Floriade at the NGA

floortalk series | 16 September - 7 October 2008

National Gallery of Australia curators provide insightful talks on the works of art in the national collection that relate to flora.

The lotus – auspicious, sacred and pure
Tuesday 16 September  12.45 pm
Robyn Maxwell, Senior Curator, Asian Art, explores the significance of the lotus blossom in Indian art.
Free | Indian gallery

The flowering of landscape painting
Thursday 18 September  12.45 pm
Roger Butler, Senior Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, puts the spotlight on the colonial landscape.
Free | Australian galleries

Cross pollination
Tuesday 23 September  12.45 pm
Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, discusses Pamela Mei-Leng See’s paper-cut work.
Free | Australian galleries

Flower power in decorative arts and design
Thursday 25 September  12.45 pm
Dr Robert Bell, Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, examines the organic forms of Art Nouveau.
Free | International galleries

The empire of plants
Saturday 4 October  2 pm
Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography, and curator of Picture paradise, discusses works in the exhibition Picture paradise.
Free | International galleries

Oceania: the sky
Tuesday 7 October  12.45 pm
Christine Dixon, Senior Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, sheds light on this work by Henri Matisse.
Free | International galleries

Symbolism and abstraction
Thursday 9 October  12.45 pm
Dr Anna Gray, Head of Australian Art, focuses on flowers in Edwardian and modernist paintings.
Free | Australian galleries

In the fernery
Saturday 11 October  2 pm
Alexandra Walton, Gordon Darling Graduate Intern, delves into early prints by Eugene von Guérard and others.
Free | Australian galleries

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