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Access was provided to focused on the broad visual culture of Schulz-Hoffmann also participated the Weimar Republic, highlighting the in a forum addressing the challenges the Gallery’s collection intense creativity and freedom that of mounting international loan and to significant artworks characterised the avant-garde exhibitions. from around the world movements flourishing in Germany Talks and lectures addressed other through our permanent at the time. aspects of Weimar visual culture, Works from across all media were including decorative arts and design, displays and our 2011–12 showcased, including painting, film, photography and painting. major exhibitions program, sculpture, works on paper, photography, The series of Weimar-era films was which was supported by posters, film and decorative arts. particularly popular, attracting more More than 200 works were borrowed than 9500 people. The 1927 silent film a range of public programs from 44 institutions and private Berlin: symphony of a great city was and events. collections in , Europe, the also screened, accompanied by a live United Kingdom and United States. jazz score commissioned from the The exhibition program was The mad square was the most celebrated Australian composer and predominantly free to the public, with comprehensive exhibition of German pianist Stu Hunter. admission fees charged for five shows. modernism ever held in Australia Art After Hours provided an The Gallery continued to engage and the first in-depth survey of opportunity to link performances with regional audiences through Weimar-era art to be conceived to the exhibition, particularly jazz touring exhibitions. The 2011 and organised by an Australian and cabaret, as well as celebrity Archibald Prize toured to seven institution using local expertise and speakers including Paul Capsis, Paul regional venues and The mad square: knowledge. The exhibition brought modernity in German art 1910–37 Grabowsky, David Stratton, Robyn many iconic works to Australia for toured to the National Gallery of Archer and Frank Strobel. In total, the first time, introducing audiences Victoria. More information about the public programs associated with to this fascinating chapter in modern exhibitions can be found on p77. this exhibition engaged more than European art. 17,400 visitors. The rich cultural milieu of Weimar Germany was further explored in International Art the accompanying public programs. The mad square: modernity The exhibition’s opening weekend in German art 1910–37 symposium featured art historians 6 August – 6 November 2011 and curators from Germany, The mad square: modernity in German including Sean Rainbird (director, art 1910–37 was a major international Staatsgalerie Stuttgart), Carla Schulz- loan exhibition organised by Hoffmann (chief curator, Pinakothek Dr Jacqueline Strecker. Featuring the der Moderne, Munich) and Uwe work of Germany’s leading generation Fleckner (University of Hamburg), of interwar artists, including Otto alongside Jacqueline Strecker and (above) Gallery cafe promoting The mad square: (previous) Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann film historian Adrian Martin (Monash modernity in German art 1910–37 exhibition Japanese design exhibition (Jun–Aug 2012) and Käthe Kollwitz, the exhibition University). Sean Rainbird and Carla (Aug–Nov 2011)

16 ART GALLERY OF NSW annual report 11–12 exhibitions and audience programs ACCESS 17 Picasso: masterpieces from the MusÉe National Picasso, Paris 12 November 2011 – 25 March 2012

Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris was the most ambitious exhibition ever undertaken by the Gallery and its most well attended, attracting more than 366,000 visitors. Part of the International Art Series, this critically acclaimed exhibition was drawn from the collection of the Musée National Picasso in Paris and jointly organised by the Gallery, the Musée and Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA). It was conceived, curated and mounted by Anne Baldassari, general commissioner and president of the Musée National Picasso and one of the world’s leading experts on his work. The exhibition offered a rare perspective on the life and work of this iconic artist. The works on show were those that Picasso kept to shape his own legacy – a personal collection that was given to the French state by Picasso’s family after his death in 1973. Works from every period of access the podcasts freely in the Gallery The exhibition at the Gallery, subtitled his long career were included and almost building with a total of 3817 podcasts In finite blue planet, presented a new every medium to which he turned his hand. downloaded. consciousness of the finite (rather A diverse range of public programs Three late-night openings were held for than infinite) nature of our planet and supporting the exhibition engaged 54,949 Picasso, including Sydney Festival first its resources. It offered an alternative visitors. A series of talks by local artists, night and Picasso till midnight (staged perspective on our globalised world, including Mike Parr, Aida Tomescu and twice). Sydney Festival first night, held on confronting the challenges of environmental Justene Williams, on Picasso’s continuing 7 January, celebrated the opening night of damage, war, displacement and migration. relevance and influence attracted more the 2012 Sydney Festival. Performances The opening week program, attended by artists, curators, scholars and other than 700 people, including many repeat and talks focused on the exhibition visitors from around the world, was both visitors. Several lectures (including an and included a hugely popular drop-in rich and popular. More than 1050 visitors introductory lecture in Spanish) by visiting collage workshop, a performance by participated in artist and celebrity talks, scholars such as Frank Heckes and Judith pan-European band Monsieur Camembert Keene focused on specific aspects of ArtBar performances and the Biennale and Picasso-related film screenings. The of Sydney symposium, which was held Picasso’s career. evening attracted 5670 people, including The Gallery hosted a major symposium, at the Gallery. New program initiatives, a large proportion of first-time visitors. including Art Walk Talks and Sydney Picasso at large: 100 years of pre-eminence, Picasso till midnight, held on 17 and 24 Students Speak were launched with in conjunction with the Power Institute for March, featured short talks on the artist, the exhibition and will be reported on Art and Visual Culture at the University a lecture by the artist Wendy Sharpe, in the next financial year. of Sydney. Antony Penrose, the son of character tours for children and Picasso’s the artist and writer Roland Penrose, path tours for adults. Over the two nights a friend and confidant of Picasso’s, also 7285 visitors engaged with this program. gave a special talk at the Gallery. Other AUSTRAL IAN ART talks featured the Spanish-Australian 18th Biennale of Sydney: David Aspden: the colour choreographer Rafael Bonachela, the all our relations of music and place artists Sam Leach and Ben Quilty, and 28 July – 4 September 2011 the actor and director John Bell. 27 June – 16 September 2012 A guided tour of the Gallery’s collection, In 2012 the Gallery was again a major This exhibition was the first in-depth Picasso’s path, was developed to trace venue for the 18th Biennale of Sydney, exploration of the work of the Australian Picasso’s inspirations and influence which presented works by more than 100 artist David Aspden (1935–2005), for through works by Eugène Delacroix, Paul artists from Australia, New Zealand, the whom colour, music and landscape were Cézanne, Jeff Koons and Robert Klippel. AsiaPacific, theA mericas, Europe, South sustaining inspirations. Initially coming For the first time, free downloadable Africa and the Middle East at a selection to prominence in the 1960s as a young (opposite) installation of the Picasso, masterpieces of venues across Sydney, including the from the Musée National Picasso, Paris exhibition podcasts were trialled as an alternative gun of the local avant-garde, Aspden (above) 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations to audio tours. The Gallery upgraded its Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary went on to become one of Sydney’s exhibition featuring Postcommodity Do you wireless internet service so visitors could Art, Pier 2/3 and Cockatoo Island. leading painters. remember When? 2009–12 (Jun–Sep 2012)

18 ART GALLERY OF NSW annual report 11–12 19 Accompanied by a fully illustrated book, Sidney Nolan’s First-class marksman documentary explores the ARTEXPRESS the exhibition focused exclusively on the 1946. Also on show was a selection of phenomenon and the Gallery’s ongoing Gallery’s extensive collection of Aspden’s pop art and hard-edge abstract paintings relationship with the exhibition. work, with particular emphasis on his from the 1960s, which have seldom been vibrant acrylic paintings on paper, which exhibited before. Archibald, Wynne and were shown alongside a selection of Sulman Prizes 2012 key paintings. ARTEXPRESS 2012 31 March – 3 June 2012 Four floor talks explored a range of 22 February – 22 April 2012 issues related to Aspden’s practice, from This year’s Archibald Prize was the 91st at his artistic and musical influences to This was the 29th ARTEXPRESS the Gallery and attracted 839 entries. There the challenges of conserving his works exhibition at the Gallery and attracted were 783 entries for the Wynne and 654 on paper. A special musical tribute was 110,000 visitors. An annual exhibition, for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne arranged by two of Aspden’s collaborators, ARTEXPRESS brings together an prizes were judged by the Gallery’s Board Geoff Macklin and Danny Ma, enabling outstanding selection of works by school of Trustees and the Sulman Prize by artist the audience to connect the musical forms students in metropolitan and regional NSW Susan Norrie. that inspired him with the characteristic and is one of the most popular shows at Tim Storrier won the Archibald for his the Gallery. Drawn from works submitted lyricism of his painting. self-portrait The histrionic wayfarer (after for the NSW Higher School Certificate Bosch). Imants Tillers won the Wynne for visual arts examination, the exhibition FOR DRAWING 2011 Waterfall (after Williams) and Nigel Milsom presents the independent voice of young 2 December 2011 – 5 February 2012 the Sulman with his work Judo house pt people to a large and diverse audience. ARTEXPRESS is a joint project of the NSW 4 (golden mud). Susan J White won this The Dobell Prize is Australia’s most Department of Education and Communities year’s Watercolour Prize (part of the Wynne respected prize for drawing and one of the and the Board of Studies NSW. Prize) for Salamander Bay. Gallery’s highly anticipated annual events. This year 46 artworks selected from Art After Hours celebrity talks continued A record number of 734 entries were over 9700 entries were exhibited with over to provide visitors with the opportunity to received this year, with 49 works selected 20,617 students and teachers attending. engage with Archibald Prize artists and for the exhibition. Anne Judell was awarded For the first time, volunteer children’s their subjects. The 2012 season featured the prize for her pastel triptych Breath. guides offered tours that attracted more Tim Storrier, Luke Cornish and Father Bob than 1900 primary school students. Maguire, Kate Tucker and Missy Higgins, 20th century Australian In total, the exhibition had more than Michael Peck, Jodi Daley, Jenny Sages collection 110,800 visitors. and Catherine Hunter. In keeping with the 17 September 2011 – 12 February 2012 The Inside ARTEXPRESS website was portraiture theme, Figures of fame, a series integrated into the Gallery’s main website, of short talks on iconic portraits in the This exhibition of works from the Gallery’s which allowed for more accessibility, Gallery’s collection, was also developed. collection highlighted key artists and including on mobile devices. The newly themes in Australian art from the early integrated website attracted an average 20th century through to the 1970s. Works of nearly 2000 views per day. by Grace Cossington Smith, Margaret The Gallery featured in The inside Preston, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale story of ARTEXPRESS, a three-part and Arthur Boyd were featured, as well documentary produced by Television (above) Open Weekend 2012 talk in the new Australian galleries as recent major acquisitions, including Sydney (TVS). Hosted by artist Ben Quilty (opposite) Angus McDonald’s Tim Maguire Ian Fairweather’s Last supper 1958 and (a former ARTEXPRESS entrant), the 2012 (detail) in the Archibald prize exhibition

20 ART GALLERY OF NSW annual report 11–12 21 A cross-disciplinary symposium, The art Dragon Chinese New Year Auspicious symbols tour tradition, with works by early masters Australian Art: Photography and science of face perception, was held at 18 January – 6 May 2012 of the Gallery in Mandarin, Cantonese and displayed alongside Sekka’s innovative Indigenous What’s in a face? aspects the Gallery in partnership with the University English attracted more than 100 visitors. interpretations. The enduring appeal Home This exhibition featured artworks with of portrait photography of New South Wales. Featuring international The Chinese New Year weekend of both Sekka and the Rinpa style was 27 June – 2 December 2012 dragon motifs in celebration of 2012 as the 24 September 2011 – 5 February 2012 experimental psychologists, the program programs were attended by 1400 visitors revealed through a display of contemporary Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac. What’s in a face? Aspects of portrait attracted 250 people. A lecture series by and the full events program was translated Japanese art, fashion and craft, including The idea of home is explored in this Encompassing bronzes, porcelains, photography was an exhibition of 45 invited academics on the history of the into Chinese. works by artist Ai Yamaguchi and fashion exhibition through works by Aboriginal textiles, paintings and calligraphy, the photographs from the Gallery’s collection Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes also designer Akira Isogawa. artists who belong to nations and language exhibition examined the diverse meanings ranging from late 19th-century studio proved popular. Mother India: video plays The Hosomi Museum in Kyoto, which groups that fall within the area that is today and manifestations of the dragon motif in portraiture to contemporary practices. by Nalini Malani has one of Japan’s most extensive defined as NSW. All of these groups have Chinese art, ritual and politics, while pieces Five exhibition talks by curators, 11 February – 20 May 2012 collections of Sekka’s and Rinpa art, Australian Symbolism: felt the full force of colonisation, which will from Japan and Chinese export ware a conservator, an art historian and was a major lender to the exhibition. the art of dreams forever inform their notions of home. demonstrated how the dragon has been photographer were offered as part of 12 May – 29 July 2012 Nalini Malani is an influential Indian artist Other loans came from private collections The works offer diverse interpretations adopted by cultures outside . the Art After Hours program, as well as whose multimedia works focus on such of the descendants of Sekka and other of home, ranging from childhood memories A weekend program on 28 and 29 musical performances and a celebrity Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams issues as identity, gender, migration and craft artists with whom he collaborated. to personal insights into living conditions January welcomed 2012 as the Year of talk by Tara Moss. More than 355 visitors was the first major exhibition to explore political violence. A major work, Mother More than 100 paintings, ceramics, and land rights. Drawn mostly from the the Dragon and was an associated event participated in the public programs the influence of the Symbolist movement India: transactions in the construction of textiles, woodblock prints and drawings Gallery’s collection, the exhibition provides of the City of Sydney Chinese New Year associated with this exhibition. on Australian art at the turn of the pain 2005, together with the artist’s earlier were shown; the first time that such commentary on life in NSW for Aboriginal Festival. The abbess and venerables from 19th century. It featured 70 paintings, videos, was recently acquired by the Gallery a comprehensive display of Sekka’s people, an alternative history that is specific Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong ushered Making sense: contemporary sculptures, photographs and decorative-art and was presented as an introduction work has been shown in Australia. to this place. in the New Year with a Buddhist blessing LA photo artists objects that demonstrate the diversity of to her work and concerns. The works An international symposium, Rinpa 11 February – 13 May 2012 that was followed by performances Australian artistic responses to Symbolist complement two suites of drawings by style: Japanese art and design, was held including a lion dance, a visit by the God Malani in the Gallery’s collection: The Since 2007 the Gallery has been themes and ideas. Works by some of at the Gallery and was supported by the developing a collection of contemporary of Fortune and seasonal drums by the Degas suite 1992 and Lohar chawl 1991. the era’s most well known artists were Asian Art Toshiba International Foundation and the photography from southern California, Buddha’s Light International Association The installation was accompanied included, such as Charles Conder, Arthur Department of Japanese Studies at the an initiative funded by the benefactors One hundred flowers (Sydney) Young Adult Division. Four by a talk by advocate and researcher Streeton, Tom Roberts, Rupert Bunny, 1 September 2011 – 15 January 2012 University of Sydney. Gakushuin University Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth. Making sense: sessions of Chinese zodiac stories by Senthorun Raj, presented in collaboration Sydney Long, Bertram Mackennal and emeritus professor Tadashi Kobayashi, contemporary LA photo artists presented storyteller Kiran Shah attracted a large with the White Ribbon Foundation, and George Lambert. This exhibition showcased a selection University of Hawaii associate professor 13 photographs from the collection for audience of more 350 people. an Indian music performance by Amit A series of three lectures by the of works that have been added to the John Szostak and Hosomi Museum the first time. A lecture by Jocelyn Chey on humour Diwadkar in the ArtBar. exhibition curator Denise Mimmocchi, Gallery’s Asian collection over the last director Yoshiyuki Hosomi presented A significant film program,Postcards in Chinese life and letters was co-presented Mary Eagle and Juliette Peers gave five years. Covering many centuries, the lectures, while the artist Taro Yamamoto from LA, formed the core of the public with the China Studies Centre at the Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of deeper insight into the works on display, works represented high points of artistic gave a demonstration of Noh theatre. program and was accompanied by three University of Sydney and was followed modern Japanese design while an introductory talk, What is expression across countries and cultures University of Sydney academics Michael floor talks. The exhibition also coincided by the launch of Chey’s book on the 22 June – 26 August 2012 Symbolism?, outlined the background to as diverse and distant as Tibet and Lewis and Elise Tipton provided historical with the yearly photography symposium, same subject by China expert Stephen European Symbolism. Other talks featured Indonesia. background to Sekka’s life and times. Borderlands: photography and cultural Fitzgerald. The VisAsia Hingyiu Mok Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942) was one psychiatrist Russell Meares and A 13th-century Nepalese gilt bronze contest, which was held at the Mandarin-language lecture, ‘Christian art of Japan’s leading artists, designers and a performance by flautist Jane Rutter. of Padmapani or The Luminous Lord Gallery on 31 March and addressed the of Infinite Compassion was displayed on the Silk Road’, was delivered by Gu art instructors. His bold, visually dynamic role of photography in constructing and alongside miniature paintings from India, Weimin, a professor at Normal designs and innovative approach to transgressing social, cultural and temporal (above) Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern Japanese folding screens, Chinese University and Milton Wan, adjunct production made him one of the great boundaries. More than 4000 people Japanese design exhibition (Jun–Aug 2012) (opposite) What’s in a face? Aspects of portrait ceramics and calligraphy, and textiles professor at the Chinese University visionaries of modern Japanese art and attended a public program associated photography exhibition (Sep 2011 – Feb 2012) from across Asia. of Hong Kong. The Gallery’s signature design. This exhibition explored the Rinpa with this exhibition.

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Jacky Redgate: Eugenia Raskopoulos: Eugène Atget: Old Paris the logic of vision footnotes 24 August – 4 November 2012 2 June – 9 September 2012 23 February – 13 May 2012 The first comprehensive exhibition in This exhibition brought together the Eugenia Raskopoulos uses the performing Australia of the work of Eugène Atget Gallery’s collection of work by Jacky body to reflect on cultural practices that (1857–1927) showcases more than 200 Redgate. With an emphasis on the artist’s relate to everyday life, from the translation photographs, most drawn from the photographic practice, 15 works surveyed of words and their meaning across cultures collection of the Musée Carnavalet in her creative trajectory from the 1980s to aspects of sexuality and the erotic. Paris. The Gallery is the only Australian until now. In the video installation footnotes venue for this exhibition. Jacky Redgate gave a public talk the artist turns to materials that relate Atget was considered a commercial providing an insight into her work and more directly to ideas of sexuality and photographer and sold what he called practice. There was also a curator’s talk gender – from lipstick to liquids of more ‘documents for artists’, including in the exhibition and a lecture by Michael ambiguous origin. Using her own limbs photographs of landscapes, close-up Desmond, deputy director of the National as instruments or surfaces for inscription, shots, genre scenes and other details Portrait Gallery in Canberra, who has Raskopoulos performs a series of actions that painters could use as reference. previously organised an exhibition and that accumulate letters into words, When he turned his attention to published a monograph on Redgate’s work. written in both English and Greek. photographing the streets of Paris, leading institutions such as Musée Simone Mangos: DAMAGED Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque – thalidomide victims AGNSW Contemporary Nationale became his principal clients. Projects in medical documents 2 June – 5 August 2012 Atget’s wooden bellows camera, tripod, glass plates and printing Kathy Temin My Monument: DAMAGED – thalidomide victims in Black Garden techniques may link him to 19th-century medical documents was an exhibition of 1 September – 20 November 2011 photography but his vision was an new work by Simone Mangos focusing astonishingly modern one and his work Australian artist Kathy Temin created on the representation and perception of inspired artists and photographers such her most ambitious work to date for the deformity, with specific reference to the as Brassaï, the Surrealists, Walker Evans, AGNSW Contemporary Projects series. tragedy surrounding the pharmaceutical and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Enormous in scale, My monument: drug thalidomide. The exhibition comprised black garden was made specifically in a series of oil paintings based on medical Francis Bacon: five decades relation to the architecture of the Gallery’s photographs and documents. Contemporary project space on lower level 17 November 2012 – 24 February 2013 2 and draws on a range of influences, from Organised by the Gallery, this exhibition the cultural displacement of Temin’s family has been four years in the making to popular culture and art history. and will be the first major exhibition in Australia to survey Francis Bacon’s life Ms&Mr XEROX MISSIVE 1977/2011 and work. More than 50 paintings, along 8 December 2011 – 5 February 2012 with archival material from his studio, Blending reality and fiction, this video films and photographs, will cover every installation fabricated an implausible and decade of the career of this master of uncanny exchange between the late post-war British art – from his pensive infamous science-fiction author Philip and shocking works of the 1940s to his K Dick and his one-time muse and fifth large, visceral and exuberantly coloured wife Tessa. paintings of the 1970s and 1980s. The work by collaborative duo Ms&Mr Works have been drawn from uses fragments of sound and footage private collections and Australian and appropriated from a speech Dick made international institutions, including the in 1977 and a subsequent interview, which Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan have been manipulated and combined Museum of Art in New York, the Tate with extracts from a recent interview with Britain in London, the Centre Pompidou Tessa conducted by the artists at her in Paris, and the Francis Bacon Estate. home in California. An illustrated book and an extensive The Gallery held a special screening program of events, education programs of two rare science-fiction prints,La and resources will accompany the Jetée (1962) and Primer (2004), both exhibition. of which influenced Ms&Mr who spoke with Andrew Frost about their practice following the screening.

(opposite) Kathy Temin My monument: black garden 2010–2011 installation (Sep–Nov 2011)

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Six new book titles were Published titles 3. Picasso: masterpieces from the 6. Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern Other media Catalogue (major) category; and The First published or co-published 1. David Aspden: the colour Musée National Picasso, Paris Japanese design The Gallery’s free iPad app Contemporary: Emperor: China’s entombed warriors of music and place October 2011, pb, 296 pp, over 190 June 2012, pb & hc with dustjacket, Art Gallery of New South Wales was (highly commended) in the Exhibition in 2011–12 in conjunction July 2011, hc, 96 pp, over 85 images illustrations 240 pp, over 360 images released on the iTunes store in September Branding category. with major exhibitions 2011. A new app on the Australian Written by Gallery curator Anne Ryan, Co-published with the Musée National Edited by Khanh Trinh with essays by Australian Publishers Association Book collection, Australian: Art Gallery of New at the Gallery. with Helen Campbell, this publication Picasso and Art Exhibitions Australia John Szostak, Khanh Trinh and Richard Design Awards 2012: South Wales, featuring text, images, audio John Kaldor Family presents highlights from the Gallery’s through Flammarion, Paris, this book was L Wilson, this beautiful book brings to Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales David Aspden: the colour of music and and video is now in use in the Australian significant collection of David Aspden’s edited and written by exhibition curator light one of the most important Japanese (highly commended) in the Best Designed place and Australian Symbolism: the and chair of the Musée National Picasso, galleries. This free app is now available on work, in particular his works on paper. designers of the early 20th century. Specialist Illustrated Book category. art of dreams were important additions Anne Baldassari, and other curators. the iTunes store. Both were produced by The book reveals Aspden’s wondrous The hardbound edition of the book was to scholarship on Australian art and artists. the Gallery in association with the digital IES Awards Lighting Design: use of colour in paintings, drawings, distributed in the United States by Prestel The mad square: modernity in German art 4. Archibald 2012 and the flexi edition by Thames & Hudson agency The Nest. New contemporary galleries featuring 1910–37 brought this extraordinary period collages and prints, primarily in the style April 2012, pb, 64 pp, 42 images in Australia and other territories. the John Kaldor Family Collection of art to a broad audience and attracted of lyrical abstraction and inspired by The eighth in the series featuring the Education resources (award of excellence) and The First large orders from the Gallery’s overseas music, landscape and nature. year’s Archibald finalists. Giveaway Publications A range of resources aimed at children Emperor: China’s entombed warriors trade distribution partners, especially 2. The mad square: modernity There were four titles in the AGNSW and the education sector, but also available (commendation). in the United States. in German art 1910–37 5. Australian Symbolism: Contemporary Projects series: Kathy to our general audience, and including Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée Australasian Reporting Award: The Art August 2011, flexi & hc with dustjacket, the art of dreams Temin. My monument: black garden education kits, collection notes and National Picasso, Paris, sold more Gallery of New South Wales Annual 324 pp, over 230 images May 2012, hc, 160 pp, over 100 images (August 2011), Ms&Mr: XEROX MISSIVE children’s trails, was published in print than 18,700 copies, one of the highest Report 2010–11 (gold). Written by Denise Mimmocchi and 1977/2011 (November 2011), Eugenia and available online in association with sales figures achieved at the Gallery, Edited by Dr Jacqueline Strecker and covering painting, sculpture, photography Raskopoulos: footnotes (February exhibitions or on particular aspects of the and Kamisaka Sekka: dawn of modern published in conjunction with the Gallery’s and the decorative arts, this is the first 2012) and Simone Mangos. Damaged – collection. See www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ Japanese design is proving popular in groundbreaking exhibition, this publication book on Australian Symbolism and thalidomide victims in medical documents education/education-materials/ the Gallery and beyond. includes essays by international scholars provides a fresh context for the work of (May 2012). New titles in production include Francis – Brigid Doherty, Matthias Eberle, Maggie some of the most well-known Australian Recognition Bacon: five decades (November 2012) Finch, Petra Kayser, Uwe Fleckner, Karen My Australian art activity book, designed artists of the late 19th and early 20th Gallery projects won or were commended and We used to talk about love: Balnaves Koehler, Jill Lloyd and Jacqueline Strecker by Jo Hein and written by Victoria Collings, centuries, including Rupert Bunny, for several awards in 2011–12. contemporary/photomedia (January 2013), – and over 200 works by leading artists was published to coincide with the Charles Conder, Bernard Hall, George as well as revised editions of The Dobell of the period, including Max Beckmann, relaunch of the Australian galleries in Art Association of Australia & New Zealand Lambert, Sydney Long, Tom Roberts Prize for Drawing: twenty years 1993– Otto Dix, George Grosz, John Heartfield, May 2012. Book/Catalogue Prize 2011: Paths to and Arthur Streeton. 2012 (December 2012), Tradition today: Hannah Höch, Karl Hubbuch, Ernst Ludwig Room brochures were produced for the abstraction 1816–1917 (winner) and The Distributed in Australia and other Indigenous art in Australia (January 2013) Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, László Moholy- following exhibitions: The mad square: First Emperor: China’s entombed warriors territories by Thames & Hudson, the and the 5th edition of the ever popular Nagy, August Sander, Christian Schad, modernity in German art 1910–37; Picasso: (commended) in the University publication has been well received both Let’s face it: the history of the Archibald Rudolf Schlichter and Kurt Schwitters. masterpieces from the Musée National Prize for Best Large Catalogue category. locally and in the United Kingdom. Picasso, Paris; Australian Symbolism: the Prize (February 2013). Museums Australia Publications Design The hardbound edition of the book was art of dreams; and Kamisaka Sekka: dawn Awards (MAPDA) 2011: Wilderness: distributed in the United States by Prestel of modern Japanese design. and the flexi edition by Thames & Hudson Balnaves contemporary painting (winner) in Australia and other territories. and Alfred Stieglitz: the Lake George years (highly commended) in the Exhibition

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