Wednesday Evenings
Every Wednesday night the Gallery is open late until 9pm.
The Gallery's weekly late night programme provides visitors with an opportunity to participate in a stimulating range of lectures, floortalks, artists' talks, films, dance and theatrical performances.
All programmes are subject to change, please check beforehand on (03) 941 7302. Limited places apply to some programmes. Admission is free unless otherwise stated.
Events are all held in the Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor, 6pm.
November 2008
Wed 5 Conservation and Restoration: Hands Off! (The Art of Not Touching)
Join Gallery conservator Lynn Campbell for a light-hearted look at how touching artworks can cause irreparable damage, and the delicate procedures required to conserve them.
Wed 12 Showcase International: Iranian New Wave Cinema
The first film in this showcase of Iranian films, opened by His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is Transit Café by director Kambozia Partovi. Winner at the Fajr Film Festival, this is a life-affirming portrait of a young widow who takes over her husband's run-down roadside café on the Iranian/Turkish border. Persian refreshments provided by the local Iranian community.
Wed 19 Showcase International: Cartooning for Peace
Renowned French cartoonist WIAZ from the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur and The Press cartoonist Al Nisbet in an off-the-cuff demonstration and discussion of their cartooning practice. Part of a national programme of events for the international conference exhibition 'Cartooning for Peace' – the brain child of French political cartoonist Plantu.
Wed 26 Appreciate, value, revalue
Curator Felicity Milburn provides an illustrated introduction into the work of celebrated Australian artist Fiona Hall.
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