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• Special Lecture: The art of the deal
  Thursday 6 November | 2.30pm
  

  René Gimpel, the fourth generation of an Anglo-French art dealing family, with galleries in London and Paris, speaks about the international art business and his work on a new edition of his grandfather's journal, Diary of an Art Dealer.

  Over the years, Gimpel has developed an interest in different aspects of the business, notably the problems surrounding the artwork as a commodity which incorporates both economic and aesthetic values. Most recently, he has become involved in the debate surrounding the vexed question of resale royalties, known in European Union legislation as Droit de Suite. René is currently working on a new edition of his grandfather’s diary, kept from 1918-1939, published in French with an English translation appearing in 1963 (Diary of an Art Dealer).

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• The Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture 2008
  Thursday 20 November | 6pm
  Speaker: Paul Stiles
  

  Paul Stiles grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.  He attended Harvard College on a US Navy scholarship, graduating with honours in Government.  After four years as a naval officer, he went to Wall Street, where he worked on a bond trading desk for Merrill Lynch, then the largest securities firm in the world.  This became the subject of his first book, Riding the Bull, a cautionary tale about the increasingly market-driven nature of American life.  After working in several entrepreneurial start-up companies, he followed up with a second book, Is the American Dream Killing You? which catalogued the damage that unbridled market forces had done to American society over the past half-century.  After finishing the manuscript he emigrated with his family to Spain.  He is currently working on a third book about the nature of the market and its spiritual implications.  Paul Stiles is also, by coincidence, a writer for Lonely Planet travel guides in Melbourne.  He recently contributed to the forthcoming Lonely Planet Guide to Morocco, in which he covered the area from Tangier to Algeria.
  Free | James O Fairfax Theatre

 

• Canberra Dance Theatre 30th Anniversary Performance in the Sculpture Garden
  Saturday and Sunday 22 & 23 November | 7pm
  

  To celebrate thirty dynamic years in Canberra, Canberra Dance Theatre presents a beautiful and unique dance performance in the National Gallery of Australia's Sculpture Garden on the tranquil shores of Lake Burley Griffin.
  This two-part performance created by Artistic Director Meg Millband features some of Canberra's most talented dancers alongside some of Australia's most spectacular sculptural works, including Auguste Rodin's Burghers of Calais 1885–86 and Fujiko Nakaya's Fog sculpture 1976.
  Join us for this breathtaking artistic exploration of the soul's interaction with the physical environment and the fragility of the relationships we form. Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy during the twilight interval.
  $25 $20 concession | Bookings essential | Bring a picnic and enjoy | National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden

 

• Gods, ghosts and men
  10 October 2008 — 11 January 2009 | nga.gov.au/GodsGhostsMen
  Gods, Ghosts and men introduces the visitor to the richness and diversity of the traditional sculptural arts in the Pacific region and provides a rare insight into the National Gallery of Australia’s collection of over two thousand works from the region. The exhibition will include objects from Max Ernst’s private collection of nonwestern art and a number of iconic objects, such as the Ambum stone from Papua New Guinea and the Double figure from a housepost [To-reri uno] from Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea.
  

 

 

 

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