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Film screening: Girl in a mirror
A documentary portrait of Australian photographer Carol Jerrems
Image: Carol Jerrems Vale Street 1975 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales © Ken and Lance Jerrems
Sunday 29 October 2017
10.45am for 11am start
Duration 2 hours, 15 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Sunday 29 October 2017, 7pm
Duration 3 hours
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Charges apply
Exhibition talks: Robert Mapplethorpe
From leather to lilies with the Gallery's curator of photography
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Ken Moody and Robert Sherman 1984 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Wednesdays 5.30pm
1, 8 November 2017
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free with exhibition entry
Celebrity talk: Clinton Walker
Bob and Patti and punk and me
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Patti Smith 1978 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Wednesday 1 November 2017, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday 1 November 2017, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Images, intimacy and Robert Mapplethorpe
A lecture and panel discussion with artists
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Self-portrait 1975 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Saturday 4 November 2017, 2pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
i-D presents Art After Hours
In association with ‘Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium’
Image: Mistress Tokyo
Wednesday 8 November 2017, 5-10pm
Free
Free viewing for members
‘Rembrandt and the Dutch golden age’ plus ‘Robert Mapplethorpe’
Image: Rembrandt Portrait of Dr Ephraim Bueno (1599-1665) 1646–47 (detail), Rijksmuseum
Sunday 12 November 2017, 5.15pm
Monday 13 November 2017, 10am
Free
The influences and traditions of Robert Mapplethorpe BOOKED OUT
A curator-led tour and talk
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Ken Moody 1983 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Wednesday 15 November 2017, 6.15pm
Duration 1 hour, 45 minutes
Location: South Building, lower level 2, study room
Charges apply
World AIDS Day forum: Art, strength and resilience BOOKED OUT
Photographers discuss Sydney’s LGBTQI culture
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Self-portrait 1985 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Wednesday 29 November 2017, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Coffee tour: Robert Mapplethorpe
For members and guests
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Tulips 1977 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Tuesday 21 November, Thursday 7 December 2017, 10am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply
Fbi Radio live at the Gallery
In association with ‘Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium’
Image: Abdul Abdullah and Nat Randall. Photo: Ash Berdebes
Sunday 10 December 2017, 11am – 12pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Film series: Lost New York
Chronicles of a metropolis from the 1970s and 80s
Image: Still from Gloria
Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm
8 November - 17 December 2017
10 January – 4 February 2018
Saturdays 2pm, 18 & 25 November, 13 & 20 January
with 1.30pm talks, 18 November, 13 & 20 January
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Film screening and artist talk: Looking for Langston
Filmmaker and artist Isaac Julien in conversation
Image: Isaac Julien. Photo by Thierry Bal, 2017.
Wednesday 14 February 2018, 7.15pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
An alternative gaze BOOKED OUT
A guided tour of LGBTQI highlights at the Gallery
Wednesday 21 February 2018, 3pm & 6pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Domain Theatre foyer
Charges apply
Celebrity talk: William Yang
A slideshow performance by the artist
Image: William Yang Peter Tully, Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 1981 (detail) © William Yang
Wednesday 21 February 2018, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Live music: CODA
An uplifting musical journey
Image: Four of the members of CODA. Photo by Paul Gosney.
Wednesday 21 February 2018, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Queer Art After Hours 2018
The Gallery goes queer in a celebration of LGBTQI art and performance!
Wednesday 28 February 2018, 5-10pm
Free
Guided tour: Robert Mapplethorpe
An introduction to highlights in the exhibition
Image: Robert Mapplethorpe Self-portrait 1980 from the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Wednesdays and Saturdays 12pm
28 October - 20 December 2017
3 January - 3 March 2018
Wednesdays 7.15pm
1 November – 13 December 2017
10 January – 28 February 2018
Duration 1 hour
Location: Temporary exhibitions gallery
Free with exhibition entry