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A weekend of colour and wonder …
Khubiram and Gopilal Bros Female devotees before Srinathji, Nathdwara 1900 hand painted gelatin silver photograph, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Saturday 11 September
Nothing is ever black & white - Hand colouring Photographs workshop
10.30 am - 3.00 pm | $ 90 / $80 members/concession | bookings essential 02 6240 6528
Workshop for adults (16+)
Learn how to hand colour black & white images with Ruth Maddison.
Sunday 12 September
Dance performances from Indonesia
12 noon – 12.45 pm | free | James O Fairfax Theatre
Regional dances from Indonesia with Wira Pertiwi dance, Topeng Tua dance, Saman dance and Ngarojeng dance.
Spring into Sunday art club—Indian Photography
3.00–4.30 pm | free for members, $10 non-members | bookings essential 02 6240 6528
Join Anne O’Hehir, Assistant Curator, Photography, for a talk on the current Indian photography display, followed by a glass of sparkling wine.
MATERIALITY:
The seventh Australian Print Symposium
Image: Brent Harris Grotesquerie 3 2002
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gift of John McBride 2007
15–17 October 2010
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Materiality will explore prints and printmaking though notions of physicality, concreteness, corporality, palpability, reality and experience.
Keynote speaker: Glenn Barkley, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Other speakers include Del Kathryn Barton, Adam Cullen, Jon Cattapan, Mini Graff and many more leading artists and curators in a diverse and full three days.
Download full program (pdf 42 kb)
Space invaders
australian . street . stencils . posters . zines. stickers
Rone Girl with crying eyes 2004 (detail) stencil on paper, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2007 © Rone
30 October 2010 – 27 February 2011 | Project Gallery
This is a stick up
a Saturday of street art at the National Gallery of Australia
Saturday 30 October
To launch the exhibition Space invaders the Gallery is preparing itself to be overrun by street artists who will demonstrate their techniques and distinctive styles in a range of free activities.
10.30 am – 3.30 pm
The infamous Everfresh crew create a graffiti, stencil and paste-up installation on the bridge over Parkes Place
11.00 am – 4.00 pm
Capital Letters: the National Gallery of Australia Zine Fair is presented by Melbourne’s Sticky Institute in the Gallery's Gandel Hall
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Book signing with Ghostpatrol, Miso, Nails, Twoone and the Everfresh crew in the Gallery Shop
2.00–3.00 pm
Jaklyn Babington, curator of the exhibition, is joined in the Project Gallery by artists Vexta and Nails, who will discus their works featured in the exhibition.
Today's events: Thursday 9 Sep
for ages 3–5, to be accompanied
02 6240 6528
$7, $5 child members (free for accompanying adults)
Venue: meet at information desk
Exhibition ticket required
Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Guided tours
- Australian Art 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
- Collection highlights 11:30 am and 2:30 pm
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 12:30 pm (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday)
- Collection focus 12:30 pm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday)
To book email an inquiry to eventbookings@nga.gov.au or freecall 1800 020 068 or +61 2 6240 6528 or +61 2 6240 6537
For event bookings please call +61 2 6240 6528 or +61 2 6240 6504
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