The silent wilderness – 19th century Australian landscapes
18 September 2010 to 21 November 2010
This exhibition explores the genre of wilderness painting of the mid-nineteenth century and features images of mountain ranges, waterfalls, forests and lakes, by some of the foremost landscape artists practising in Australia at the time. Featuring works created at the height of the genre's popularity (the mid-1850s to...
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Cycling greats
27 September 2010 to 30 November 2010
Matthys Gerber's vividly colourful portraits of three Australian cycling legends, Cadel Evans, Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady, are on special loan from the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, as well as Sir Hubert Opperman's (Oppy's) 1937 racing bike and Malvern Star's Oppy bike on display for the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.
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Reflections of the lotus – ceramics from Thailand
30 October 2010 to 30 January 2011
An exhibition of works from the Art Gallery of South Australia's internationally recognised collection of Thai ceramics. The title of the exhibition refers to the lotus, the water flower that is the central symbol of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. The exhibition includes the most unusual of the Sawankhalok sculptural subjects, the rare...
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Mary and Max – the exhibition
27 November 2010 to 13 February 2011
Go behind-the-scenes of the marvellous miniature world of Adam Elliot's animated film Mary and Max. Oscar award-winning director and writer Adam Elliot, in collaboration with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, has developed an exhibition of the plasticine world of Mary and Max that includes character models, costumes, sets,...
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