Related events

Coming events related to these galleries are listed here. They’re updated frequently so check back later if none are currently scheduled. You can look for events by date, type or specific exhibition in What’s on.

Coming events

  • Tour de Farce

    with Open Stage Productions

    Wednesdays 7.30pm
    12 June - 3 July 2013

    Contemporary galleries | Duration 45 minutes | Free

    Image: Ugo Rondinone if there were anywhere but desert. wednesday 2000 (detail), 52.5 × 212 × 92 cm © the artist

  • Contemporary galleries holiday workshops

    Sessions for ages 3-13

    Mon 1 - Fri 5 July 2013
    See listing for details

    Information desk | Charges apply

  • Cantonese language guided tour

    免費粵語導覽

    Tuesdays 11am
    except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Contemporary art guided tour

    Contemporary art highlights in the Gallery, including Anne Landa Award

    Daily 12pm, Wed 7.15pm
    Includes The space between us: Anne Landa Award, 16 May - 28 July 2013

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Japanese language guided tour

    日本語による美術鑑賞ツアー

    Fridays 11am
    except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Korean language guided tour

    무료 한국어 아트 투어

    Fridays 11am
    except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Mandarin language guided tour

    免費國語導覽

    Thursdays 11am
    except January, last 2 weeks of December and public holidays

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

Past events

  • Gregor Schneider in conversation

    with Tony Bond, assistant director and head curator of international art

    Saturday 26 May 2012, 3.30pm

    Domain Theatre | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Gregor Schneider

  • Contemporary curator tour

    with Tony Bond, head curator of international art

    Saturday 2 June 2012, 12.30pm

    Contemporary galleries | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Anish Kapoor Void field 1989 Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1990 © Anish Kapoor

  • Simone Mangos in conversation

    with Tony Bond, head curator of international art

    Saturday 2 June 2012, 3.00pm

    Contemporary project space | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Simone Mangos Figure 2 2012 (detail) © Simone Mangos & VB Bild Kunst r.V.

  • Julie Rrap artist talk

    in association with the new contemporary collection display

    Wednesday 6 June 2012, 5.30pm

    Contemporary galleries | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Julie Rrap

  • David Chesworth: Richter/Meinhof-Opera

    After a libretto by Tony MacGregor

    Friday 8 June, 6.30pm
    (Friday 8.10pm performance cancelled)
    Saturday 9 June, 6.30pm & 8.10pm

    Grand Courts | Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes | Charges apply

    Image: David Chesworth Richter-Meinhof/Opera 2010 Performance at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

  • The absent body

    Curator talk on the new contemporary collection display

    Wednesday 13 June 2012, 5.30pm

    Contemporary galleries | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Rosslynd Piggott La somnambule (The sleepwalker) 1996–97 Mixed media. Contemporary Collection Benefactors’ Fund 2003 © Rosslynd Piggott

  • Shaun Gladwell artist talk

    Celebrated contemporary artist discusses his work

    Saturday 1 September 2012, 1pm

    Contemporary project space | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Shaun Gladwell Broken Dance (Beatboxed) 2012 (detail), production still, two-channel synchronised video. Beatboxers: Marv-ill Superlungs, Belle Ehresmann aka Bellatrix (Boxettes). Dancers: Ashley Patricks aka Ghost (Soul Mavericks), Lexi Maize, Dannielle Lecointe aka Rhimes Lecointe. Image courtesy the artist & Anna Schwartz Gallery.

  • Mandarin language tour of the Biennale of Sydney

    and contemporary collection highlights

    First & second Thursdays of each month, 11am
    5 July – 13 September 2012

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Yun-Fei Ji The Three Gorge Dam Migration 2009 (detail) Hand-printed watercolor woodblock on Xuan Zhi paper, mounted on silk, scroll. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Modern Art Library, New York. Photograph: Ellen Watson

  • Korean language tour of the Biennale of Sydney

    and contemporary collection highlights

    Fridays, 11am
    29 June – 14 September 2012

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Hassan Sharif Slippers and wire 2009, slippers and wire, dimensions variable, courtesy the artist and The Flying House, Dubai

  • Biennale of Sydney tour

    Guided tour of the Biennale and contemporary collection highlights

    Daily 12pm and Wednesdays 7.15pm
    27 June – 16 September 2012

    Major exhibition gallery | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Jorge Macchi Blue Planet 2003 (detail) collage on paper. Courtesy Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela. Photograph: Mark Ritchie

  • Gillian Minervini in conversation with John Kaldor

    In association with Art & About

    Wednesday 3 October 2012, 5.30pm

    Contemporary galleries | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Analiese Cairis, Art & About banner (detail)

  • Look at me: what do you see?

    Interactive character tour

    Monday to Friday 24 September – 5 October 2012
    11.30am

    Information desk | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Tara O’Sullivan as Pertinos

  • Collection talks: new acquisitions

    Insights from Gallery staff into new works

    Wednesdays 10 – 24 October 2012, 5.30pm

    Information desk | Free

    Image: Janet Laurence The Memory of Nature 2010 (detail) Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Contempo Group and the Contemporary Collection Benefactors with the generous assistance of Geoff Ainsworth AM, Peter Braithwaite, Sally Breen, Andrew & Cathy Cameron, Ginny & Leslie Green, Michael Hobbs, Ray Wilson OAM 2012. © Janet Laurence

  • Auslan-interpreted tour: We used to talk about love

    Discover how contemporary artists explore the theme of love

    Sunday 24 February 2013, 1.30pm

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

  • Audio-description tour: We used to talk about love

    Explore key themes and selected works in the exhibition

    Thursday 14 March 2013, 1.30pm

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free, bookings required

    Image: Tim Silver Untitled (Rory) #3 2009 (detail), photography Jamie North, image courtesy and © the artist

  • Workshop and tour: We used to talk about love

    Collage workshop and exhibition tour in association with Seniors Week

    Wednesday 20 March 2013, 11.00am

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free, bookings required

  • Exhibition talks: We used to talk about love

    Artists, writers and curators discuss artworks and ideas in the exhibition

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    13 February, 27 February - 20 March 2013

    Contemporary galleries | Free

    Image: Justene Williams Milk seeped in bread and rocked the leg 2012–13 (video still detail), 7-channel HD video installation, image courtesy and © the artist

  • Special lecture: Bill Fontana

    SOLD OUT

    Sunday 24 March 2013, 2pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Duration 1 hour | Free, bookings required

    Image: Bill Fontana

  • Access workshop: We used to talk about love

    For youth with disability and their carers

    Saturday 13 April 2013, 11.00am

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free, bookings required

  • Guided tours: We used to talk about love

    Guided tour of the exhibition and contemporary collection highlights

    Daily 12pm, Wednesdays 7.15pm
    31 January - 21 April 2013

    Information desk | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Paul Knight 19 months #1 (detail) from Untitled 2010, courtesy and © the artist

  • Exhibition talk: Projecting our future

    With Tony Albert, Hetti Perkins and Barbara Flynn

    Saturday 18 May 2013, 3pm

    Contemporary project space | Duration 30 minutes | Free

    Image: Tony Albert with Tony Albert Projecting our future 2002-13 (detail in progress), private collection, New Zealand © the artist