Listen to Wendy Whiteley speak about key works in the exhibition ‘Brett Whiteley: Blue and White’.

Image: Brett Whiteley ‘Still life with meat’ 1975–76 (detail), Art Gallery of New South Wales © Wendy Whiteley / Copyright Agency

Brett Whiteley ‘The pink heron’

Madrid is every bit enchanting with its elegant boulevards, expansive parks, royal palaces and charming plazas. Located at the geographical heart of the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish capital boasts magnificent art treasures in The Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofía museums. Join Brian Ladd as he explores the art and architecture of this sophisticated city and reveals why its history and culture make Madrid so fascinating and enchanting. 

Brian Ladd is past President of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, a specialist in European and Australian sculpture, and a graduate in sculpture from the National Art School, Sydney. From 1996 to 2010 he was Head of Public Programs Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and responsible for enlivening the Gallery and engaging diverse audiences with art.

Enchanting cities Madrid

Frank Young ‘Kulata punu’

High Tea Lecture in conjunction with the Magritte Exhibition 2024, presented by Lizzy Marshall on Saturday 30 November. 

Join lecturer Lizzy Marshall as she delves into the surreal world of René Magritte and explores how the artist challenges our perceptions of reality by combining images of ordinary objects with witty texts. 

Inspired by English poet and novelist Lewis Carroll, Marshall will take you on a journey where visuals and language interrupt one another and demonstrate how easily meaning can be turned upside down.

Lizzy Marshall is an independent curator, writer and sessional academic at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. She has held curatorial positions at the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. 

Lizzy Marshall: High Tea Lecture - Magritte and the Mad Hatter

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Sinead Davies

Shane Bowden

Samuel Rush Condon

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran

Prudence Flint

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Lizzy Marshall: High Tea Lecture - Magritte and the Mad Hatter

Art Gallery of NSW

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