Scheduled events

  • Bill Henson celebrity talk

    A forum with the artist

    Wednesday 5 June 2013, 6.30pm

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Bill Henson. Photograph by Louise Hearman.

  • The new world: Central and South America

    With Chris Carter

    Saturday 29 June 2013, 10.30am

    Centenary Auditorium | Duration 5 hours, 30 minutes | Charges apply

  • Artist talk: Wanyubi Marika

    Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2013

    Wednesday 10 July 2013, 5.30pm

    Yiribana Gallery | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Wandjuk Marika Djan’kawu story c1963 (detail), natural pigments on bark, 161 × 51 cm, gift of Keith and Renée Free in memory of Tony Tuckson 1974 © Wandjuk Marika, licensed by Viscopy, Australia

  • Forum: Sydney moderns

    Art, culture and life in the new city

    Saturday 20 July 2013, 2pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Margaret Preston Circular Quay 1925 (detail)

  • Coffee lectures: Poetry through the ages

    With Professor Barry Spurr

    Thursdays 13-27 June, 11-25 July 2013, 10am

    Domain Theatre | Charges apply

    Image: Kristin Headlam O Rose II 1996 © Kristin Headlam, 1996. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney

  • Favourite British novels of the 20th century

    A ten-part lecture series with Susannah Fullerton

    Various Fridays, 10.30am and Saturdays, 11am in 2013
    See listing for dates

    Domain Theatre | Charges apply

    Image: Susannah Fullerton

  • Symposium: A Silk Road saga

    Reconsidering cultural interactions on the famed trade route

    Saturday 24 August 2013, 10am - 5pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 7 hours | Charges apply

    Panel 5, middle of back wall (detail), Sui dynasty, 581–618, Shanxi Museum

  • Diploma lecture series 2013

    Revolution to romanticism: European art and culture c1750–1850

    Various Wednesdays 6pm
    Various Thursdays 1pm
    30 January – 14 November 2013
    See listing for dates

    Domain Theatre | Charges apply

    Image: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Mars being disarmed by Venus and the three graces 1824 (detail), Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

  • Short talks: portraiture and landscape

    A different work in the Gallery's collection each week

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    24 April - 29 May 2013

    Information desk | Free

  • Artist talks: Brenda L Croft

    Artists including Brenda L Croft discuss the exhibition

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    8 May & 22 - 29 May 2013

    Yiribana Gallery | Free

    Image: Brenda L Croft Strange fruit 1994 (detail), cibachrome photograph, 168.7 × 117.8cm frame; 152 × 101cm sight, © Brenda L Croft. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.

  • Exhibition talks: Bill Henson

    Explore Henson’s evolving photographic practice

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    5 - 26 June 2013

    Photography gallery | Free

    Image: Bill Henson, from the series Paris Opera Project 1990/91, type C photograph, approx 123.5 × 124.5 cm, Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1993 © Bill Henson

  • Exhibition talks: The space between us

    Artists and specialists discuss artworks and ideas in the exhibition

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    12 June - 3 July 2013

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Free

    Image: James Newitt Say it like you want it 2012 (detail), production still, image courtesy and © the artist

  • Artist talk: Wanyubi Marika

    Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2013

    Wednesday 10 July 2013, 5.30pm

    Yiribana Gallery | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Wandjuk Marika Djan’kawu story c1963 (detail), natural pigments on bark, 161 × 51 cm, gift of Keith and Renée Free in memory of Tony Tuckson 1974 © Wandjuk Marika, licensed by Viscopy, Australia