Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Exhibition of masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris on view in Sydney

November 16, 2011 by  
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions

SYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales is hosting the most significant exhibition of Picasso’s art ever held in Australia. 150 important paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings created by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) have come from the artist’s personal collection – works he was determined never to relinquish. Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris is the most ambitious exhibition ever undertaken by the Gallery. Jointly organised by Musée National Picasso, the Art Gallery of NSW and Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA), [...]

Entombed for Over 2000 Years, Warriors of China’s First Emperor, Arrive in Sydney

December 2, 2010 by  
Filed under Antiques & Archaeology

SYDNEY.- The First Emperor: China’s entombed warriors brings to Sydney one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our time. Australia was the first country outside China to see these figures in the exhibition Qin Shihuang: Terracotta warriors and horses in Sydney in early 1983. It is therefore fitting that the Art Gallery of New South Wales should organise their return in an exhibition presenting over 120 objects, with 10 of the world-renowned warriors and horses, and significant recent finds from the [...]

Art Gallery of New South Wales Announces that Suzanne Archer Wins the 2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing

November 5, 2010 by  
Filed under Artists & People

SYDNEY.- It was announced today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales that Suzanne Archer is the winner of the 2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing for her work Derangement.  Suzanne Archer was awarded $25,000 for winning Australia’s most important prize for drawing. This year there were 635 entries, of which 45 are included in the exhibition.  Suzanne Archer was awarded $25,000 for winning Australia’s most important prize for drawing The subject of the winning drawing is a self-portrait of the artist in [...]

Kenneth Reed Announces His Significant Bequest to the Art Gallery of New South Wales

October 22, 2010 by  
Filed under Museums & Galleries

SYDNEY.- Kenneth Reed today announced his intention to bequeath to the Art Gallery of New South Wales a substantial collection of old master paintings, Italian Maiolica and European 18th-century porcelain. Numbering over 70 items in total the Ken Reed bequest will represent a most significant addition to the gallery’s European collection said Edmund Capon, Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Abraham Bloemaert, Cimon and Iphigenia, late 1620s. Oil on panel, 36.9 x 52.1 cm Mr Reed, a Sydney-based retired [...]

Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris Exhibition Arrives at Its Final Destination

ADELAIDE.- After enchanting audiences in Sydney and Melbourne, the sumptuous exhibition Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris arrives at its final destination, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Around a hundred lavishly beautiful works of art are on show from 23 July until 4 October, in celebration of Rupert Bunny (1864-1947), Australia’s most successful expatriate artist. Melbourne-born Rupert Bunny led a fascinating life and spent more than four decades living and working in France at the turn of last century. [...]

Art Gallery of NSW on iTunes Connects with People All Around the World

June 23, 2010 by  
Filed under Featured, Museums & Galleries

SYDNEY.- Today the Art Gallery of New South Wales announced the provision of free access to a selection of rich educational content for life-long learners, students and people interested in knowing more about Sydney’s premier gallery. To date this ‘service’ has only been available to Australian universities and schools. The Art Gallery of NSW now joins a number of distinguished organisations over 600 universities and numerous schools that distribute their information free to the public. The Art Gallery of NSW, [...]

Gleeson O’Keefe Foundation Provide Funds to Acquire Sidney Nolan Painting

SYDNEY.- In 2000, in association with the Olympics in Sydney, the Art Gallery of New South Wales staged a special display of its Australian collections under the title, Australian Icons. Central to the display was the work of Sidney Nolan, whom many consider to be the most influential painter in the history of 20th century Australian art. The selected Nolan works from the collection demonstrated that Nolan was inadequately represented in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Thus the [...]

Major Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Rupert Bunny Opens in Melbourne

MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria today opens a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Rupert Bunny (1864–1947). Melbourne-born Bunny was one of the most successful artists of his generation. Living most of his life in France, no other Australian artist achieved the accolades Bunny received in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. This is the first major exhibition of Bunny’s work since 1991. Organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and curated by Deborah Edwards, [...]