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9:00am – 5:00pm
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
A two-day conference exploring the lives of past people and objects and the living culture of Versailles today. More info + Registrations now open
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Global contemporary art | Talks and Lectures
Rodel Tapaya discusses his new exhibition Rodel Tapaya: new art from the Philippines.
Venue: Contemporary art gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Wolf Burchard, Furniture Research Curator, National Trust, London, author of The sovereign artist: Charles Le Brun and the image of Louis XIV, discusses Louis XIV's Savonnerie carpets. Supported by the ANU Centre for European Studies
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am – 11:30pm
Permanent collection | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential) call 1800 052 222
6:00pm
Versailles | Screenings
(2012, France, 100 mins, 18+, English subtitles)
A look at the relationship between Marie-Antoinette and one of her readers during the first days of the French Revolution. A film by Benoit Jacquot
Venue: Palace Electric Cinema, New Acton
8:00am – 10:00am
Versailles | Members
A French breakfast and glass of champagne, followed by a tour of Versailles: Treasures from the Palace with an NGA guide.
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Pacific art | Talks and Lectures
The art of New Britain and New Ireland in the Pacific collection with Crispin Howarth.
Venue: Pacific Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
6:15pm
Versailles | Screenings
(2010, 120 mins, G, English subtitles)
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna ‘Nannerl’ Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right. A film by René Feret
Venue: Palace Electric Cinema, New Acton
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Enjoy refreshments in the NGA café before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Versailles | Assisted
For people with a disability and their carers.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential)
7:00pm
Versailles | Screenings
(2012, France, 100 mins, 18+, English subtitles)
A look at the relationship between Marie-Antoinette and one of her readers during the first days of the French Revolution. A film by Benoit Jacquot
Venue: Palace Electric Cinema, New Acton
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Versailles tapestries with Beatrice Thompson.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Versailles | Performances
Salut! Baroque celebrates the extraordinary legacy of Louis XIV during his 72-year reign, performing music by Couperin, Rameau, Rebel, Charpentier, Monteclair, Marais, Dornel, Lalande and Lully.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : $45, $42 concession, $40 NGA members, $25 under 30
10:30am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
A morning of exploration and creative fun with art and music. Enjoy art activities inspired by our national collection and an interactive tour for young children, followed by an art-inspired live music concert.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12 child, $10 child members, includes materials (free for accompanying adults)
10:30am – 11:30am
Versailles | Kids and family
(special early childhood session, children to be accompanied)
Join our storyteller in NGA Play for tales inspired by works of art from Versailles.
Venue: NGA Play
Price : Free (no bookings required)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Australian Art | Talks and Lectures
The work of Rose Nolan.
Venue: Australian art galleries
Price : Free (bookings essential)
5:30pm
Versailles | Members
Drop by for a glass of champagne and an exclusive viewing of the exhibition.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $40 NGA members, $50 guests
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)
11:00am
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Simeran Maxwell, NGA Assistant Curator of International Paintings and Sculpture, speaks about Marie-Antoinette’s obsession with pastoral life at the Petit Trianon.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:00pm
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Join Roland Peelman, Canberra International Music Festival Director, for a talk and mini-recital of JL Dussek’s The sufferings of the Queen of France, depicting Marie-Antoinette’s imprisonment and execution in 1793.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Enjoy refreshments in the NGA café before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
10:30am – 11:00am
Asian art | Kids and family
(ages 5 –7, to be accompanied)
Spending quiet time in the presence of evocative works of art inspires children and their sense of wonder and delight in the world.
Price : $7, $5 child members
11:30am – 12:15pm
Asian art | Kids and family
(ages 8–12)
Spending quiet time in the presence of evocative works of art inspires children and their sense of wonder and delight in the world.
Price : $7, $5 child members
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Join Sally Foster, Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books for a special viewing of works on paper by Louise Bourgeois.
Venue: Collection Study Room
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am – 11:30pm
Versailles | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
Join our storyteller in NGA Play for tales of wonder and adventure inspired by works of art in the Versailles exhibition. Watch our social media for extra pop-up dates.
Venue: NGA Play
Price : Free (no bookings required)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Versailles | Talks and Lectures
Adriane Boag speaks about Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:30am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 7+)
A puzzle wrapped in a mystery and topped with secrets. Join our detectives on a new investigation.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 child members (includes morning tea)
10:31am
Permanent collection | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential) call 1800 052 222
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
(ages 0-1 and parents/carers)
Join an NGA 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
10:30am – 11:30pm
Versailles | Kids and family
(all ages, children to be accompanied)
Join our storyteller in NGA Play for tales of wonder and adventure inspired by works of art in the Versailles exhibition. Watch our social media for extra pop-up dates.
Venue: NGA Play
Price : Free (no bookings required)
10:30am – 4:00pm
Versailles | Kids and family
(ages 7+)
Create creatures in clay inspired by the animal sculptures in the gardens at Versailles.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $60, $55 child members (all materials and tools supplied)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Frank Stella | Talks and Lectures
The work of Frank Stella.
Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Asian art | Performances
Dancers from Bali perform traditional dances with live music from a Balinese Gamelan orchestra. Presented with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Asian art | Performances
Dancers from Bali perform traditional dances with live music from a Balinese Gamelan orchestra. Presented with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Enjoy refreshments in the NGA café before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
11:00am – 12:00pm
Artists of the Great War | Performances
Anzac Day
A poetry recital by the Australian National University Theatre Society and floor talk. The unspoken bereavement and conflicting moral sentiments felt by women at this time are an important part of our history.
Venue: Australian galleries
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:15pm
Artists of the Great War | Screenings
(2004, France, 143 min, MA 15+, English subtitles)
Anzac Day screening: A young woman’s relentless search for her fiancé, who disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Jodie Foster.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Artists of the Great War | Talks and Lectures
David Hansen, Associate Professor, Australian National University and curator of the Artists of the Great War exhibition, discusses the life and work of Will Dyson.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:15pm
Artists of the Great War | Screenings
(1969, UK, 144 mins, G)
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on the First World War after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare. Directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Laurence Olivier, John Mills and Maggie Smith.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
2:00pm
Special event | Performances
Canberra International Music Festival 2017
Barbara Blackman’s Festival Blessing. Robert Davidson’s new work takes us into the heart of the conflict between state and individual, featuring pianist Sonya Lifschitz. Followed by a discussion with NGA Curator Deborah Hart, composer Robert Davidson and
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Bookings essential
5:10pm – 5:30pm
Special event | Performances
Experience Canberra’s sunset in the transformative James Turrell Skyspace, with the sounds of a new commissioned piece for double bass by Benjamin Drury played by Rohan Dasika. 10-minute performances during the dusk light show.
Venue: Australian Garden
Price : Free (no bookings required)
5:10pm – 5:30pm
Special event | Performances
Experience Canberra’s sunset in the transformative James Turrell Skyspace, with the sounds of a new commissioned piece for double bass by Benjamin Drury played by Rohan Dasika. 10-minute performances during the dusk light show.
Venue: Australian Garden
Price : Free (no bookings required)
5:10pm – 5:30pm
Special event | Performances
Experience Canberra’s sunset in the transformative James Turrell Skyspace, with the sounds of a new commissioned piece for double bass by Benjamin Drury played by Rohan Dasika. 10-minute performances during the dusk light show.
Venue: Australian Garden
Price : Free (no bookings required)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Special event | Performances
A snapshot of 20th-century Russia introduced by Roland Peelman, CIMF Artistic Director, with music by Prokofiev, Gubaidulina and Stravinsky performed by Darryl Poulsen and Alexander Yau, who appears by arrangement with the Theme and Variations Foundation.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Free (bookings essential)
5:10pm – 5:30pm
Special event | Performances
Experience Canberra’s sunset in the transformative James Turrell Skyspace, with the sounds of a new commissioned piece for double bass by Benjamin Drury played by Rohan Dasika. 10-minute performances during the dusk light show.
Venue: Australian Garden
Price : Free (no bookings required)
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)
5:10pm – 5:30pm
Special event | Performances
Experience Canberra’s sunset in the transformative James Turrell Skyspace, with the sounds of a new commissioned piece for double bass by Benjamin Drury played by Rohan Dasika. 10-minute performances during the dusk light show.
Venue: Australian Garden
Price : Free (no bookings required)
2:00pm
Special event | Performances
Canberra International Music Festival 2017
Brisbane-based Topology and The Australian Voices combine forces in 'The Singing Politician', Robert Davidson’s settings of iconic speeches in Australian history, with powerful words, stirring music and brilliant choral work.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : Bookings essential
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Enjoy refreshments in the NGA café before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Drop into 30-minute weekly talks or art making sessions. Culture with time to spare.
Venue: throughout the Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Frank Stella | Members
Join us for a glass of wine, followed by a tour of Frank Stella: The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection with NGA curator Jane Kinsman.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $30 NGA members, $35 guests
10:30am
Permanent collection | Assisted
In partnership with Carers ACT.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : Free (bookings essential) call 1800 052 222
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Kids and family
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 – 1:15pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Drop into 30-minute weekly talks or art making sessions. Culture with time to spare.
Venue: throughout the Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Permanent collection | Talks and Lectures
Drop into 30-minute weekly talks or art making sessions. Culture with time to spare.
Venue: throughout the Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
10:00am
NIAT 2017 | Tours
Indigenous recognition, rights and defiance in contemporary arts today. Curator Tina Baum introduces the new exhibition NIAT: Defying Empire.
Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Price : Free (bookings essential)
11:30am – 4:00pm
NIAT 2017 | Talks and Lectures
Join artists from NIAT III as they discuss their work in relation to the 1967 Referendum and other significant periods of resistance within the Australian context.
Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Price : Free (no bookings required)
6:00pm – 8:30pm
NIAT 2017 | Talks and Lectures
Richard Bell, Dr Gary Foley and Judy Watson discuss and reflect the truths, powers, misnomers and setbacks throughout the span of the Referendum and up until now. Glass of wine on arrival included.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
Price : $20, $15 NGA members/concession
10:00am – 4:30pm
NIAT 2017 | Talks and Lectures
Join artists from NIAT III as they discuss their work in relation to the 1967 Referendum and other significant periods of resistance within the Australian context.
Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Price : Free (no bookings required)
12:00pm – 3:30pm
NIAT 2017 | Workshops
Join the Yunggaire Weavers of Quandamooka (Stradbroke Island, QLD) for a drop-in weaving workshop during the opening weekend of NIAT III.
Venue: throughout the Gallery
Price : Free (no bookings required)
12:00pm – 3:30pm
NIAT 2017 | Workshops
Join the Yunggaire Weavers of Quandamooka (Stradbroke Island, QLD) for a drop-in weaving workshop during the opening weekend of NIAT III.
Venue: throughout the Gallery
Price : Free (no bookings required)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Special event | Performances
With guitarist Slava Grigoryan, the ASQ dissolves the boundaries between jazz and classical. The concert is crowned by Schubert’s heartfelt and lyrical G major String quartet.
Venue: Gandel Hall
Price : $75, $60 concession, $55 NGA members, $30 under 30
10:00am – 12:00pm
Permanent collection | Tours
Enjoy refreshments in the NGA café before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $12, $10 NGA members/concession
10:30am – 11:30am
Asian art | Kids and family
(ages 3-5, to be accompanied)
Join Margie Kevin, Gallery educator, for an interactive story-based experience in the Asian galleries.
Venue: meet at information desk
Price : $7, $5 child members, free for accompanying adults
