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| CELEBRITY TALK
Is it reasonable to be emotional? with Moya Sayer-Jones, author & Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend "Modern Guru"
I think therefore I am? I feel therefore I'm sensitive? Modern Guru, Moya Sayer-Jones questions both these ideas in a witty and wise examination of modern behaviour. In her column for the Good Weekend, reason and emotion are always battling it out but Moya suspects they're both just pussies compared to that forgotten heavyweight hitter, instinct. Come and see if the old champ's still got what it takes. (Please check all baggage and entrenched opinions at the door!)
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| 7PM | 
| FBi 94.5FM DJ Nicholas Boyakovsky in the ARTBAR
Although normally found slugging out the best in underground Rock'n'Roll on FBi's Let's All Turn On, Nick has a passion for the undiscovered, often unpolished, but always wonderful gems of rare soul and rhythm and blues from the late 50s to the late 60s. He'll be presenting a set that'll move from adrenalised '4 on the floor' anthems to slow-dance crooners. |
| 7.15PM | | | FREE FILM
View a film from the Biennale inspired program South, compiled by Gallery film curator Robert Herbert.
Happy Together
Dir: Wong Kar-Wai 1997
96 mins 35mm Colour Rated MA15+
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung.
Cantonese with English subtitles
Follows the volatile romance between two gay Chinese expatriates living in Buenos Aires. Wong Kar-Wai's elliptical exploration of crazy love, loneliness and dislocation is simultaneously delirious, intimate and hyperkinetic. |
| 7.30PM | | | GUIDED TOURS
Free Guided tours of the Biennale of Sydney and permanent collection. |
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The RESEARCH LIBRARY, CAFE 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. |
| 6PM ART APPRECIATION LECTURE
Whistler's arrangements, symphonies and nocturnes. Presented by Ursula Prunster, Curator of Special Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
This lecture is part of the Modern Art in the Making Lecture Series. Single lectures $22/ $16 members. Bookings required. Telephone (02) 9225 1878 or book online HERE.
Image: Edgar Degas, After the bath, c.1900 Margaret Olley Trust 1994, AGNSW Collection |
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| BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
Until 15 August
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of the six venues involved in the 14th Biennale of Sydney. This year's theme is On Reason and Emotion and features over 51 artists from 32 countries.
Image: Helena Almeida Sem título 1994-95 (detail).
Collection of Fundação de Serralves, Museu de Arte Contempoánea, Porto |
| AUSTRALIAN POSTWAR PHOTODOCUMENTARY
Until 8 August
This exhibition explores the various guises and definitions of the documentary in Australian photography from 1945 and includes work by Max Dupain, David Moore, Sandy Edwards, Robert McFarlane, Mervyn Bishop and Roger Scott.
Image: Mervyn Bishop Lionel Rose at his press conference, 1968, Printed 1991. Hallmark Cards Australian Photography Collection Fund 1991. © Mervyn Bishop |
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| BRENT HARRIS
Until 1 August
Brent Harris' exhibition seeks to explore the visual and emotional realms of religious art, the human condition and individual search for meaning, both universal and personal.
Image: Brent Harris, The Face 2004, (detail) Courtesy of the artist and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
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| ASIAN GALLERIES
Opened in October 2003, the luminous and contemplative Asian galleries house treasures from the Asian art collection, the most diverse in Australia. From ancient tomb figures and ritual vessels to contemporary paintings, sculpture and prints, the displays span over 7000 years of artistic endeavour.
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