![Paul Gaugin Haystacks in Brittany [Meules de foin en Bretagne] [also known as The hayricks and The potato field] 1903 oil on canvas 74.3 x 93.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC](/web/20081115054553im_/http://www.nga.gov.au/artonline/99/165116.jpg)
ISSUE 99 | April 2008 | nga.gov.au/Calendar
Turner to Monet
Ivan Shishkin A sandy coastline 1879 oil on canvas 134.6 x 83.8 cm Collection of French & Company, New York
to 9 June | nga.gov.au/TurnertoMonet | Events
FROLIC social wine events
Friday 4 April | Friday 2 May | Friday 6 June
Enjoy free bar snacks and happy hour prices from 5pm at the Sculpture Garden restaurant . Free for Gallery members, $5 non-members
SUNSET SESSIONS
Turner to Monet open until 7 pm every Saturday to 7 June
Listen to free focus talks at 4:30 pm in the James O. Fairfax Theatre, listen to live music in the Foyer and visit the Members' Lounge to try different wines from around the world.
Wine Tastings are free for Gallery members, $5 non-members
Sign-interpreted tour
Saturday 5 April 9.30 am
Auslan sign-interpreted tour of the Turner to Monet exhibition with Lucina Ward, Curator, International Paintings and Sculpture, and exhibition co-curator
Free | Bookings essential: +02 6240 6519 | meet in Gallery foyer
Awful shadow of some unseen power
Saturday 5 April 4.30 pm
Lucina Ward, Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, and exhibition co-curator, explores notions of the Sublime
Free | James O Fairfax Theatre
Turner to Monet descriptive tour
Saturday 5 April 5 pm
Descriptive tour of the Turner to Monet exhibition led by voluntary guides for people who are blind or have low vision
Free | Bookings essential: +02 6240 6519 | meet in Gallery foyer
![Paul Serusier Mother and child in a Breton landscape [Une Mère et son enfant dans un paysage breton] 1890 oil on canvas 73.2 x 60.0 cm Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth](/web/20081115054553im_/http://www.nga.gov.au/artonline/99/serusier.jpg)
Paul Serusier Mother and child in a Breton landscape [Une Mère et son enfant dans un paysage breton] 1890 oil on canvas 73.2 x 60.0 cm Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
Monet in series: country to city
Tuesday 8 April 12.45 pm
Niki van den Heuvel, Exhibition Assistant, explores Monet's landscapes from the artist's Vétheuil paintings of the late 1870s to his fin-de-siècle London cityscapes
Free | James O Fairfax Theatre
John Glover: the symbolic landscape
Saturday 12 April 4.30 pm
John McPhee, curator and independent art consultant, will discuss the development of symbolic intent in John Glover's landscapes
Free | James O Fairfax Theatre
Curator's perspective
Tuesday 15 April 12.45 pm
Lucina Ward, Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, and exhibition co-curator, will provide an illustrated introduction to Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape
Free | James O Fairfax Theatre
top image: Paul Gaugin Haystacks in Brittany [Meules de foin en Bretagne] [also known as The hayricks and The potato field] 1903 oil on canvas 74.3 x 93.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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
to 11 May 2008 | nga.gov.au/AustralianSurrealism | Events
Dusan Marek
a landlocked Czech Surrealist in the antipodes
Sunday 6 April 2 pm
Dusan Marek was a highly influential artist and experimental filmmaker. His biographer, Stephen Mould, discusses select works in the Australian Surrealism exhibition in the context of Marek's creative output
Free | Project Gallery
The bride stripped bare: Max Dupain and Surrealisim
Thursday 10 April 12.45 pm
Anne O'Hehir, Assistant Curator, Photography, talks about Max Dupain, his work and Surrealism in the 1930s
Free | Project Gallery
Members' cocktail reception
Thursday 10 April 5—7 pm
Meet exhibition curator Elena Taylor, Curator, Australian Painting and Sculpture, and delve into the secrets of Surrealism. Exhibition tour followed by cocktail reception in the Members' Lounge
$25 members and their guests | Bookings essential | meet in Gallery foyer
Mixing methods
Tuesday 15 April 10 am — 3 pm
(ages 16+) Join Penny Low, artist and Gallery Educator, to create your own artworks combining drawing, mono-printing and collage, taking inspiration from the Australian Surrealism exhibition. All skill levels welcome. BYO lunch
$20; $15 members/concession | Bookings essential | Orde Poynton Gallery and Small Theatre (meet in Gallery foyer)
Asian Art
Meditations and art
Buddhist art 'The image of Buddha and meditation'
Saturday 12 April 2 pm
Venerable Thich Quang Ba, Abbot of the Sakyamuni Buddhist Centre, introduces Buddhist art and meditation in the Theravada tradition
Free | Southeast Asian Gallery
Saville Park Suites special offers
Saville Park Suites Canberra is offering a special Turner to Monet package that includes:
hotel rooms starting from $197 or one bedroom apartments from $227 per night including: breakfast for two, car parking, and tickets to the Exhibition.
To book visit Saville Park Suites online at savillehotelgroup.com
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Martin Johnson Heade Sunlight and shadow, the Newbury Marshes c. 1871-75 oil on canvas 30.5 x 67.3 cm John Wilmerding Collection (Promised gift) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Part of the Turner to Monet exhibition
