Related events

  • The mad square symposium

    Art and culture in Weimar Germany

    Saturday 6 August 2011, 10am–3.30pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 5 hours, 30 minutes | Charges apply

    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

  • Exhibiting German art today

    Forum and brunch

    Sunday 7 August 2011, 10am–12pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 2 hours | Charges apply

    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

  • Pierrot Lunaire and Berlin cabaret songs

    An evening of Weimar-style music

    Friday 12 August 2011, 6.00pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes | Charges apply

    Image: Christian Schad Self-portrait 1927 (detail) Private collection, courtesy Tate London © Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg. VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney

  • ArtBar: Robert Bertram

    Songs inspired by the cabaret tradition

    Wednesday 10 & 17 August 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • The mad square lectures

    Two free lectures in association with the exhibition

    Wednesday 10 August 2011, 7.30pm
    Friday 19 August 2011, 1.00pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Free

    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

  • ArtBar: Andrew Conaghan

    Cabaret-inspired songs, accompanied by Robert Bertram

    Wednesday 24 & 31 August 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Berlin: symphony of a great city

    Special film screenings

    Friday 2 September & Saturday 3 September 2011, 6.30–8.30pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 2 hours | Charges apply

  • ArtBar: Eddie Bronson Trio

    Jazz with an eastern European gypsy vibe

    Wednesday 7, 14 September 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Eddie Bronson

  • German experimental films of the 1920s

    Eight short films

    Saturday 17 September 2011, 2pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 50 minutes | Free

    Image: László Maholy-Nagy Lightplay: black, white, grey 1930

  • The mad square: printmaking workshop

    (SOLD OUT)

    Saturday 17 September 2011, 10.15am

    Duration 6 hours | Charges apply

  • The mad square concert

    Music of the Weimar Republic

    Thursday 25 August 2011, 7.00pm
    Sunday 18 September 2011, 7.00pm

    Entrance court | Charges apply

    Sydney Youth Orchestra

  • Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Jazz

    Combining the great tunes of the 1920s & 1930s

    Friday 23 September 2011, 7.00pm

    Entrance court | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Greg Poppleton

  • The mad square (de)tours

    Expert insights into the exhibition

    Friday 23 September 2011, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm

    Major exhibition gallery | Free with exhibition entry

    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

  • 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

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | 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

    Domain Theatre | Duration 50 minutes | Free

  • Eddie Bronson Trio: Art & About 2011

    An eclectic mix of tunes from around the globe

    Friday 23 September 2011, 6pm & 7.30pm

    Art Gallery Society (members lounge) | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Eddie Bronson

  • What if? creativity & collage workshop

    Free drop-in creativity workshop

    Friday 23 September 2011, 5.30pm

    Function space | Duration 3 hours | 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

    Entrance court | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Apocalyptic visions lectures

    Creativity to catastrophe in the Weimar Republic

    Various Sundays as listed, 10.30am – 1pm
    3 July – 25 September 2011

    Domain Theatre | Charges apply

    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

  • The mad square exhibition talks

    Expert perspectives

    Wednesdays 10 August – 28 September 2011, 5.30pm

    Major exhibition gallery | Free with exhibition entry

    Image: George Grosz Suicide 1916 oil on canvas. Tate London (detail)

  • ArtBar: Lisa Schouw

    Cabaret performer

    Wednesday 21 & 28 September 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • The mad square school holiday workshops

    Printmaking

    26–29 September 2011, times as indicated

    Information desk | Charges apply

  • Out of the Box cabaret

    Dick & Christa Hughes

    Sunday 9 October 2011, 1.00pm

    Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Christa & Dick Hughes

  • ArtBar: Stephanie Morrison, with Robert Bertram

    Show tunes

    Wednesday 5 & 12 October 2011, 5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Stephanie Morrison

  • The mad square coffee tour

    For members and guests

    Tuesday 16 August 2011, 10.00am
    Thursday 1 September 2011, 2.00pm
    Thursday 29 September 2011, 2.00pm
    Tuesday 18 October 2011, 10.00am

    Art Gallery Society (members lounge) | Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes | Charges apply

    Art Gallery Society members’ lounge

  • The mad square celebrity events

    Wednesday night talks and performances on themes in the exhibition

    Wednesdays 10 August – 2 November 2011, 6.30pm

    Entrance court | Free

    Image: Flacco (21 September)

  • ArtBar: My Sauce Good

    Folk, jazz and swing

    Wednesdays 19 October – 2 November 2011, 5.15pm and 7.30pm

    Cafe | Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes | Free

  • The mad square guided tour

    An introduction to the exhibition

    Daily, 11am
    Wednesdays, 7.15pm
    6 August – 6 November 2011

    Major exhibition gallery | Duration 1 hour | Free

    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

  • Weimar to Hollywood film series

    In conjunction with The mad square

    Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm
    Sundays 2pm
    17 August – 6 November 2011

    Domain Theatre | Free

    Image: Fritz Lang M 1931 (12 & 16 October) Courtesy Praesens Film