FREE UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE GALLERY
This month's program of events is inspired by the Sidney Nolan exhibition. Celebrity Talks are a major highlight with performances and talks by Warren Fahey, Libbi Gorr and Stuart Purves. Enjoy live music in the ArtBar with the Australian Army Band, and choose from an extensive series of specialist exhibition talks exploring the Sidney Nolan, One Sun One Moon and August Sander exhibitions, as well as the Asian collection.
CELEBRITY CONCERTS & TALKS 6.30pm
7 Nov. Warren Fahey, folklore collector, prolific author, broadcaster and performer, with Marcus Holden (violin and mandolin) Garry Steel (accordion), Australian bush songs and rare bushranger ballads
14 Nov. Libbi Gorr, comedian, broadcaster and TV presenter, Nolan, Ned and Naughty
21 Nov. Paul Kelly, musician, via video presentation, presents his thoughts on Nolan and introduces his new film clip
28 Nov. Stuart Purves, director, Australian Galleries, Memories of an Art Dealer SPECIAL LECTURE 7.30pm in conjunction with Sidney Nolan
14 Nov. Sheona White, senior coordinator public programs, Angry Feet
21 Nov. Ursula Prunster, coordinator public programs, Ern Malley
28 Nov. Nancy Underhill, author and art historian, Nolan and the British Establishment EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm
7 Nov. Brenda L Croft, senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, NGA on Boomalli
7 Nov. Barry Pearce, exhibition curator on the Sidney Nolan exhibition
7 Nov. Ann Macarthur, senior coordinator of Asian public programs, Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
14 Nov. Chye Lim, Community Ambassador coordinator, Auspicious symbols in Chinese art
21 Nov. John Kean, art advisor and author, on One Sun One Moon
21. Nov. Judy Annear, exhibition curator on August Sander
21 Nov. Deborah Edwards, senior curator Australian art on Sidney Nolan
28 Nov. Natalie Wilson, assistant curator, Indigenous Connections Nolan's Rite of Spring, photographs by Axel Poignant
28 Nov. Nancy Underhill, author and art historian on Sidney Nolan
28 Nov. George Alexander, coordinator contemporary programs on August Sander GUIDED TOURS 7.15pm
Sidney Nolan
August Sander - tours commence 21 Nov MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR 7.30pm
7, 14, 21 Nov. Australian Army Band, Sydney ensemble
28 Nov. Irish music with Alan Healy, Evelyn Finnery and Sean McLaughlin on fiddle, flute and mandolin FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm
Westerns: Outlaws and Outsiders
Like Nolan’s paintings, Westerns often depict the discordance of the land, people, history and mythology. This upcoming series of outstanding Westerns demonstrates a gothic, even surreal cinematic aesthetic – a sense of space, distance, mystery and transcendence.
7 Nov The gunfighter - Dir: Henry King, 1950
14 Nov The searchers - Dir: John Ford, 1956
21 Nov 3:10 to Yuma - Dir: Delmer Daves, 1957
28 Nov The misfits - Dir: John Huston, 1961 EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN NOVEMBER
Sidney Nolan: retrospective - now open
Translucent World - Chinese jade from the Forbidden City - until 11 November
One Sun One Moon - until 9 December
The photographs of August Sander - opens 17 November
Yasumasa Morimura - Seasons of Passion/A Requiem: Mishima - opens 24 November
Gary Carsley - Scenic root - until 9 December
Jon Rose - Sphere of Influence - 22 - 25 November only
Indigenous Connections - until 3 February
Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au Art Gallery of New South Wales
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