The Summer season at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney has some new and topical exhibitions coming up, including the art after hours project.

The Summer season at the Art Gallery of New South Wales has something for every art lover Summer 2009/2010 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Art Gallery of New South Wales coming attractions for the 2009/2010 Summer season

Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris
Until 21 February
Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) created grand sumptuous paintings of Parisian life in the late 19th century and was one of the most successful painters of his time. This exhibition celebrates this exceptional Australian artist through 100 works from collections around Australia, London and Paris, many never seen before in this country.

Rupert Bunny special events can be found here: Art After Hours program through summer

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Until 26 January
Fifty-four exquisite Indian paintings come from the Jodhpur royal collection to Australia for the first time. These rare 17th–19th century works of art are extraordinary in there size and luminous colours. The show comes straight from the British Museum, London, where it received critical acclaim.

The Dobell Prize for Drawing 2009
Until 31 January
Australia’s richest and most respected award for drawing, the Dobell Prize for Drawing exhibition comprises 46 drawings, including the winning work by Pam Hallandal entitled Tsunami.
Free admission

40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects + Tatzu Nishi: War and peace and in between
Until 14 February
An exhibition celebrating 40 years of ambitious and influential art projects + the latest project, where visitors can walk into surreal spaces created by Tatzu Nishi constructed around sculptures outside the front of the Gallery. Free admission

6 Photographers
5 December 2009 – 7 March 2010
Twenty-nine photographs by Gordon Andrews, Max Dupain, Kerry Dundas, Hal Missingham, Axel Poignant and David Potts, capturing the old, the new and the everyday. These six Australian photographers first exhibited together in 1955 in a key exhibition that represented a shift from the traditions of pictorialism to the recording of contemporary life. Free admission

On view: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney
Telephone: 02) 9225 1744
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Hours: 10am to 5pm, 7 days a week
(closed Christmas Day)
Art After Hours Wednesday nights until 9pm
Admission: Free

IMAGE CREDIT: Rupert Bunny Dolce farniente (detail) c1897. Private collection, Melbourne. Courtesy of John Playfoot Fine Art; Death of Vali; Rama and Lakshmana wait out the monsoon (detail) from the Ramchantmanas of Tulsidas (1532-1623), Jodhpur, c1775. Mehrangarh Museum Trust; Vicki Parish Father and son (detail) ©the artist; Kerry Dundas High octane tank, Kurnell Refinery, California Texas Oil Co, 1953, gelatin silver photograph. Courtesy Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney; Tatzu Nishi War and peace and in between 2009. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. ©the artist. Courtesy Kaldor Public Art Projects; Gregor Schneider 21 beach cells 2007. ©the artist. Courtesy Kaldor Public Art Projects.

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