top image detail: Grace Crowley 'Sailors and models' c.1928 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Gift of Grace Buckley in memory of Grace Crowley 1980


Events and exhibitions

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Ptolemaic Period 332–30 BCE 'Mummy mask' plastered, painted and gilded linen, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Ptolemaic Period 332–30 BCE 'Mummy mask' plastered, painted and gilded linen, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris  Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Egyptian antiquities from the Louvre
journey to the Afterlife
until 25 February
EgyptianAntiquities.com.au
Egyptians podcasts
events

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Members: Early morning viewing
January 27 Saturday 8.30 am
Join voluntary guides for a tour of the exhibition followed by morning tea in the Members' Lounge Exhibition Galleries $30 members and their guests (includes exhibition entry)  Bookings essential

 

Screening: Cleopatra
February 4 Sunday 2 pm
The Academy Award winning epic of Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) , Queen of Egypt, who struggles to resist the Roman Empire but falls in love with Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and Marc Antony (Richard Burton) DVD, 1963, 121 min., M James O Fairfax Theatre

 

Aleksandr Rodchenko Back cover of 'Sergeiu Eseninu [To Sergei Esenin]' by Vladimir Mayakovsky 1926 colour photolithograph Collection of the National Gallery of Australia Aleksandr Rodchenko Back cover of 'Sergeiu Eseninu [To Sergei Esenin]' by Vladimir Mayakovsky 1926 colour photolithograph Collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Revolutionary Russians
Commemorating the centenary of Shostakovich
until 28 January
nga.gov.au/RevolutionaryRussians
events

Screening: Russian ark
Sunday 21 January  2pm
Told in one fluid shot, Russian ark is a pageant of colour, motion and music. The magnificent Hermitage Museum, home to some of Western art’s greatest masterpieces, is the setting for a magical journey through 300 years of Russian history. 35 mm film, 2002, 96 min., G

 

 

 

film still from Dr Zhivago film still from Dr Zhivago

Performance
January 27 Saturday 1 pm repeated 3 pm
The Timur Quartet perform Shostakovich's String quartet no. 8 a work tied to the composer's perceptions of post-revolutionary Russia
Orde Poynton Gallery

 

Screening: Dr Zhivago
Sunday 28 January   2 pm
Starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, the Academy Award winning Dr Zhivago is an epic story of life, love and freedom in a society turned upside down by the First World War and the Bolshevik Revolution. 35 mm film, 1965, 197 min., MA

 

Grace Crowley' Portrait of Lucie Beynis' c.1929 oil on canvas on hardboard Art Gallery of New South Wales Purchased 1965 detail: Grace Crowley' Portrait of Lucie Beynis'  c.1929 oil on canvas on hardboard Art Gallery of New South Wales Purchased 1965

Grace Crowley
being modern
until 6 May
nga.gov.au/Crowley
events

Curator's perspective
February 3 Saturday 2 pm
A walk-through introduction to the exhibition by Elena Taylor, curator of the exhibition Project Gallery

 

Director's floortalk
February 6 Tuesday 12.45 pm
Ron Radford, Director, presents an
overview of the exhibition
Project Gallery

 

 

Dummy canopic jars of Padiouf Third Intermediate Period, 21st-25th Dynasties, 1069–664 BCE Dummy canopic jars of Padiouf Third Intermediate Period, 21st-25th Dynasties, 1069–664 BCE painted wood, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre. Part of the Egyptians exhibition

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