ISSUE 96 | February 2008 | nga.gov.au/Calendar assisted | children | families | highlight | lecture | members | performance | screening | talk | workshop Australian Surrealism Clifford Bayliss Man wearing a bowler hat 1945 brush and coloured ink and wash on white wove paper Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM 2007 © Mrs Josephine Bayliss; courtesy Bridget McDonnell Gallery 16 February to 11 May 2008 nga.gov.au/AustralianSurrealism | Events This exhibition, drawn from the recently acquired Agapitos/Wilson collection of Australian Surrealist art, shows the extraordinary breadth of surrealist practice in this country from the 1920s to the 1950s. Including important works by some of Australia's greatest artists, the exhibition also presents the work of lesser known artists whose involvement with surrealism has only recently come to light. Curator's perspective Carer's tour top image detail: Max Dupain Doll's head and goat's skull c 1937 gelatine silver photograph Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM 2007 National Indigenous Art Triennial 07 LAST DAYS nga.gov.au/NIAT07 | Events Film Festival Happy Anniversary Artist's talk and tour: Danie Mellor Art lecture series: Collecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
Other NGA events Underground Sounds Urthboy, Brothablack, Young Murp (U.S.A.), Wire MC, Omar Musa and DJ Rush Hip-hop concert with acts including Urthboy, Brothblack, Young Murph, Wire MC, Omar Musa and DJ Rush, with Paul House on didjeridu, in association with Culture Warriors: NIAT closing weekend. More information International art AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Dharma River
COMING SOON Turner to Monet presents a one off opportunity to experience paintings never before seen in Australia. Works by the finest artists of the time – Turner, Constable, Friedrich, Corot, Courbet, Glover, von Guérard, Church, Streeton, Roberts, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet – have been gathered from public and private collections from around the world. Paul Gauguin Haystacks in Brittany 1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman On show only in Canberra in Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape 14 March – 9 June 2008 Saville Park Suites special offers Saville Park Suites Canberra is offering a special Turner to Monet package that includes: To book visit Saville Park Suites online at savillehotelgroup.com Road closures From Monday 7 January until 14 March 2008 civil engineering works associated with road safety improvements and major extensions to the National Gallery of Australia will cause temporary road closures and traffic changes. The following roads will be closed: King Edward Terrace, between Bowen Drive and Parkes Place More information | Road Closure Facts | Parking notice (pdf) | Map (pdf) Gallery
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