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Panel: Situating practice BOOKED OUT
A conversation about art and Australian identity
Image: Tom Nicholson Comparative monument (Shellal) 2014-16 (detail), installation view, The Jerusalem Show VIII, Qalandiya International Palestine, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane © the artist
Thursday 30 March 2017, 12.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Artist talks: The National 2017
Meet some of the artists
Image: Gunybi Ganambarr Coastline of Grindall Bay 2016 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales © the artist
Thursday 30 March 2017
See listing for details
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2
Free
Educators conference: The National 2017
Professional learning for teachers
Image: Gordon Bennett Home Décor (after M Preston) #18 2012 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales. Courtesy and © the Estate of Gordon Bennett
Thursday 6 April 2017, 6-8pm (Carriageworks)
Friday 7 April 2017, 9am - 12.30pm (MCA)
Friday 7 April 2017, 1.30-4.30pm (AGNSW)
Charges apply
Children’s access workshop: The National 2017
Artmaking for children with specific needs, their families and carers
Image: Creating art in a children’s access workshop at the Gallery
Saturday 8, Wednesday 19 April 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Workshop: Invented languages
For 7-12 year olds with artist Emily Floyd
Image: Emily Floyd Kesh Alphabet 2017 (visualisation detail), digital collage including 1977 photo by Max Dupain of the Art Gallery of NSW, visualisation produced by Phillip Moloughney Architecture. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery © the artist
Tuesday-Thursday 2pm
18-20 April 2017
Duration 2 hours
Location: Function space
Charges apply
Drop in and make: Material world
Free artmaking activity for families
Daily 11am - 4pm
16-21 April 2017
Duration 5 hours
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesdays 6.30pm
5-26 April 2017
5 April is Auslan interpreted
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Live music: Australia
The band, not the country, not a country band
Image: Australia Photo: Maclay Heriot
Wednesdays 7.30pm
5-26 April 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Indigenous perspectives in new Australian art
With Anneke Jaspers and the Oceanic Art Society
Image: Taloi Havini Habitat 2017 (still) multi-channel digital video, high definition, colour, surround sound, 10:40 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane © Taloi Havini
Wednesday 17 May, 7pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Art and dementia: The National 2017
For people living with dementia and their carers
Image: Megan Cope RE FORMATION part 1 2016 (detail). Courtesy the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery © the artist
Thursday 18 May 2017, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Audio-description tour: The National 2017
For blind or vision-impaired visitors
Image: Yhonnie Scarce Death Zephyr 2016-17 (detail). Courtesy the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne © the artist
Wednesday 24 May 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Auslan tour: The National 2017
With Stefan Kater for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Image: Stefan Kater
Wednesday 5 April 2017, 7.15pm
Sunday 28 May 2017, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings recommended
Drop in and draw: June
Free artmaking activity for all ages
Saturday 3 June 2017, 11am - 1pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2
Free
Performance lecture: City without crows
By artist Raquel Ormella for The National 2017
Image: Raquel Ormella City Without Crows 2015–17 (detail of process image). Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist
Wednesday 31 May 2017, 7.15pm (booked out)
Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 June 2017, 11am, 2pm
Duration 40 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2, study room
Charges apply
Community access tour and workshop: The National 2017
For adults with specific needs
Image: Creating art in an access workshop at the Gallery
Tuesday 2 May 2017, 11am
Wednesday 7 June 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
The National road trip
Visit all three venues in one day!
Image: Heath Franco LIFE IS SEXY 2017 (detail), 2-channel video installation. Courtesy the artist and Galerie pompom, Sydney. On display at Carriageworks for The National 2017
Various Saturdays, April-June 2017
See listing for details
Duration 6 hours
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Charges apply
Talks: It was about opening the very notion that there was a particular perspective
Curated by artist Alex Martinis Roe for The National 2017
Image: Alex Martinis Roe It was about opening the very notion that there was a particular perspective 2015–17, detail of source image courtesy and © Meredith Burgmann
Saturdays 29 April, 27 May, 17 June 2017
See listing for details
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Conversations: Changing courses
By artist Keg de Souza for The National 2017
Image: Keg de Souza Appetite for Construction 2016 (detail), installation view, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Art Gallery © the artist. Photo: Trasi Jang
Wednesdays 26 April, 24 May, 28 June 2017
See listing for details
Free, bookings required
Exhibition talks: The National 2017
Get to know the artists and their work
Image: Khaled Sabsabi Guerrilla 2016 (detail). Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of New South Wales © the artist
Wednesdays 5.30pm
5-26 April, 14-28 June 2017
Free
Social sounds
Come make some noise with Junkyard Beats and The Human Sound Project
Wednesdays 7pm
14-28 June 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Artist-led workshop: Shaping our present
For 7-12 year olds
Image: Megan Cope RE FORMATION part 3 (Dubbagullee) 2017 (detail). Courtesy the artist, Melbourne and THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne © Megan Cope
Tuesday 4 - Wednesday 5 July 2017
Register by 1.45pm for 2pm start
(Thursday 6 July cancelled)
Duration 2 hours
Location: Function space
Charges apply
Drop in and make: Fantastic worlds
Free artmaking activity for families
Image: Tiger Yaltangki Star Wars 2016 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales © Tiger Yaltangki, courtesy Iwantja Arts, licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Daily 11am – 4pm
2–7 July 2017
Duration 5 hours
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Performance salon: It was about opening the very notion that there was a particular perspective
By artist Alex Martinis Roe for The National 2017
Image: Alex Martinis Roe It was about opening the very notion that there was a particular perspective 2015-17 (detail of video still). Courtesy and © the artist
Saturday 15 July 2017, 2pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free, bookings required
Contemporary art guided tour: The National 2017
An introduction to the exhibition
Image: Tiger Yaltangki Doctor Who 2016 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales © the artist, courtesy Iwantja Arts
Daily 1pm, Wednesdays 7.15pm
30 March - 16 July 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free