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Sovereign Acts IV: Object
A performance by the Unbound Collective
Image The Unbound Collective (Ali Gumillya Baker, Faye Rosas Blanch, Natalie Harkin & Simone Ulalka Tur), Sovereign Acts II (performance documentation), 2015, performance, paperbark, handheld projectors, image courtesy and © the artists. Photograph: Steve Rendoulis
Friday 29 March 2019, 10.15am
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Front of the Gallery
Free
Artist talks: The National 2019
Meet the artists
Image: Rushdi Anwar, Irhal (expel), hope and the sorrow of displacement (detail), 2013, School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, courtesy and © the artist
Photo: Keelan O’Hehir
Friday 29 March 2019
Duration 30 minutes
Free
Performance: ‘Returning eye (salt pendulum performance)’ CANCELLED
By artist Sandra Selig for The National 2019
Image: Returning eye (salt pendulum performance), 2017–19, process image, © the artist
Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, and Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Saturday 30 March 2019, 10am
Duration 15 minutes
Free
Panel: Embracing chaos
A discussion with the curators of The National 2019
Image: James Newitt, Fossil (production still) (detail), 2019, courtesy and © the artist
Sunday 31 March 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free
The National 2019: new Australian art special education event
Special education event
Sunday 31 March 2019, from 11am
Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Free, bookings required
Curatorial tour: The National 2019
With Isobel Parker Philip
Image: Andrew Hazewinkel, 12 figures after Niccolò (studies in collective anxiety) (detail), 2014, courtesy and © the artist
Sunday 31 March 2019, 12.15pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Performance: ‘Essays in vibrational poetics {~} ... , ... ; ... '
By artists Fayen d'Evie and Benjamin Hancock for The National 2019
Image: Fayen d’Evie with Benjamin Hancock, Essays in Vibrational Poetics (detail), 2018, performance, Old Castlemaine Gaol, Victoria, courtesy and © the artist
Photograph: Pippa Samaya
Sunday 31 March 2019, 1pm
Duration 20 minutes
Location: South Building, lower level 2
Free
Artists in conversation: The National 2019
Dialogues between artworks
Image: Pilar Mata Dupont, Shuffle (video still) (detail), 2017-2018, panoramic high definition video, courtesy and © the artist
Sunday 31 March 2019
Duration 30 minutes
Free
Wednesday 3 April 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Cafe foyer
Free, bookings required
Live Music: Lupa J
Classically trained violinist turned electronic producer & songwriter
Image: Lupa J. Photo by Nathan Moas Land Systems
Wednesday 3 April 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Access workshop: The National 2019
Free artist-led experience for adults with specific needs
Tuesday 9 April 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Wednesday 10 April 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
ReCollection: Many Hands collective
Hear from assistant curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Coby Edgar
Image: Selma Nunay Coulthard, Noreen Hudson, Clara Inkamala, Reinhold Inkamala, Vanessa Inkamala and Gloria Pannka Mparra Karrti – Us mob belong to the Country 2018-19 (detail) Art Gallery of NSW.
Thursday 11 April 2019, 12pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Audio-description tour: The National 2019
For visitors who are blind or with low vision
Wednesday 3 April 2019, 1pm
Saturday 13 April 2019, 1pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Children's access workshop: Contemporary creations
Free artmaking activity for children with specific needs and their families and carers
Wednesday 17 April 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Wednesdays 3, 10, 17 April 2019, 6.30pm
Auslan interpreted 10 April.
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday April 17 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Art and dementia: The National 2019
Discussion and artmaking for people living with dementia and their care partners
Thursday 18 April 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Free, bookings required
Drop in and make: Contemporary creations
Free artmaking activity for families
Monday-Thursday 15-18 April 2019
11am-3.30pm
Duration 4 hours, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
In conversation: Isobel Parker Philip and Amrita Hepi
Following Amrita Hepi's performance
Image: Amrita Hepi. Photo by Nikki To.
Wednesday 24 April 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Auslan tour: The National 2019
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Image: Rushdi Anwar, Irhal (expel), hope and the sorrow of displacement (detail), 2013, School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, courtesy and © the artist
Photo: Keelan O’Hehir
Sunday 28 April 2019, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Drop in and draw: May 2019
Free artmaking activity for all ages
Saturday 4 May 2019, 11am
Duration 2 hours
Location: South Building, lower level 2
Free
Access workshop: Art as a visual language
Free artist-led experience for adults with specific needs
Tuesday 7 May 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Tours for Tots: Colourful contemporary
Fun artmaking tours for children aged 3-5
Tuesday 28, Thursday 30 May 2019
Register by 10.15am for 10.30am start
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Performance: 'The Tender'
By artist Amrita Hepi for The National 2019
Image: Amrita Hepi, The Tender (performance documentation) (detail), 2018–19, courtesy and © the artist
Sunday 31 March 2019, 3pm
Wednesday 24 April 2019, 6pm
Saturday 1 June 2019, 3pm
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Artist talks: Asking difficult questions
Three artists confront the challenging times we live in
Image: Robert Andrew
Wednesday 12 June 2019
5.30-6pm
7.15-7.45pm
8-8.30pm
Duration 20 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
ReCollection: Andrew Hazewinkel
Hear from poet Marianne Boruch
Image: Andrew Hazewinkel Part 2, Withness: A Haunting from The Ongoing Remains (3 parts) 2019. Art Gallery of NSW
Thursday 20 June 2019, 12pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Drop in and make: Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2019
Free artmaking activity for families this school holidays
Sunday 7 July
Monday to Friday 8-12 July 2019
11am - 3.30pm
Duration 4 hours, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday 17 July 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Contemporary art express tour: The National 2019
A half-hour introduction to the exhibition
Wednesdays 6pm
3 April – 19 June, 3-17 July 2019
Wednesday 26 June 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Contemporary art guided tour: The National 2019
A one-hour introduction to the exhibition
Daily 1pm
29 March - 21 July 2019
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free