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The mad square symposium
Art and culture in Weimar Germany
Image: Max Beckmann The trapeze 1923 (detail), Toledo Museum of Art, purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey © Max Beckmann / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Photo: Photography Incorporated, Toledo
Saturday 6 August 2011, 10am–3.30pm
Duration 5 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Exhibiting German art today
Forum and brunch
Image: Felix Nussbaum The mad square 1931 (detail) Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur © Felix Nussbaum/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Sunday 7 August 2011, 10am–12pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Pierrot Lunaire and Berlin cabaret songs
An evening of Weimar-style music
Image: Christian Schad Self-portrait 1927 (detail) Private collection, courtesy Tate London © Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg. VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Friday 12 August 2011, 6.00pm
Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
ArtBar: Robert Bertram
Songs inspired by the cabaret tradition
Wednesday 10 & 17 August 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
The mad square lectures
Two free lectures in association with the exhibition
Image: Herbert Bayer Theatre group on the Bauhaus roof c1920 (detail) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1985 © Herbert Bayer/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Wednesday 10 August 2011, 7.30pm
Friday 19 August 2011, 1.00pm
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free
ArtBar: Andrew Conaghan
Cabaret-inspired songs, accompanied by Robert Bertram
Wednesday 24 & 31 August 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Berlin: symphony of a great city
Special film screenings
Friday 2 September & Saturday 3 September 2011, 6.30–8.30pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Wednesday 7, 14 September 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
German experimental films of the 1920s
Eight short films
Image: László Maholy-Nagy Lightplay: black, white, grey 1930
Saturday 17 September 2011, 2pm
Duration 50 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
The mad square: printmaking workshop
(SOLD OUT)
Saturday 17 September 2011, 10.15am
Duration 6 hours
Charges apply
Thursday 25 August 2011, 7.00pm
Sunday 18 September 2011, 7.00pm
Location: Entrance court
Charges apply
Friday 23 September 2011, 7.00pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Entrance court
Free
The mad square (de)tours
Expert insights into the exhibition
Image: Max Beckmann The trapeze 1923 (detail), Toledo Museum of Art, purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey © Max Beckmann / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Photo: Photography Incorporated, Toledo
Friday 23 September 2011, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
My Sauce Good: Art & About 2011
A tempting array of slow-cooked soulful folk, jazz and swing from nostalgic bygone eras
Friday 23 September 2011, 5–6pm & 7.30–8.15pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Bauhaus: The face of the 20th century
A documentary on the Bauhaus design school
Friday, 23 September 2011, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm
Duration 50 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Eddie Bronson Trio: Art & About 2011
An eclectic mix of tunes from around the globe
Image: Eddie Bronson
Friday 23 September 2011, 6pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Art Gallery Society (members lounge)
Free
What if? creativity & collage workshop
Free drop-in creativity workshop
Friday 23 September 2011, 5.30pm
Duration 3 hours
Location: Function space
Free
Anything Goes Cabaret
A scintillating mix of burlesque, boy-lesque, cabaret and drag steeped in the smoky trails of Weimar Berlin
Friday 23 September 2011, 6.15pm & 8.15pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Free
Apocalyptic visions lectures
Creativity to catastrophe in the Weimar Republic
Image: Ludwig Meidner Apocalyptic landscape 1913. Private collection, courtesy Richard Nagy, London. Photo © Sotheby’s Picture Library © Ludwig Meidner-Archiv. Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Various Sundays as listed, 10.30am – 1pm
3 July – 25 September 2011
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
The mad square exhibition talks
Expert perspectives
Image: George Grosz Suicide 1916 oil on canvas. Tate London (detail)
Wednesdays 10 August – 28 September 2011, 5.30pm
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
ArtBar: Lisa Schouw
Cabaret performer
Wednesday 21 & 28 September 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
The mad square school holiday workshops
Printmaking
26–29 September 2011, times as indicated
Location: Information desk
Charges apply
Sunday 9 October 2011, 1.00pm
Duration 1 hour
Free
Wednesday 5 & 12 October 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Tuesday 16 August 2011, 10.00am
Thursday 1 September 2011, 2.00pm
Thursday 29 September 2011, 2.00pm
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 10.00am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Art Gallery Society (members lounge)
Charges apply
The mad square celebrity events
Wednesday night talks and performances on themes in the exhibition
Image: Flacco (21 September)
Wednesdays 10 August – 2 November 2011, 6.30pm
Location: Entrance court
Free
ArtBar: My Sauce Good
Folk, jazz and swing
Wednesdays 19 October – 2 November 2011, 5.15pm and 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes
Location: Cafe
Free
The mad square guided tour
An introduction to the exhibition
Image: Hannah Höch Made for a party 1936 (detail) Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart © Hannah Höch / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Photo: © Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Stuttgart
Daily, 11am
Wednesdays, 7.15pm
6 August – 6 November 2011
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free
Weimar to Hollywood film series
In conjunction with The mad square
Image: Fritz Lang M 1931 (12 & 16 October) Courtesy Praesens Film
Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm
Sundays 2pm
17 August – 6 November 2011
Location: Domain Theatre
Free