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Highlights

 

• The Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture 2008
  Thursday 20 November | 6pm
  
  

  The 2008 Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture will be given by Paul Stiles who will discuss the nature of the market and its spiritual implications.

  The market-driven world we live in is one of many forms of society that we choose to create. So where did this one come from? This lecture presents a revolutionary answer. Our Market Age is not primarily the product of social, economic or political ideology; or the triumph of science over religion; or the confluence of guns, germs and steel; but something much more fundamental – a catastrophic error in how we view the nature of reality. This error has collapsed our interior lives and transformed the market into our modern deity, with tragic consequences for our social and environmental systems. Can we fix it?

   Paul Stiles grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Harvard honours graduate in Government and has published two books. During his early career he worked on the bond trading desk for Merrill Lynch - an experience which became the subject of his first book, Riding the bull: my year in the madness at Merrill Lynch. His second publication, Is the American dream killing you? How ‘the Market’ rules our lives, catalogued the damage that unbridled market forces have wreaked on American society over the past half-century. He is currently working on a third book about the nature of the market and its spiritual implications. Paul Stiles currently lives with his wife and two children in Spain.
  Free | James O Fairfax Theatre | Bookings essential

 

• 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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