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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251030T030835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T001311Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251119T055304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T000905Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260709
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251124T021114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T041347Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260708T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
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:20260709T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Love-Actually-W2.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260709T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260710T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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:20260502T033714
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260711T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260711T103000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Venning-Paint-Brush-Ghibert-Brunelleschi-R2.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venning-Afraid-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-The-Venice-Biennale-W.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260713T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sharp-Is-this-the-Real-Life-W.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260717
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260715T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251211T071239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T071239Z
UID:10000657-1784138400-1784142000@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Jumping The Life To Come: How The Extraordinary Bargain Of Dr Faustus Has Influenced Writers & Artists
DESCRIPTION:When theatre audiences first saw Marlowe’s Dr Faustus exchange his soul for 24 years of worldly pleasures\, they were horrified and terrified in equal part. Numerous writers and artists have borrowed and adapted the famous story from Goethe’s plays and Berlioz’s opera to Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray and Brian Cranston’s television hit Breaking Bad.  This lecture explores the origins of the extraordinary story and what the interpretations show us about our attitude to sin\, pleasure and the afterlife. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday​ 15 July 2026 Tamworth (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/jumping-the-life-to-come-how-the-extraordinary-bargain-of-dr-faustus-has-influenced-writers-artists/
CATEGORIES:NSW
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jude-Law-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000415-1784196000-1784199600@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/2026-07-16/1/
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:20260716T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251119T055304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T000905Z
UID:10000345-1784210400-1784214000@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/2026-07-16/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-Gugginheim-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251030T072813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T051643Z
UID:10000646-1784224800-1784228400@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/2026-07-16/
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:20260716T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260716T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000416-1784230200-1784233800@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/2026-07-16/2/
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:20260718T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260718T153000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000417-1784385000-1784388600@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/2026-07-18/
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:20260719T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260719T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251020T002936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T075838Z
UID:10000418-1784473200-1784476800@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/2026-07-19/
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:20260720T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260720T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251119T055304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T000905Z
UID:10000346-1784543400-1784547000@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/2026-07-20/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hall-Gugginheim-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260720T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260720T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251029T031512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T031512Z
UID:10000204-1784572200-1784575800@www.artsnational.au
SUMMARY:Manufactured Women: Stories of Three Women Manufactured by the Gods for Men
DESCRIPTION:Pandora\, Eve and Galatea have something in common – they were manufactured rather than born. This lecture looks at the original sources for the stories\, and draws parallels between them before showing how ballets\, operas and plays from Coppelia to My Fair Lady and The Winter’s Tale to Educating Rita have developed the theme of a creation that runs out of control. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 20 July 2026 Newcastle (NSW) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/manufactured-women-stories-of-three-women-manufactured-by-the-gods-for-men/
CATEGORIES:NSW
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sharp-Rossetti-W.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260721T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260721T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251030T072813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T051643Z
UID:10000647-1784656800-1784660400@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/2026-07-21/
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:20260722T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260722T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251119T071335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T053244Z
UID:10000390-1784714400-1784718000@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/2026-07-22/1/
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;VALUE=DATE:20260722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260723
DTSTAMP:20260502T033714
CREATED:20251030T063024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T012057Z
UID:10000290-1784743200-1784746800@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/2026-07-22/
CATEGORIES:QLD,TAS,VIC
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artsnational.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Venning-Bodies-W.jpg
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