Floriade at the NGA
floortalk series | 16 September - 7 October 2008
![Claude Monet Nymphéas [Waterlilies] c.1914-17 oil on canvas 181.0 h x 201.6 w cm National Gallery of Australia, Canberra more detail](64894.jpg)
National Gallery of Australia curators provide insightful talks on the works of art in the national collection that relate to flora.
The lotus – auspicious, sacred and pure
Tuesday 16 September 12.45 pm
Robyn Maxwell, Senior Curator, Asian Art, explores the significance of the lotus blossom in Indian art.
Free | Indian gallery
The flowering of landscape painting
Thursday 18 September 12.45 pm
Roger Butler, Senior Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, puts the spotlight on the colonial landscape.
Free | Australian galleries
Cross pollination
Tuesday 23 September 12.45 pm
Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, discusses Pamela Mei-Leng See’s paper-cut work.
Free | Australian galleries
Flower power in decorative arts and design
Thursday 25 September 12.45 pm
Dr Robert Bell, Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, examines the organic forms of Art Nouveau.
Free | International galleries
The empire of plants
Saturday 4 October 2 pm
Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography, and curator of Picture paradise, discusses works in the exhibition Picture paradise.
Free | International galleries
Oceania: the sky
Tuesday 7 October 12.45 pm
Christine Dixon, Senior Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, sheds light on this work by Henri Matisse.
Free | International galleries
Symbolism and abstraction
Thursday 9 October 12.45 pm
Dr Anna Gray, Head of Australian Art, focuses on flowers in Edwardian and modernist paintings.
Free | Australian galleries
In the fernery
Saturday 11 October 2 pm
Alexandra Walton, Gordon Darling Graduate Intern, delves into early prints by Eugene von Guérard and others.
Free | Australian galleries
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