ART AFTER HOURS
Wednesdays 5 - 9pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Admission Free
April - May - June 2003 Programme
Concerts in the Old Courts, films exploring the darkest depths of imagination, live jazz and celebrity talks are just some of the events in the April/May/June Art After Hours programme: 5 - 9pm Wednesdays at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. With these events, as well as exhibitions and the caf� being open, Wednesday evenings at the Gallery provide an excellent after-five venue for entertainment and art. Please see below for the programme outline.
FREE CONCERTS IN THE OLD COURTS 6.30 - 7pm
Different orchestral sets will present half-hour concerts in the magical Old Courts of the Gallery. The Archibald-inspired series titled Portrait of the Musician as an Artist will be performed by members of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and run every week until 4 June.
23 April Elizabeth Powell & Keyboard Performers
30 April Michael Halliwell & Vocalists
7 May Andrew Barnes & Woodwind Ensemble
14 May Andrew Evans & Brass Ensemble
21 May Goetz Richter & String Ensemble
28 May Daryl Pratt & Percussionists
4 June Mick Nock & Jazz Ensemble
FREE CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm
June 11 Andrew Denton, host of ABC TV's "Enough Rope" with Edmund Capon, Director of AGNSW - Our Insane Inner World.
June 18 Geraldine Doogue, presenter of "Life Matters", ABC Radio National and ABC TV's "Compass" speaks on Reflecting on our Changing Cultural Landscape.
June 25 Michael Reid, Art Market Columnist for "The Australian" presents In the Mind of the Collector.
July 2 Sen. Aden Ridgeway, Australian Democrats Senator, presents Aboriginal Art: Cultural Copyright, for NAIDOC week.
FREE JAZZ IN THE GALLERY CAFE 7.30 - 8.30pm
Talented jazz trios from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
FREE FILMS 7.15pm
Robert Herbert's May/June surrealist film series titled Hideous Beauty, incudes a rare mix of films exploring central themes from the darkest depths of the imagination, in line with the exhibition James Gleeson: Drawings for Paintings.
ART APPRECIATION LECTURE SERIES 6pm
Every week, guest lecturers unravel the mysteries and methods of the world's greatest works of art. Bookings Essential: (02) 9225 1878
FREE BUS 7-9pm
EXHIBITIONS
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes - until 25 May
The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize - until 25 May
Anxious Bodies - until 18 May
James Gleeson: Drawings for Paintings - until 15 June
The James Fairfax Collection - 25 April to 20 July
GALLERY BOOKSHOP, RESEARCH LIBRARY AND CAF� ALL OPEN UNTIL 8.45PM
Art After Hours is proudly sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald, the President's Council and the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales.
MEDIA INFORMATION
Margaux Simms
Telephone: (02) 9225 1618
Email: margauxs@ag.nsw.gov.au
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain
Sydney NSW 2000 | 
