Join us in June at Art After Hours for a program of events inspired by the upcoming Intensely Dutch: image, abstraction and the word. Highlights include a curator's talk,a poetry reading, Jonathan Biggins in conversation with Dutch artists Theo Kuijpers and Jan Riske and a new film series Light and Dark The Cinema of the Low Countries. CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm
3 June - Simon Barker, musician, in association with Korean Dreams.
10 June - Theo Kuijpers and Jan Riske, artists, in conversation with actor, writer and presenter, Jonathan Biggins, in association with Intensely Dutch.
17 June - Matthys Gerber and Jelle van den Berg, discuss their work with Fernella Kernebone, in association with Intensely Dutch.
24 June - Paul Berkemeier, architect, in association with Intensely Dutch CURATOR'S TALK 5.30pm
3 June- Richard Beresford, Senior Curator of European Art, discusses Mars and the Vestal Virgin by Jacques Blanchard. EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm
17 June - Hendrik Kolenberg, Senior Curator Australian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, in association with Intensely Dutch.
24 June - Jeanette Siebols, artist and lecturer, in association with Intensely Dutch. SPECIAL LECTURE 7.30pm
10 June - Ann Stephen, Senior Curator, University of Sydney Art Gallery and Collection, Narelle Jubelin and the looting of modernism. POETRY READING 5.30pm
10 June - Cornelis Vleeskens, Dutch-Australian poet and Akky van Ogtrop, independent curator, in association Intensely Dutch.
FREE FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm
With unique, home-grown stories and journeys through a wider world seen through Dutch eyes, The Cinema of the Low Countries presents feature films and documentaries steeped in everyday reality, with a regional focus and a touch of absurdist humour. Highlights include The Human Dutch (dir; Bert Haanstra 1963), Antonia's line (dir: Marleen Gorris 1996), Little Crumb (dir: Maria Peters 1999), The Northerners (dir: Alex van Warmerdam 1992) and Fanfare (dir: Bert Haanstra 1958). EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN FEBRUARY
Óscar Muñoz - until 14 June
Justene Williams - until 14 June
ÂngelaFerreira & Narelle Jubelin - until 14 June
Korean Dreams - until 8 June
The dreamers - until 18 December
Double Take: Anne Landa Award for video & new media arts 2009 - until 19 July
Intensely Dutch: image, abstraction and the word - opens 5 June
Sydney Long: Pan - opens 6 June Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au
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Susanne Briggs
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Images and Interviews available on request
Telephone: 02 9225 1791 Email: susanneb@ag.nsw.gov.au | 
