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  • Australian Symbolism exhibition talk

    for Open Weekend 2012

    Saturday 12 May 2012, 11.00am

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Duration 25 minutes | Free

    Image: Mildred Lovett Vase with pastoral design of dancing figures by Sydney Long 1909 © Estate of Mildred Lovett

  • Australian symbolism audio-described tour

    For people with visual impairment

    Sunday 13 May 2012, 12.30pm

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Duration 25 minutes | Free

    Image: Sydney Long Spirit of the plains 1897 (detail) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Gift of William Howard-Smith in memory of his grandfather Ormond Charles Smith 1940 © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia

  • Live music with flautist Jane Rutter

    Symbolist music

    Sunday 13 May 2012, 1.00pm

    Entrance court | Duration 25 minutes | Free

  • Australian Symbolism lectures

    Three art historians take a deeper look at Symbolist tendencies in Australian art.

    Wednesdays 16–30 May 2012, 7.30pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Free

    Image: Tom Roberts A study of Jephthah’s daughter (1899) (detail)

  • Coffee lectures: Australian Symbolism

    With curator Denise Mimmocchi

    Thursday 31 May 2012, 10.00am
    Thursday 7 June 2012, 10.00am

    Domain Theatre | Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes | Charges apply

    Image: Tom Roberts Adagio c.1893 (detail)

  • Australian Symbolism celebrity events

    Music and talks

    Wednesdays 6.30pm, 6–20 June 2012

    Entrance court | Free

  • ArtBar: Spyglass Gypsies

    Guitar, accordion, clarinet and double bass

    Wednesday 6, 13 & 20 June 2012, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Spyglass Gypsies. Clockwise from top-right: Richard Ashby (guitar), Andrew Scott (accordion), Loretta Palmeiro (clarinet/saxophone), Shannon Haritos (double bass)

  • Australian Symbolism exhibition talks

    Specialists discuss their choice of works in the exhibition.

    Wednesdays 6 – 27 June 2012, 5.30pm

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Free

    Image: Charles Conder Hot wind 1889 (detail) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

  • What is Symbolism?

    A beginner’s guide to Symbolism, from its origins in Europe to Australia

    Fridays 15, 22, 29 June 2012
    Saturdays 16, 23, 30 June 2012
    12.15pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • School holiday workshop for teenagers

    Australian Symbolism: The art of dreams

    Tuesday 3 July 2012, 1.00pm

    Duration 3 hours | Charges apply

    Image: Arthur Loureiro Study for ‘The spirit of the new moon’ 1888 (detail) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant with the assistance of Philip Bacon through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. Celebrating Queensland Art Gallery’s Centenary 1895–1995

  • Australian Symbolism drawing sessions

    Drawing in small groups

    Wednesdays 27 June & 4 July 2012, 7pm & 8pm

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Duration 1 hour | Charges apply

  • Australian Symbolism guided tour

    An introduction to the exhibition

    Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays 1pm
    Wednesdays 7.15pm
    14 May – 28 July 2012

    Temporary exhibitions gallery | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Sydney Long Spirit of the plains 1897 (detail) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Gift of William Howard-Smith in memory of his grandfather Ormond Charles Smith 1940 © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia