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Highlights

• Gods, ghosts and men
  10 October 2008 — 11 January 2009 | nga.gov.au/GodsGhostsMen
  
  Gods, Ghosts and men introduces the visitor to the richness and diversity of the traditional sculptural arts in the Pacific region and provides a rare insight into the National Gallery of Australia’s collection of over two thousand works from the region. The exhibition will include objects from Max Ernst’s private collection of nonwestern art and a number of iconic objects, such as the Ambum stone from Papua New Guinea and the Double figure from a housepost [To-reri uno] from Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea.
  
  
• Tange’s DNA : The legacy of Japanese modern architect, Kenzo Tange
  Tuesday 24 February 5.30 pm
  
  Kenzo Tange, one of the leading representatives of Japanese architecture of the 20th century, laid the foundation of Japanese modern architecture. Thousands of architects today were either students of Kenzo Tange or were directly influenced by his style. The legacy of Kenzo Tange continues with the firm Tange Associates, which is at the forefront of Japanese and international architecture today.
  Kenzo Tange's son Paul Noritaka Tange joined his father's architectural firm after receiving a Master in Architecture from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design in 1985. He formed Tange Associates in 2003 which has close to 40 on-going projects in ten countries.
  
  A lecture by Paul Noritake Tange, architect and president of Tange Associates. Paul himself exemplifies the international element of the firm. Born in Tokyo, Japan, and educated in Japan, Switzerland and the US, he is a registered architect of both Japan and Singapore Presented by the Embassy of Japan, supported by the National Gallery of Australia.
  Free | James O Fairfax Theatre
  

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