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6.30PM
CELEBRITY TALK in association with The Arts of Islam
Aheda Zanetti, designer.
Burqini designer Aheda Zanetti talks to Saara Sabbagh, Director of "My Dress, My Image, My Choice" a project that is touring parts of Australia this year aiming at bringing Islamic fashion and the concept of the hejab to the Australian fashion scene.
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5.30PM
POETRY READING in The Arts of Islam exhibition
Omeima Sukkarieh and Ali Hellany are both Australian Muslims born in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. Part of the Auburn Poets and Writers' Group, Omeima and Ali have recently performed Ruminations as part of the 2007 Sydney Writers' Festival. With music weaving between their words, Omeima and Ali will recite their own poetry as well as poetry by legendary historic Muslim poets, Rumi and Hafez. Image: Omeima Sukkarieh and Ali Hellany  |  | 5.30PM
COLLECTION TALK
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection Part of a series of talks focusing on the gallery's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection. Image: Bronwyn Bancroft, Black Sister Family, 1995, © Bronwyn Bancroft. Licensed VISCOPY, Sydney. |  | 7.15PM
FREE FILM
The Arts of Islam Film Series
The Iranian New Wave Blackboards
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FREE LECTURE
Eleanor Dearin Between War and Art - Centenary Auditorium. Recently returned from Afghanistan, Eleanor Dearin shares her curatorial experience in Kabul in a compelling visual presentation. Using a documentary eye she produces photographs of everyday life in a recovering war zone, the city and people.
Between War and Art will look at how a calligraphy exhibition is pulled together under difficult circumstances, how artisans, calligraphers, potters and woodworkers have kept their traditions alive. |  | 7.30PM
ARTBAR in association with The Arts of Islam
Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection
Kim Sanders
World music pioneer Kim Sanders plays music from Turkey to Indonesia using a variety of traditional flutes and reed instruments.
Kim Sanders has studied and performed in Turkey, West Africa, China and Indonesia. He will perform music from the world of Islam on a variety of traditional instruments including the nay – the flute used by the Whirling Dervishes. |  |
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AUSTRALIAN BOOKBINDERS EXHIBITION 2007
until 27 September
Bookbindings by Wayne Stock | THE ARTS OF ISLAM
Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection
until 23 September
Gilded and enamelled glass mosque lamp. Egypt, c. 1385. Khalili Collection | PARADISE THEN ARTHUR FLEISCHMANN IN BALI 1937-39
until 29 August
Arthur Fleischman Study of Balinese Legong dancer 1939 (detail) | |
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ONE SUN ONE MOON
until 9 December
Freddie Timms (Australia, b.circa 1946) Jack Yard, 2004 28.2005.a-b | | MODERN BRITISH WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS
until 14 October
Edward Burra, The white peacock 1960 © Estate of Edward Burra (detail) | |
The Cafe, Research Library and Gallery Shop are open until 8.45pm.
The Art After Hours Courtesy Bus runs every 15 minutes from the Gallery to
surrounding car parks and Martin Place from 7pm to 9pm.
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