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SUMMARY:On The Wild Side: Filming Creatures Great and Small
DESCRIPTION:Pieter will share his techniques for capturing extraordinary images for Sir David Attenborough and National Geographic from playful macaque monkeys to majestic cassowaries in Australia. From playful Macaque monkeys in China to majestic Cassowaries in Northern Australia\, the lecture will be illustrated with segments from Pieter’s nature documentaries. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1 April 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nSaturday 13 June 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nThursday 18 June 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 20 June 2026 Rockhampton \nSunday 21 June 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 24 June 2026 Toowoomba (QLD) \nFriday 26 June​ 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \n​Sunday 28 June 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nThursday 5 November 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nFriday 6 November 2026 Mornington Peninsula (VIC) \nWednesday 11 November 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nWednesday​ 18 November 2026 Tamworth (NSW) \nThursday 19 November 2026 Armidale (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/on-the-wild-side-filming-creatures-great-and-small/2026-06-26/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260627T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260627T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251211T214713Z
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SUMMARY:Inside Titanic: Unveiling Titanic’s Intimate Secrets
DESCRIPTION:This leading cinematographer tells how he descended almost 4000 metres below the waves to film the wreckage of the Titanic\, for James Cameron’s 3-D IMAX documentary Ghosts of the Abyss. Pieter will tell of his exhilaration and initial apprehension at journeying so far beneath the ocean’s surface in a submersible craft. We’ll see segments of his work and hear behind-the-scenes stories about how cutting-edge remote camera technology unveiled Titanic’s intimate secrets. \nDates and Locations \nSaturday 27 June 2026 Noosa (QLD) \nThursday 12 November 2026 Melbourne (VIC) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/inside-titanic-unveiling-titanics-intimate-secrets/2026-06-27/
CATEGORIES:QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251020T002431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T003429Z
UID:10000681-1782658800-1782662400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:On The Wild Side: Filming Creatures Great and Small
DESCRIPTION:Pieter will share his techniques for capturing extraordinary images for Sir David Attenborough and National Geographic from playful macaque monkeys to majestic cassowaries in Australia. From playful Macaque monkeys in China to majestic Cassowaries in Northern Australia\, the lecture will be illustrated with segments from Pieter’s nature documentaries. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1 April 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nSaturday 13 June 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nThursday 18 June 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 20 June 2026 Rockhampton \nSunday 21 June 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 24 June 2026 Toowoomba (QLD) \nFriday 26 June​ 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \n​Sunday 28 June 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nThursday 5 November 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nFriday 6 November 2026 Mornington Peninsula (VIC) \nWednesday 11 November 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nWednesday​ 18 November 2026 Tamworth (NSW) \nThursday 19 November 2026 Armidale (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/on-the-wild-side-filming-creatures-great-and-small/2026-06-28/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260629T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260629T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251209T104307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T104307Z
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SUMMARY:Mediterranean Garden Design
DESCRIPTION:Mediterranean garden design is partly shaped by climate and by the flora that evolved in Southern Europe\, North Africa and the Middle East. Elements of xeriscapes\, gravel gardens and Paradise Gardens have added to the visual language of the Mediterranean garden\, along with traditions in other winter rainfall regions such as California and South-West WA. This talk illustrates some emblematic Mediterranean garden designs and traces the concepts of a regional garden style that has renewed relevance and global significance in current conditions. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 29 June 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on the location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/mediterranean-garden/
CATEGORIES:WA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260702
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251124T021114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T041347Z
UID:10000349-1782864000-1782950399@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:The Venice Biennale: A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution.
DESCRIPTION:A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution\, Charlie will discuss the inception and concept of the Biennale in 1895 when cultural tourism events were springing up around Europe. Attracting a crowd of 224\,000 visitors\, and only pausing during the two world wars\, the Venice Biennale has become a hugely significant art show\, and has inspired hundreds of other biennales. Over 40 countries send representatives to their national ‘pavilions’. Charlie will also examine its influence in the Contemporary Art world over the last 130 years. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1 July 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nWednesday 8 July Geelong (VIC) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Murray River (NSW/VIC) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-venice-biennale-a-many-headed-beast-that-emerged-from-the-supposed-civilising-enlightened-spirit-of-the-napoleonic-revolution/2026-07-01/
CATEGORIES:NSW,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260701T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260701T133000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000412-1782912600-1782912600@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Paintbrushes At Dawn: The World’s Greatest Artistic Feuds
DESCRIPTION:The celebrated controversialist\, Christopher Hitchens\, once wrote that a first rate bust up requires one of at least two things: a clash of strong personalities\, and a conflict of principles. The history of art is peppered with first rate bust ups: between the Renaissance artists\, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti\, between Constable and Turner in the early 1830s\, between Salvador Dali and the Surrealist leader\, Andre Breton in the 1930s and\, most recently\, between the graffiti artists Banksy and ‘King’ Robbo\, who painted over each other’s works. There are many more. They are highly entertaining\, but they also highlight key issues in art history. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1st July 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nFriday 10 July 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nSaturday 11 July 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 18 July 2026 Noosa (QLD) \n​Sunday 19 July 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nSaturday 25 July 2026 Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/paintbrushes-at-dawn-the-worlds-greatest-artistic-feuds/2026-07-01/
CATEGORIES:QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260703
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T063024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T012057Z
UID:10000237-1782950400-1783036799@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Spectacular Bodies: Art\, Anatomy\, Medical Science
DESCRIPTION:Without the help of some supremely talented artists\, sculptors\, draughtsmen and engravers\, the practice of medicine would not have advanced as rapidly as it did. This talk examines the mutual benefits that art and medical science have bestowed upon one another; it refers\, as one would expect\, to the art of great Renaissance masters such as Leonardo\, Antonio Pollaiuolo and Michelangelo\, but it also considers examples of work by (among others) Rembrandt\, Hogarth\, the American realist painter Thomas Eakins and the English artist Henry Tonks\, who was both a distinguished surgeon and a gifted painter and teacher. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 2 July 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nMonday 6 July 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nWednesday 22 July 2026 Toowoomba (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/spectacular-bodies-art-anatomy-medical-science/2026-07-02/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260702T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260702T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T072022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T043709Z
UID:10000259-1782986400-1783004400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Renaissance Rivals: How Competition Between Leonardo\, Michelangelo and Raphael Provided the Fuel that Drove the Italian Renaissance. Special Interest Event
DESCRIPTION:This special interest event will look at three giants of the Italian Renaissance who were involved in fierce competition with each other: Leonardo\, the master\, Michelangelo\, the brooding upstart genius\, and Raphael\, the artist who carefully crafted a stellar career in the shadows\, to emerge as a bright light that was tragically extinguished by an early death just as he began to be recognised in his own right. \n‘Everything that Raphael had\, he took from me’\, is what Michelangelo remarked as Pope Julius II pitted them against each other in the Vatican. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 2 July 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nWednesday 15 July 2026 Canberra (ACT) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/renaissance-rivals-how-competition-between-leonardo-michelangelo-and-raphael-provided-the-fuel-that-drove-the-italian-renaissance/2026-07-02/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260703T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260703T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T072813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T051643Z
UID:10000242-1783087200-1783090800@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Is This The Real Life? How Writers and Artists have Challenged our Perceptions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:When Lucy goes through the wardrobe into Narnia\, when Harry Potter opens his letter and when Neo takes the red pill\, they all discover that the worlds they thought they knew are only part of the truth. From Plato onwards\, writers and artists have been inspired to push beyond the everyday and to create other worlds that inspire our imaginations. This lecture explores what these stories tell us about how we view our lives and what it is that we most desire. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 3 July 2026 Blue Mountains (NSW) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Narrabri (NSW) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Scone (NSW) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Armidale (NSW) \nTuesday 21 July 2026 Hunter (NSW) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Coffs Coast (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/is-this-the-real-life-how-writers-and-artists-have-challenged-our-perceptions-of-reality/2026-07-03/
CATEGORIES:NSW
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260703T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260703T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251203T032951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T033651Z
UID:10000447-1783099800-1783105200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:'The Good\, the Bad and the Ugly': Unexpected Uses of Portraiture
DESCRIPTION:This lecture considers some of the more unusual uses of portraiture from building an encyclopaedia of the tattoos that recorded Russian prisoners’ crimes to demonstrating the effects of genetics.  These uses are only two examples from a range of artists producing startling portraits for reasons that may be amusing\, profoundly moving and completely unexpected. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 3 July 2026 Mornington Peninsula (VIC) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-unexpected-uses-of-portraiture/
CATEGORIES:VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260705T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260705T153000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T055304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T000905Z
UID:10000284-1783260000-1783265400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Peggy Guggenheim: A Life of Collecting
DESCRIPTION:Describing herself by writing\, “I am a museum”\, Peggy Guggenheim’s life took a clear path\, from setting up a commercial gallery in London\, going on a single-minded shopping trip to Paris in the late 1930’s even as the German tanks were rolling in to the suburbs\, to escape (with her selection of European artists) to New York and the subsequent establishment of her museum (and Arts centre)\, and finally the purchase of the eccentric ‘unfinished palazzo’ in Venice\, her collection remains one of the most iconic assemblages of Twentieth century art in the world. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 22 June 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nTuesday 23 June 2026 Launceston (TAS) \nSunday 5 July 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 8 July 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nMonday 20 July 2026 Fleurieu (SA) \nSaturday 25 July 2026 Perth (WA) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/peggy-guggenheim-a-life-of-collecting/2026-07-05/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T063024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T012057Z
UID:10000289-1783360800-1783364400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Spectacular Bodies: Art\, Anatomy\, Medical Science
DESCRIPTION:Without the help of some supremely talented artists\, sculptors\, draughtsmen and engravers\, the practice of medicine would not have advanced as rapidly as it did. This talk examines the mutual benefits that art and medical science have bestowed upon one another; it refers\, as one would expect\, to the art of great Renaissance masters such as Leonardo\, Antonio Pollaiuolo and Michelangelo\, but it also considers examples of work by (among others) Rembrandt\, Hogarth\, the American realist painter Thomas Eakins and the English artist Henry Tonks\, who was both a distinguished surgeon and a gifted painter and teacher. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 2 July 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nMonday 6 July 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nWednesday 22 July 2026 Toowoomba (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/spectacular-bodies-art-anatomy-medical-science/2026-07-06/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260706T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260706T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251210T040531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T041000Z
UID:10000602-1783360800-1783364400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Love Actually: Your Favourite Christmas Movie Will Never Be the Same!
DESCRIPTION:When Richard Curtis interwove ten stories with equal doses of comedy and tragedy in Love Actually\, he created one of our best loved Christmas movies. But could it be that the stories are not all that they seem? In this entirely original (and definitely unauthorised) lecture\, Mary presents her insights into how Shakespeare’s four great tragedies (and other classical masterpieces) lurk just below the surface. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 6 July 2026 Mudgee (NSW) \nThursday 9 July 2026 Shoalhaven (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/love-actually-your-favourite-christmas-movie-will-never-be-the-same/2026-07-06/
CATEGORIES:NSW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T030835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T001311Z
UID:10000697-1783447200-1783450800@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Cartoons and Contraptions: The Wonderful World of W.Heath Robinson
DESCRIPTION:W. Heath Robinson became famous for designing bizarrely complicated devices for the simplest of tasks like wart removal or pancake making. He and his gadgets became so famous that Bletchley Park named one of their wartime code-breaking machines after him. Later still\, some of the contraptions in Wallace and Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers are based on a gadget filled house that he made for the Ideal Home Show in 1934. Heath Robinson was also a fine painter\, an outstanding literary illustrator and a brilliant satirist\, who poked gentle fun at modern life in cartoons that are still hilarious… \nDates and Locations \nTuesday 7 July 2026 Launceston (TAS) \nSaturday 11 July 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/cartoons-and-contraptions-the-wonderful-world-of-w-heath-robinson/2026-07-07/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T055304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T000905Z
UID:10000344-1783506600-1783510200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Peggy Guggenheim: A Life of Collecting
DESCRIPTION:Describing herself by writing\, “I am a museum”\, Peggy Guggenheim’s life took a clear path\, from setting up a commercial gallery in London\, going on a single-minded shopping trip to Paris in the late 1930’s even as the German tanks were rolling in to the suburbs\, to escape (with her selection of European artists) to New York and the subsequent establishment of her museum (and Arts centre)\, and finally the purchase of the eccentric ‘unfinished palazzo’ in Venice\, her collection remains one of the most iconic assemblages of Twentieth century art in the world. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 22 June 2026 Hobart (TAS) \nTuesday 23 June 2026 Launceston (TAS) \nSunday 5 July 2026 Cairns (QLD) \nWednesday 8 July 2026 Geelong (VIC) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nMonday 20 July 2026 Fleurieu (SA) \nSaturday 25 July 2026 Perth (WA) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/peggy-guggenheim-a-life-of-collecting/2026-07-08/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260709
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251124T021114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T041347Z
UID:10000350-1783533600-1783537200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:The Venice Biennale: A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution.
DESCRIPTION:A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution\, Charlie will discuss the inception and concept of the Biennale in 1895 when cultural tourism events were springing up around Europe. Attracting a crowd of 224\,000 visitors\, and only pausing during the two world wars\, the Venice Biennale has become a hugely significant art show\, and has inspired hundreds of other biennales. Over 40 countries send representatives to their national ‘pavilions’. Charlie will also examine its influence in the Contemporary Art world over the last 130 years. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1 July 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nWednesday 8 July Geelong (VIC) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Murray River (NSW/VIC) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-venice-biennale-a-many-headed-beast-that-emerged-from-the-supposed-civilising-enlightened-spirit-of-the-napoleonic-revolution/2026-07-08/
CATEGORIES:NSW,VIC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251210T083535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T083535Z
UID:10000616-1783533600-1783537200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Gentility\, Gossip and Gallantry: Common Misconceptions About Jane Austen
DESCRIPTION:Jane Austen’s novels are often characterised as lightweight romances dealing in trivialities and portraying a limited social sphere\, reflecting the constricted circumstances of the author’s own life. This lecture offers an alternative reading\, suggesting Austen is not interested in romance but moral challenge\, not a mild spinster but a social commentator of contemporary relevance. Mary will read and discuss extracts from Emma and Pride and Prejudice\, posing and considering questions such as how we should view the tedious Miss Bates to whom Emma is so famously insolent and how we should judge the over-excitable Mrs Bennet. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 8 July 2026 Orange (NSW) \nTuesday 28 July 2026 Bowral (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/gentility-gossip-and-gallantry-common-misconceptions-about-jane-austen/2026-07-08/
CATEGORIES:NSW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T071335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T053244Z
UID:10000389-1783584000-1783616400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Florence and the Birth of the Italian Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:We are all so familiar with the ideas and culture of the Italian Renaissance\, a phenomenon that emerged in the 15th century. But why did Florence act as the midwife for this evolution? What did the city provide that enabled this birth and encouraged it to flourish? Is it something that was so efficiently reported and propagandised by people such as Giorgio Vasari\, the 16th century artist and art historian\, that we accept that Florence was indeed where the Italian Renaissance emerged? \nDates and Locations \nThursday 9 July 2026 Melbourne (VIC) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Canberra (ACT) \nWednesday 22 July 2026 Adelaide (SA) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/florence-and-the-birth-of-the-italian-renaissance/2026-07-09/1/
CATEGORIES:ACT,SA,VIC,WA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251210T040531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T041000Z
UID:10000603-1783621800-1783625400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Love Actually: Your Favourite Christmas Movie Will Never Be the Same!
DESCRIPTION:When Richard Curtis interwove ten stories with equal doses of comedy and tragedy in Love Actually\, he created one of our best loved Christmas movies. But could it be that the stories are not all that they seem? In this entirely original (and definitely unauthorised) lecture\, Mary presents her insights into how Shakespeare’s four great tragedies (and other classical masterpieces) lurk just below the surface. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 6 July 2026 Mudgee (NSW) \nThursday 9 July 2026 Shoalhaven (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/love-actually-your-favourite-christmas-movie-will-never-be-the-same/2026-07-09/
CATEGORIES:NSW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T071335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T053244Z
UID:10000268-1783625400-1783629000@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Florence and the Birth of the Italian Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:We are all so familiar with the ideas and culture of the Italian Renaissance\, a phenomenon that emerged in the 15th century. But why did Florence act as the midwife for this evolution? What did the city provide that enabled this birth and encouraged it to flourish? Is it something that was so efficiently reported and propagandised by people such as Giorgio Vasari\, the 16th century artist and art historian\, that we accept that Florence was indeed where the Italian Renaissance emerged? \nDates and Locations \nThursday 9 July 2026 Melbourne (VIC) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Canberra (ACT) \nWednesday 22 July 2026 Adelaide (SA) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/florence-and-the-birth-of-the-italian-renaissance/2026-07-09/2/
CATEGORIES:ACT,SA,VIC,WA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-Florence-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T222347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T082038Z
UID:10000475-1783679400-1783683000@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei? Repression and Resistance in Recent Chinese Art
DESCRIPTION:When Chinese authorities arrested Ai Weiwei in 2011\, the graffiti artist – Tangerine (Tang Chen)\, stencilled his image\, Banksy-like\, thousands of times all over Hong Kong\, with the question ‘Who’s afraid of Ai Weiwei?’ Ai became the best-known symbol of resistance to Chinese repression\, but many of his friends and peers risked the wrath of the Chinese state. In addition to Ai himself\, the lecture examines the coded resistance of Ai’s friends in the Beijing East Village art community. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 10 July 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Northern Rivers (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/ai-weiwei/2026-07-10/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venning-Afraid-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T133000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000413-1783686600-1783690200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Paintbrushes At Dawn: The World’s Greatest Artistic Feuds
DESCRIPTION:The celebrated controversialist\, Christopher Hitchens\, once wrote that a first rate bust up requires one of at least two things: a clash of strong personalities\, and a conflict of principles. The history of art is peppered with first rate bust ups: between the Renaissance artists\, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti\, between Constable and Turner in the early 1830s\, between Salvador Dali and the Surrealist leader\, Andre Breton in the 1930s and\, most recently\, between the graffiti artists Banksy and ‘King’ Robbo\, who painted over each other’s works. There are many more. They are highly entertaining\, but they also highlight key issues in art history. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1st July 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nFriday 10 July 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nSaturday 11 July 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 18 July 2026 Noosa (QLD) \n​Sunday 19 July 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nSaturday 25 July 2026 Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/paintbrushes-at-dawn-the-worlds-greatest-artistic-feuds/2026-07-10/
CATEGORIES:QLD,VIC
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Venning-Paint-Brush-Ghibert-Brunelleschi-R2.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260711T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260711T103000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000414-1783762200-1783765800@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Paintbrushes At Dawn: The World’s Greatest Artistic Feuds
DESCRIPTION:The celebrated controversialist\, Christopher Hitchens\, once wrote that a first rate bust up requires one of at least two things: a clash of strong personalities\, and a conflict of principles. The history of art is peppered with first rate bust ups: between the Renaissance artists\, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti\, between Constable and Turner in the early 1830s\, between Salvador Dali and the Surrealist leader\, Andre Breton in the 1930s and\, most recently\, between the graffiti artists Banksy and ‘King’ Robbo\, who painted over each other’s works. There are many more. They are highly entertaining\, but they also highlight key issues in art history. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1st July 2026 Yarra (VIC) \nFriday 10 July 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nSaturday 11 July 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Brisbane (QLD) \nSaturday 18 July 2026 Noosa (QLD) \n​Sunday 19 July 2026 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nSaturday 25 July 2026 Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/paintbrushes-at-dawn-the-worlds-greatest-artistic-feuds/2026-07-11/
CATEGORIES:QLD,VIC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T222347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T082038Z
UID:10000476-1783965600-1783969200@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei? Repression and Resistance in Recent Chinese Art
DESCRIPTION:When Chinese authorities arrested Ai Weiwei in 2011\, the graffiti artist – Tangerine (Tang Chen)\, stencilled his image\, Banksy-like\, thousands of times all over Hong Kong\, with the question ‘Who’s afraid of Ai Weiwei?’ Ai became the best-known symbol of resistance to Chinese repression\, but many of his friends and peers risked the wrath of the Chinese state. In addition to Ai himself\, the lecture examines the coded resistance of Ai’s friends in the Beijing East Village art community. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 10 July 2026 Brisbane River (QLD) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Northern Rivers (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/ai-weiwei/2026-07-13/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251124T021114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T041347Z
UID:10000375-1783965600-1783971000@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:The Venice Biennale: A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution.
DESCRIPTION:A many-headed beast that emerged from the (supposed) civilising\, enlightened spirit of the Napoleonic Revolution\, Charlie will discuss the inception and concept of the Biennale in 1895 when cultural tourism events were springing up around Europe. Attracting a crowd of 224\,000 visitors\, and only pausing during the two world wars\, the Venice Biennale has become a hugely significant art show\, and has inspired hundreds of other biennales. Over 40 countries send representatives to their national ‘pavilions’. Charlie will also examine its influence in the Contemporary Art world over the last 130 years. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 1 July 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nWednesday 8 July Geelong (VIC) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Murray River (NSW/VIC) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-venice-biennale-a-many-headed-beast-that-emerged-from-the-supposed-civilising-enlightened-spirit-of-the-napoleonic-revolution/2026-07-13/
CATEGORIES:NSW,VIC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T072813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T051643Z
UID:10000644-1783967400-1783971000@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Is This The Real Life? How Writers and Artists have Challenged our Perceptions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:When Lucy goes through the wardrobe into Narnia\, when Harry Potter opens his letter and when Neo takes the red pill\, they all discover that the worlds they thought they knew are only part of the truth. From Plato onwards\, writers and artists have been inspired to push beyond the everyday and to create other worlds that inspire our imaginations. This lecture explores what these stories tell us about how we view our lives and what it is that we most desire. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 3 July 2026 Blue Mountains (NSW) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Narrabri (NSW) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Scone (NSW) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Armidale (NSW) \nTuesday 21 July 2026 Hunter (NSW) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Coffs Coast (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/is-this-the-real-life-how-writers-and-artists-have-challenged-our-perceptions-of-reality/2026-07-13/
CATEGORIES:NSW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260717
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251030T030835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T001311Z
UID:10000698-1783987200-1784246399@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Cartoons and Contraptions: The Wonderful World of W.Heath Robinson
DESCRIPTION:W. Heath Robinson became famous for designing bizarrely complicated devices for the simplest of tasks like wart removal or pancake making. He and his gadgets became so famous that Bletchley Park named one of their wartime code-breaking machines after him. Later still\, some of the contraptions in Wallace and Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers are based on a gadget filled house that he made for the Ideal Home Show in 1934. Heath Robinson was also a fine painter\, an outstanding literary illustrator and a brilliant satirist\, who poked gentle fun at modern life in cartoons that are still hilarious… \nDates and Locations \nTuesday 7 July 2026 Launceston (TAS) \nSaturday 11 July 2026 Gold Coast (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/cartoons-and-contraptions-the-wonderful-world-of-w-heath-robinson/2026-07-14/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Venning-Heath-Robinson-Jazz-Bagpipes-W.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022901
CREATED:20251119T071335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T053244Z
UID:10000258-1784052000-1784057400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Florence and the Birth of the Italian Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:We are all so familiar with the ideas and culture of the Italian Renaissance\, a phenomenon that emerged in the 15th century. But why did Florence act as the midwife for this evolution? What did the city provide that enabled this birth and encouraged it to flourish? Is it something that was so efficiently reported and propagandised by people such as Giorgio Vasari\, the 16th century artist and art historian\, that we accept that Florence was indeed where the Italian Renaissance emerged? \nDates and Locations \nThursday 9 July 2026 Melbourne (VIC) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Canberra (ACT) \nWednesday 22 July 2026 Adelaide (SA) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Margaret River (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/florence-and-the-birth-of-the-italian-renaissance/2026-07-14/
CATEGORIES:ACT,SA,VIC,WA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-Florence-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022902
CREATED:20251030T072813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T051643Z
UID:10000645-1784053800-1784057400@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Is This The Real Life? How Writers and Artists have Challenged our Perceptions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:When Lucy goes through the wardrobe into Narnia\, when Harry Potter opens his letter and when Neo takes the red pill\, they all discover that the worlds they thought they knew are only part of the truth. From Plato onwards\, writers and artists have been inspired to push beyond the everyday and to create other worlds that inspire our imaginations. This lecture explores what these stories tell us about how we view our lives and what it is that we most desire. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 3 July 2026 Blue Mountains (NSW) \nMonday 13 July 2026 Narrabri (NSW) \nTuesday 14 July 2026 Scone (NSW) \nThursday 16 July 2026 Armidale (NSW) \nTuesday 21 July 2026 Hunter (NSW) \nMonday 27 July 2026 Coffs Coast (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/is-this-the-real-life-how-writers-and-artists-have-challenged-our-perceptions-of-reality/2026-07-14/
CATEGORIES:NSW
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sharp-Is-this-the-Real-Life-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T022902
CREATED:20251119T072022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T043709Z
UID:10000360-1784109600-1784127600@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Renaissance Rivals: How Competition Between Leonardo\, Michelangelo and Raphael Provided the Fuel that Drove the Italian Renaissance. Special Interest Event
DESCRIPTION:This special interest event will look at three giants of the Italian Renaissance who were involved in fierce competition with each other: Leonardo\, the master\, Michelangelo\, the brooding upstart genius\, and Raphael\, the artist who carefully crafted a stellar career in the shadows\, to emerge as a bright light that was tragically extinguished by an early death just as he began to be recognised in his own right. \n‘Everything that Raphael had\, he took from me’\, is what Michelangelo remarked as Pope Julius II pitted them against each other in the Vatican. \nDates and Locations \nThursday 2 July 2026 Chatswood (NSW) \nWednesday 15 July 2026 Canberra (ACT) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/renaissance-rivals-how-competition-between-leonardo-michelangelo-and-raphael-provided-the-fuel-that-drove-the-italian-renaissance/2026-07-15/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-Raphael-W.jpg
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