MARGARET PRESTON ART AND LIFE
EXHIBITION
ARTIST
EVENTS
GARDEN TOURS
EDUCATION
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Art Gallery of New South Wales 29 July to 23 October 2005
EVENTS
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symposium

Saturday 6 August 10am – 3.45pm

This symposium will survey key issues of Preston’s extraordinary output and her exceptional place in Australian art history. It will explore Preston’s enigmatic and ambiguous persona, her relationships with her colleagues, and uncover her technical innovations and methods.

Featuring keynote speaker, Ron Radford, Director National Gallery of Australia; exhibition curators Deborah Edwards, Snr. Curator of Australian Art and Rose Peel, Snr. Conservator; Catriona Moore, Lecturer University of Sydney; Humphrey McQueen, author, Hetti Perkins, Snr. Curator of Aboriginal art and Mary Eagle, curator and art historian.

Cost $80 Full, $70 AGS Members, $50 Concession, this includes the symposium, morning tea, lunch and exhibition entry
Bookings (02) 9225 1878 or email bookings@artgallerysociety.org.au

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Image: Implement blue 1927 (detail) Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of the artist 1960