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SUMMARY:Constantin Brancusi and 20th Century Scuplture
DESCRIPTION:Brancusi was the son of a peasant from a mountainous province of Romania\, yet he became an internationally famous artist and is now seen as one of\, if not the\, most important sculptors of the 20th century. How did this happen and what is so special about his work? Brancusi combined the Romanian wood working tradition with a Belles Arts fine art training. He also had an intuitive understanding of the significance of engineered products. A great friend of the inventor of Conceptual art\, Marcel Duchamp\, Brancusi is an enigmatic contradiction\, and this will be explored in this lecture\, along with his relevance to 20th century sculpture. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 7 May 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nMonday 11 May 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nWednesday 20 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nThursday 21 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 23 May 2026 Noosa (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/constantin-brancusi-and-20th-century-scuplture/2026-05-20/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
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SUMMARY:Constantin Brancusi and 20th Century Scuplture
DESCRIPTION:Brancusi was the son of a peasant from a mountainous province of Romania\, yet he became an internationally famous artist and is now seen as one of\, if not the\, most important sculptors of the 20th century. How did this happen and what is so special about his work? Brancusi combined the Romanian wood working tradition with a Belles Arts fine art training. He also had an intuitive understanding of the significance of engineered products. A great friend of the inventor of Conceptual art\, Marcel Duchamp\, Brancusi is an enigmatic contradiction\, and this will be explored in this lecture\, along with his relevance to 20th century sculpture. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 7 May 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nMonday 11 May 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nWednesday 20 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nThursday 21 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 23 May 2026 Noosa (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/constantin-brancusi-and-20th-century-scuplture/2026-05-21/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260521T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260521T130000
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SUMMARY:Public Art
DESCRIPTION:Public Art is a contentious subject. It is the most visible art form and therefore is an easy target. But how do they come to appear in our public spaces? This lecture\ntracks the development of public art over the last century and looks at various examples to see why are some loved and others loathed. It also explains the process of procurement from the initial commissioning to the production and installation. Drawing from my own experience and using case studies I take the audience through this process and try to show why we are all richer with the presence of art on the streets. \nDates and Locations \n​Thursday 21 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \n  \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/public-art/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260524
DTSTAMP:20260519T174806
CREATED:20251017T082056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T070945Z
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SUMMARY:Constantin Brancusi and 20th Century Scuplture
DESCRIPTION:Brancusi was the son of a peasant from a mountainous province of Romania\, yet he became an internationally famous artist and is now seen as one of\, if not the\, most important sculptors of the 20th century. How did this happen and what is so special about his work? Brancusi combined the Romanian wood working tradition with a Belles Arts fine art training. He also had an intuitive understanding of the significance of engineered products. A great friend of the inventor of Conceptual art\, Marcel Duchamp\, Brancusi is an enigmatic contradiction\, and this will be explored in this lecture\, along with his relevance to 20th century sculpture. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 7 May 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nMonday 11 May 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nWednesday 20 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nThursday 21 May 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 23 May 2026 Noosa (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/constantin-brancusi-and-20th-century-scuplture/2026-05-23/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260524T150000
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SUMMARY:August Rodin and 19th Century Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:Rodin is one of the heroic figures of 19th century art history and was internationally celebrated during his lifetime. But after his death his reputation slipped and there were questions about his use of the female image. Now that is very much being reassessed and he is seen as having in one career taken sculpture on a revolutionary path equivalent to what the Realists\, Impressionists and Post Impressionists did with many careers. This lecture surveys his work showing why he is one of the greatest sculptors ever\, looking at his work in relationship to 19th century sculpture as well assessing his continuing relevance. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 15 May​ 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nSaturday 16 May 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \n​Sunday 24 May 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/august-rodin-and-19th-century-sculpture-2/2026-05-24/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTSTAMP:20260519T174806
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SUMMARY:The Arts and Crafts of Kashmir
DESCRIPTION:For many people\, Kashmir conjures up a beautiful valley surrounded by the snow capped peaks of the Himalayas\, for others it is a land of conflict. But what is less well known is that it has been of historic artistic importance for nearly 2000 years. This lecture introduces the astonishing diversity of arts and crafts produced in this tiny area\, influenced by Buddhist\, Hindu and Islamic cultures. It explores Buddhist sculptures\, Hindu temples\, great Islamic gardens\, paintings\, calligraphy\, Moghul carpets and Kashmir shawls. Despite its troubled history\, Kashmir has fostered a unique environment of artistic diversity and religious co-existence. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 6 May 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nSunday 10 May 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 13 May 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nWednesday 27 May 2026 Adelaide (SA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-arts-and-crafts-of-kashmir/2026-05-27/1/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260527T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260527T190000
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CREATED:20251030T062313Z
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SUMMARY:Sculpture and Science Fiction
DESCRIPTION:This lecture traces the relationship between the histories of sculpture and science fiction in the 20th century. Starting with Jacob Epstein’s Rock Drill of 1913 the lecture will show how the search by many artists for a simplified expression of human experience created imagery that fed into the depiction of robots and aliens in Science Fiction films. This became a cross-cultural fertilisation when artists started incorporating Sci-Fi imagery into their own work particularly with the advent of Pop Art. The lecture explains how Modernist sculpture created an arena of the unknown that worked perfectly as an experimental lab for symbols and forms ready to be appropriated by film makers who boldly went where no man or woman had gone before. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 27 May 2026 Toowoomba (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/sculpture-and-science-fiction/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528
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SUMMARY:The Arts and Crafts of Kashmir
DESCRIPTION:For many people\, Kashmir conjures up a beautiful valley surrounded by the snow capped peaks of the Himalayas\, for others it is a land of conflict. But what is less well known is that it has been of historic artistic importance for nearly 2000 years. This lecture introduces the astonishing diversity of arts and crafts produced in this tiny area\, influenced by Buddhist\, Hindu and Islamic cultures. It explores Buddhist sculptures\, Hindu temples\, great Islamic gardens\, paintings\, calligraphy\, Moghul carpets and Kashmir shawls. Despite its troubled history\, Kashmir has fostered a unique environment of artistic diversity and religious co-existence. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 6 May 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nSunday 10 May 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 13 May 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nWednesday 27 May 2026 Adelaide (SA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-arts-and-crafts-of-kashmir/2026-05-27/2/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260530T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260530T110000
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SUMMARY:Shopping As An Art Form
DESCRIPTION:Art is seen as sacred\, whilst shopping is frivolous. Yet the two have been intertwined throughout history. When painting changed from the fresco on walls to oil on wood it became portable and a readily traded commodity. More recently there has been a great shift in retail brought on by internet sales. A shop now has to be a destination offering an experience not just a product. It is closer to a gallery with products displayed like art objects. Indeed\, historical items might be exhibited in glass cases like in a museum demonstrating the longevity of the brand. Think of Niketown or the Apple stores. Artists have been commenting on this such as Claus Oldenburg’s The Store\, Fischli & Weiss’ Prada Marfa and Tracey Emin & Sarah Lucas’ The Shop. Culture is now commerce\, so is shopping now an art form? \nDates and Locations \nSaturday 30 May 2026 Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/shopping-as-an-art-form/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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