A new book published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, celebrates Aboriginal culture, country and community. Aboriginal art is the world’s oldest continuing cultural tradition, celebrating a heritage that is complex, intriguing and continually responsive to historical change and social circumstance. One Sun, One Moon brings together many of the finest Aboriginal artists of our time.
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Translucent World is an exhibition of Chinese jade from the outstanding collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing, featuring the manifold uses of jade depicting nature as a reflection of human beliefs and emotions.
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The monumental recent work of this extraordinary artist will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales to 29 July 2007. This is the first time the Australian public has seen Anselm Kiefer's work in depth.
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The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents an exhibition of over 100 Australian etchings and wood engravings made between the 1880s and 1930s. The works are drawn from the gallery's permanent collection and will be on to 22 July 2007.
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Ishiuchi, one of Japan's leading contemporary photographers, will be the focus for an exhibition entitled mother's and will comprise 68 photos relating to her recently deceased mother. Ishiuchi was the artist chosen to represent Japan at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005.
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An incomplete world features paintings and photographs by leading international artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Sarah Morris, Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Ed Ruscha, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman.
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This year, the 86th year of Archibald, there were 640 entries for Archibald, 639 for the Wynne Prize and 433 for the Sulman Prize. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Judge for the Sulman prize was Hossein Valamanesh.
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TEZUKA Osamu is acknowledged as an artistic master, and is revered as the figurehead of the manga and anime industries in Japan. In the West he is best known for Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion which were serialised internationally for television in the 1960s.
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Artist Danelle Bergstrom from Sydney has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2007 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Australian actor, Jack Thompson called Take Two: Jack Thompson.
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The annual ARTEXPRESS exhibition is one of the gallery's most popular exhibitions, providing up-to the minute insights into students' creativity and the issues and ideas that are relevant to them. Drawn from works submitted for the NSW Higher School Certificate visual art examination, the ARTEXPRESS exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents 52 exceptional art works.
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For almost thirty years Howard Arkley (1951-1999) produced some of the most idiosyncratic and iconoclastic art in Australia. This exhibition represents the development of his oeuvre from the early 1970s to the final major works with which he was represented at the Venice Biennale in 1999. The exhibition runs from 10 March to 6 May 2007.
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This month Art After Hours presents a number of free events inspired by the Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga exhibition, including a Japanese animation (anime) film series. We also announce the return of our popular free DJ sets in the Artbar, perfect for a post-work Wednesday night drink.
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