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12:45pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Feeling Nervous with Heather B Swann.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Permanent collection | Members
Dare to get grubby and join us for a cocktail followed by a mystery tour.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $30 NGA members, $35 guests
10:30am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 2-5, to be accompanied)
Enjoy creative art activities inspired by our national collection, join Gallery educators on an interactive art tour for young children, and finish with an art-inspired live music concert.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12 child, $10 child members, includes materials (free for accompanying adults)
10:00am – 12:30pm
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Workshops
Join Educator Penny Low for a workshop exploring Mike Parr's drawing practice using a live model. Create layers of drawings on transparent paper to form a composite image of the human face, using a range of materials.
Venue: Mike Parr Information Centre
Price : $45, $40 NGA members/concession
10:01am – 4:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
It's time to celebrate spring in the Sculpture Garden with creative activities inspired by our much-loved fog sculpture by Fujiko Nakaya. Create space is free for the whole family to enjoy.
Venue: Sculpture Garden
Price : Free (no booking required)
2:00pm
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Talks and Lectures
A new arrangement of Alphabet/Haemorrhage Libretto composed Dr Alexander Hunter, Lecturer, ANU School of Music. First written by Mike Parr in 1992 the libretto must be rearranged each time it is performed. Supported by Canberra School of Music.
Venue: Undercroft at end of NGA car park
Price : Free (no booking required)
10:00am – 4:00pm
Contemporary Asian art | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
It's time to celebrate spring in the Sculpture Garden with creative activities inspired by our much-loved fog sculpture by Fujiko Nakaya. Create space is free for the whole family to enjoy.
Venue: Sculpture Garden
Price : Free (no booking required)
2:00pm
Special event | Performances
The ASQ performs Mozart's String Quartet in F major K590, Ligeti's String Quartet no 1, Metamorphoses Nocturnes and Ravel's String Quartet in F major.
Venue: Gandel Hall
Price : $75, $60 concession, $55 NGA members, $30 under 30
2:01pm – 3:30pm
Permanent collection | Workshops
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
Explore the unique possibilities of digital drawing using iPads, inspired by the Gallery's works of art. iPads provided.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $8 per person
10:30am
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 0-1 and parents/carers)
Join a voluntary guide for an informal tour of the Gallery for parents and carers with babies, followed by coffee and muffins.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Talks and Lectures
Sue Cramer, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, discusses the concept of Inhibodress and the role and importance it has played in Mike Parr's practice.
Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Asian art | Members
Join us for a glass of wine, followed by a tour of the Asian Art permanent collection with Lucie Folan.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $30 NGA members, $35 guests
5:00pm
Special event | Performances
Poet-actor Miriam Pickard with musicians Glenda Cloughley, Johanna McBride and A Chorus of Women invoke the radiant spirit of Penelope, wife of Homer's hero Odysseus, inspired by Bourdelle's work and others.
Venue: Sculpture Garden
Price : By donation (bookings essential)
10:00am – 4:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
Enjoy drop-in creative activities in gallery spaces inspired by works of art on display. Talk to our staff for more information.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (no booking required)
2:00pm
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Talks and Lectures
Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, Australia Prints and Drawings, discusses the role of drawing within Parr's practice.
Venue: Mike Parr Information Centre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 2:00pm
Special event | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
The NGA and the National Portrait Gallery welcome all members of the community to the STEAM powered Big Draw. Includes workshops, drawing to music and lots more. Featuring artists Cameron Robbins at the NGA and Julie Bradley at the NPG.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (no booking required)
6:00pm
Special event | Talks and Lectures
Sarah Cove, Conservator and founder of the Constable Research Project, discusses John Constable's diverse painting methods revealing a 'Jackson Pollock of the 1830s'. Supported by Centre for European Studies, ANU.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Asian art | Talks and Lectures
A cheeky look at Play201301 and its S&M; focus with Emma Straney.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Australian art | Members
A behind the scenes look at Canberra-based sculptor Heather B. Swann's practice in her studio for a one-hour artist talk and tour.
Venue: off site
Price : $15 NGA members only
2:00pm
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Performances
Collaborative performance between artists Amala Groom and Frances Barrett. Echoing Mike Parr's longstanding interest in language and poetry, Amala will teach Frances phrases relating to time in the Wiradjuri language of central New South Wales.
Venue: Mike Parr Information Centre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
3:00pm
Artists of the Great War | Talks and Lectures
Join David Hansen, curator of the exhibition, for a tour of Artists of the Great War.
Venue: Australian Galleries
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the NGA cafe before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Contemporary Asian art | Members
Join us for a themed cocktail and a closer look at Ramesh Nithiyendran's installation Mud men.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $30 NGA members, $35 guests
10:00am – 5:00pm
Special event | NGA shop
Start your Christmas shopping early with 20% off at the NGA shop.
Venue: NGA shop
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Artists of the Great War | Talks and Lectures
Get some culture, with time to spare. Drop into weekly talks, tours or art-making - all in under half an hour.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
6:00pm
Artists of the Great War | Talks and Lectures
Lecture by historian and biographer Ross McMullin, who has written extensively about Australia's involvement in the First World War. His book Will Dyson: Australia's Radical Genius was shortlisted for the National Biography Award.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am – 11:30am
Permanent collection | Assisted
Join an engaging tour of works of art from the collection designed to connect participants in a shared intellectual activity through personal insights, interpretation, art history and memories.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am
Mike Parr: Foreign Looking | Talks and Lectures
Mike Parr undertakes a durational performance based on Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida.
Venue: Mike Parr Information Centre
Price : Free (no booking required)
2:00pm
Permanent collection | Screenings
(UK, 2015, 90 mins, PG)
A 'hot-ticket' show at the Royal Academy that uncovers the painter they say was the 'father of modern art'.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Series (three films): $30, $24 NGA members/concession, Single: $12, $10 NGA members/concession
10:30am
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Join Claudia Hyles for an engaging discussion that explores literary themes around the visual arts. This season's book is The Sun King by Nancy Mitford.
Venue: NGA Shop
Price : $18, $15 NGA members
12:45pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Join us behind the scenes to explore themes and view selected works in the Collection Study Room.
Venue: Collection Study Room
Price : Free (bookings essential)
9:00am – 10:30am
Artists of the Great War | Members
Join us for a tour of Artists of the Great War, followed by coffee with the curator David Hansen.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $20 NGA members only
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Colonial Galleries | Talks and Lectures
Representation, Contestation and Aboriginal Identity with Franchesca Cubillo and Emma Kindred.
Venue: check at main desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 2-5, to be accompanied)
Enjoy creative art activities inspired by our national collection, join Gallery educators on an interactive art tour for young children, and finish with an art-inspired live music concert.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12 child, $10 child members, includes materials (free for accompanying adults)
12:45pm
Artists of the Great War | Talks and Lectures
To celebrate Remembrance Day, students from Art History, ANU, present short talks on the works of art in the exhibition which addresses wartime propaganda, front line experience and remembrance.
Venue: Artists of the Great War exhibition
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am
Versailles | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
Bookings: Please call 1800 052 222
2:00pm
Permanent collection | Screenings
(UK, 2015, 91 mins, PG)
Girl with a pearl earring and other treasures from the Mauritshuis in The Hague. Discover the secrets behind one of the world's most enigmatic masterpieces. Who was this girl? Why and how was it painted? Why is it so revered?
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Series (three films): $30, $24 NGA members/concession, Single: $12, $10 NGA members/concession
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the NGA cafe before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
10:30am
Australian art | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 0-1 and parents/carers)
Join a voluntary guide for an informal tour of the Gallery for parents and carers with babies (ages 0-1), followed by coffee and muffins.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
12:45pm – 1:30pm
Asian art | Talks and Lectures
Social life of baskets: status, ritual and identities in Borneo. Professor Bernard Sellato Research Director of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est, Paris, visiting expert on Dayak material culture. With the support of the Australian National University.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:00pm
Permanent collection | Screenings
(UK, 2016, 95 mins, PG)
Meet the man behind the masterpieces in this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition from the National Gallery, London and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Price : Series (three films): $30, $24 NGA members/concession, Single: $12, $10 NGA members/concession
2:01pm – 3:30pm
Permanent collection | Workshops
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
Explore the unique possibilities of digital drawing using iPads, inspired by the Gallery's works of art. iPads provided.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $8 per person
10:30am – 11:30am
Diane Arbus: American portraits | Kids and family
(ages 3-5, to be accompanied)
Join Margie Kevin, Gallery educator, for an interactive story-based experience.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $7, $5 child members (free for accompanying adults)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Contemporary Asian art | Talks and Lectures
Attitude and agitation: Ramesh Nitihiyendran's Mud men with Jaklyn Babington.
Venue: Contemporary art gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the NGA cafe before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
6:00pm
Special event | Talks and Lectures
Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum, curator and author addresses some of the major changes facing the presentation of art today: shifting museum priorities, demographic shifts in visitors and most of all, how art is created and produced.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
6:00pm
Versailles | Members
Celebrate the launch of Versailles: Treasures from the Palace with themed canapes, cocktails, live entertainment and exhibition viewing.
6:00pm
Versailles | Members
Join senior exhibition curator Dr Lucina Ward for an introduction to Versailles: Treasures from the Palace followed by an exclusive viewing, three course dinner and entertainment.
Price : $190 NGA members, $220 guests
9:00am
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
A two day conference exploring the lives of the past people, objects and the living culture of Versailles today. Coincides with the major exhibition Versailles: Treasures from the Palace. More info
