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Collection: Indigenous art
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Torres Strait Islander art
May 28
12:45 pm
Tina Baum, Curator, speaks about the Torres Strait Islander works on display.
Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
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Collection: Australian art
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Australian art on view
May 30
12:45 pm
Deborah Hart, Senior Curator, discusses a selection of works on display.
Venue: Australian galleries
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Collection: Asian art
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Kirigami
Jun 4
12:45 pm
Japanese artist, designer and author Kanako Yaguchi fuses new ideas into traditional Japanese kirigami, the art of cutting paper to form symmetrical patterns usually seen in Buddhist and Shinto festivals in Japan …
Venue: Small Theatre
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Kastom
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Slit drums and the music of Vanuatu
Jun 15
2:00 pm
Crispin Howarth, curator of Kastom: art of Vanuatu, speaks about the slit drum and music of Vanuatu.
Venue: Sculpture Garden
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Collection: Australian art
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Centenary tour
Jun 17
2:00 pm
Celebrate Canberra's centenary and join voluntary guides on a free tour highlighting the art and artists of 1913.
Venue: meet in main foyer
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Collection: Australian art
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Paintings that meet
Jun 20
12:45 pm
Jacqueline Chlanda, Curatorial Assistant, Australian Painting and Sculpture, looks at the paintings of Tony Tuckson, Ray James Tjangala, John Mawurndjul AM and Ian Fairweather.
Venue: Australian galleries
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Turner from the Tate
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Turner and history
Jun 27
12:45 pm
Christine Dixon, Senior Curator, International Painting and Sculpture.
Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
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Collection: Asian art
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Fired with passion, but with a mystified purpose
Jul 9
12:45 pm
Wendy Ella Wright, Visiting Fellow, Japan Centre, Australian National University, explores ancient Jomon pottery and discusses indigenous Japanese aesthetics seen in contemporary Japanese art and design.
Venue: East Asian gallery
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Collection: Indigenous art
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NAIDOC Week artists' talk
Jul 11
12:45 pm
Jock Puautjimi, Tiwi Island artist, and Luna Ryan, Canberra artist, speak about their artistic collaboration and the glass Arrow sculptures in the national art collection.
Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
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Collection: Indigenous art
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NAIDOC Week curator's talk: North-east Arnhem Land bark paintings
Jul 13
2:00 pm
Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, discusses the Bark Petition, the Church Panels and the Blue Mud Bay Sea Rights case.
Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
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Collection: Australian art
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Centenary tour
Jul 15
2:00 pm
Celebrate Canberra's centenary and join voluntary guides on a free tour highlighting the art and artists of 1913.
Venue: meet in main foyer
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Creating worlds
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Curator's perspective
Jul 18
12:45 pm
Gwen Horsfield, curator of Creating worlds.
Venue: Small Theatre
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Curator's perspective
Jul 23
12:45 pm
Jaklyn Babington, curator of Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix, gives an overview of the exhibition.
Venue: Project Gallery
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Thinking nude
Aug 15
12:45 pm
Emilie Owens, Assistant Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, discusses Roy Lichtenstein's series Nude.
Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
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Collection: Australian art
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Centenary tour
Aug 19
2:00 pm
Celebrate Canberra's centenary and join voluntary guides on a free tour highlighting the art and artists of 1913.
Venue: meet in main foyer
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Collection: International art
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On the edge of the cliff
Aug 22
12:45 pm
Pamela Walker, voluntary guide, looks at carvings from the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa, including an ancestor figure with an intriguing past.
Venue: International galleries
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Collection: Australian art
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At the centre of Surrealism
Aug 29
12:45 pm
Elspeth Pitt, Assistant Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, discusses ink drawings made in Papua New Guinea by Czech-born Surrealist Du_an Marek.
Venue: Australian galleries
