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Art after dark
Photo: Daniel Mahon
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Hurry Last Days!
Picasso is leaving Melbourne
There are only 11 days to go until Picasso leaves Melbourne. The successful exhibition Picasso: Love & War 1935 – 1945 must close at 5pm on Sunday 8 October. Don’t miss out!
The exhibition is open 10am – 5pm daily. You can also catch the last days of Picasso during art after dark when the exhibition is open until 9pm Wednesday and until midnight from Thursday 5 October – Saturday 7 October.
Date Now showing until 8 October
Cost $20 / $16 NGV Member & Concession
Venue NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd
Principal Sponsor Mazda
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/picasso
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
- art after dark - Introductory Talks: Picasso in Context
Date Wednesdays at 6pm, and on Thursday 5, Friday 6 & Saturday 7 Oct, 6pm & 7.30pm
Buy a PICASSO Letter!
The illuminated PICASSO lettering (pictured above) has greeted visitors to NGV International for the duration of Picasso: Love & War and has quickly become one of Melbourne’s greatest tourist attractions! The letters are set to go under the hammer as part of NGV Contemporary’s annual fundraising party.
Along with a number of other rare and exclusive experiences and items up for auction, the letters from the PICASSO sign will be auctioned at the party on 5 October 2006. You don't need to attend the event to bid. Bids can be made by contacting
03 8620 2413 or deborah.hart@ngv.vic.gov.au.
City Dining Guide
During the last of the art after dark evenings enjoy the City’s amazing dining options before or after seeing Picasso: Love & War 1935-1945. Arts, culture and fabulous food – this is the ultimate Melbourne experience! For more information including where you can get your free copy of the pocket City Dining Guide, visit www.thatsmelbourne.com.au
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Charles Blackman
born Australia 1928 Goodbye feet (1956)
tempera and oil on
composition board
116.3 x 121.8 cm.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1999
© Charles Blackman/
Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Sydney 2006
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Goodbye Feet!
Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland – Closes 15 October
Charles Blackman is one of Australia’s most important living artists. Following an Australia-wide search, 43 of Blackman’s 46 paintings from the Alice in Wonderland series are reunited in this Melbourne-exclusive exhibition.
Be sure to say 'goodbye' to this beautiful exhibition before it closes on 15 October.
Date Now showing until 15 October
Cost $10 / $5 NGV Member / $7 Concession
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/blackman
Program highlights include:
- Alice in Wonderland Afternoon Tea Party at the Windsor
Date Thursday 12 Oct, 2.30-4pm
- Free Film: Charles Blackman: Dreams and Shadows
Date Wednesday 11 Oct, 1pm & Saturday 14 Oct, 2pm
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Petrina Hicks Lauren
born Australia 1972 Lauren 2003, printed 2006
from the Lauren series 2003
light jet photograph
152.0 x 127.0cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Purchased with funds arranged by Loti Smorgon for Contemporary Australian Photography, 2006
© Courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney
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Light Sensitive
Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund
Photography pushes boundaries to impress, entertain, intrigue and interact with audiences.
Date Now showing until 18 February
Cost Admission is free
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Web www.ngv.vic.gov.au/lightsensitive
Program highlights include:
- Short Talk: Exhibition Introduction
Date Friday 27 Oct, 2pm
- Free Artist Talks
Date Saturday 28 Oct, 3.30pm and Sunday 26 Nov, 3.30pm
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Brook Andrew
YOU’VEALWAYSWANTED
TOBEBLACK, 2006 video
installation with boxing ring
and taxonomised birds.
Courtesy the artist and
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi © Brook Andrew/Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney 2006 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi
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Melbourne International Arts Festival
Brook Andrew: YOU’VEALWAYSWANTEDTOBEBLACK
Presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival and The National Gallery of Victoria.
Brook Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist known for his perspective in unveiling different historical ‘truths’. This Melbourne International Arts Festival commission draws its inspiration from the Melbourne Museum’s collection of Australian birds and imagery from early 20th century anthropological expeditions – whose focus was collecting Aboriginal cultural objects from Western Victoria and NSW.
Date 12 October – 19 November 2006
Cost Admission is free
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Web www.melbournefestival.com.au
Program highlights include:
- Curator Floor Talk
Date Friday 20 Oct, 12.30pm
- Artist and Curator in Conversation:
Brook Andrew and Jason Smith
Date Saturday 4 Nov, 12:30pm
The Melbourne International Arts Festival Visual Arts Program:
Unsettled Boundaries brings together a diverse array of artists, special projects and exhibitions that provide a broad sampling of animal imagery in contemporary arts practice. Painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography and mixed media work all feature as part of Unsettled Boundaries. For more information on the Festival’s 2006 Visual Arts Program visit www.melbournefestival.com.au |
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October Public Programs not to be missed!
- Brass Band Performance
Date Monday 2 Oct, 11am & 2pm
- An Interview with Professor Ronald de Leeuw, Director, Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
Organised in conjunction with Museums Australia (Victoria)
Date Monday 9 Oct, 12:30pm
- Melbourne International Arts Festival - Animal Pause: Children's Trail
Dates Thu 12 Oct - Sun 19 Nov, 10am -5pm
- Special Free Lecture: Richard I'Anson
Organised in conjunction with Kodak
Date Tuesday 17 October, 7 - 10pm
- Public Galleries Association of Victoria: Get Into Art Open Day
Date Sunday 29 Oct, 10am-5pm
- Philosophy Course: Civilization
Presented in conjunction with The University of Melbourne
Dates Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 Oct & 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov, 2-4pm OR
Wednesdays 11, 18, 25 Oct & 1, 8, 15 Nov, Thursday 23 Nov & Wednesday 29 Nov, 6-8pm
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NGV Members
After Hours Viewing - Ikat: Asian resist-dyed textiles
Join us for this after hours NGV Members viewing, mingle with your fellow Members and stay on until 9pm to enjoy the buzz of art after dark.
This exhibition explores the range of motifs, media and context of Asian ‘Ikat’ textiles and costume and the journey of the Ikat tradition throughout Asia.
Speaker Carol Cains, NGV Curator Asian Art
Date Wednesday 4 Oct, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Cost $30 NGV Member / $45 Guests
Venue NGV International, St Kilda Road (NGV Members Room)
Event Code G041006
Bookings (03) 8620 2233 or email members@ngv.vic.gov.au
(Tickets are limited so please book early)
Free Exhibition Entry to New NGV Members!*
Become an NGV Member now and receive free tickets/s to the Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland exhibition, plus many other great benefits.
Exclusive Members Preview - Thomas Harrison: Milliner
Date Thursday 28 Sept, 2-5pm
Cost Admission is free
Venue The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Five Reasons to Renew Your NGV Membership:
- Exclusive Previews
- Special Access
- NGV Member Discounts
- Priority Queuing
- Tailored Programming
Renew your membership before the card's expiry date of 30 September 2006 and receive a copy of From Paris with Love: The Graphic Arts in France from 1880s - 1950s by Alisa Bunbury. This beautifully presented 112 page catalogue normally retails for $39.95.
For full Terms and Conditions please click here or phone (03) 8662 1522
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