Assistant, Australian Painting and Sculpture, looks at the paintings of Tony Tuckson, Ray James Tjangala, John Mawurndjul AM and Ian Fairweather.
Venue: Australian galleries
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Turner from the Tate
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Turner and history
Jun 27
12:45 pm
Christine Dixon, Senior Curator, International Painting and Sculpture.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
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Collection: Asian art
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Fired with passion, but with a mystified purpose
Jul 9
12:45 pm
Dr. Wendy Ella Wright, Visiting Fellow, Japan Centre, Australian National University, explores ancient Jomon pottery and discusses indigenous Japanese aesthetics seen in contemporary Japanese art and design.
Venue: East Asian gallery
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Collection: Indigenous art
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NAIDOC Week artists' talk
Jul 11
12:45 pm
Jock Puautjimi, Tiwi Island artist, and Luna Ryan, Canberra artist, speak about their artistic collaboration and the glass Arrow sculptures in the national art collection.
Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
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Collection: Indigenous art
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NAIDOC Week curator's talk: North-east Arnhem Land bark paintings
Jul 13
2:00 pm
Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, discusses the Bark Petition, the Church Panels and the Blue Mud Bay Sea Rights case.
Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
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Collection: Australian art
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Centenary tour
Jul 15
2:00 pm
Celebrate Canberra's centenary and join voluntary guides on a free tour highlighting the art and artists of 1913.
Venue: meet in main foyer
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Creating worlds
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Curator's perspective
Jul 18
12:45 pm
Gwen Horsfield, curator of Creating worlds.
Venue: Small Theatre
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Curator's perspective
Jul 23
12:45 pm
Jaklyn Babington, curator of Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix, gives an overview of the exhibition.
Venue: Project Gallery
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Thinking nude
Aug 15
12:45 pm
Emilie Owens, Assistant Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, discusses Roy Lichtenstein's series Nude.
Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
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Collection: Australian art
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Centenary tour
Aug 19
2:00 pm
Celebrate Canberra's centenary and join voluntary guides on a free tour highlighting the art and artists of 1913.
Venue: meet in main foyer
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Collection: International art
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On the edge of the cliff
Aug 22
12:45 pm
Pamela Walker, voluntary guide, looks at carvings from the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa, including an ancestor figure with an intriguing past.
Venue: International galleries
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Collection: Australian art
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At the centre of Surrealism
Aug 29
12:45 pm
Elspeth Pitt, Assistant Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, discusses ink drawings made in Papua New Guinea by Czech-born Surrealist Du_an Marek.
Venue: Australian galleries
