NUDE
ART FROM THE TATE COLLECTION
5 November 2016 – 5 February 2017
KEY FACTS
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS
•The story of the nude across two
centuries with more than 100
powerful artworks loaned from
the distinguished collection of
Tate, London.
• Lectures by international guests Emma
Chambers, curator of modern
British art at Tate and Wendy Steiner,
University of Pennsylvania
• Sydney International Art Pass:
Purchase a Sydney International
Art Pass to see both exhibitions
and save 20%
Adult $37 / conc $30 / family $94
artpass.com.au
•Many of the works will be exhibited
in Australia for the first time including
one of the world’s most iconic
images of erotic love, Rodin’s marble
sculpture, The kiss (1904).
•Featuring works by some of the
world’s most celebrated artists
including JMW Turner, Auguste Rodin,
Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri
Matisse, Louise Bourgeois, Rineke
Dijkstra, John Currin, Sylvia Sleigh,
Cindy Sherman and Ron Mueck.
•Nude is a compelling journey through
many major art movements, including
romanticism, cubism, expressionism,
realism, surrealism and feminism.
•The exhibition includes paintings,
sculpture, photographs and prints.
• Art After Hours on Wednesday nights
featuring artist and curator talks;
a celebrity talks series, From titillation
to taboos; and a special series of
fiction readings by some of
Australia’s finest writers including
Christos Tsiolkas and Anita Heiss
• Nude at Night: late night openings
on Thursdays and Fridays in January
with Naked ideas in collaboration
with The School of Life, life drawing
workshops and thought-provoking
tours with contemporary artists
• Nude and naked free film series
• A variety of access programs
including tours and workshops.
• Free daily guided tours
FAMILY PROGRAMS
• Free artmaking workshops for
children during January
• $62 family tickets available
• Dining package:
CHISWICK at the Gallery
Make a date and indulge in a
two-course lunch, or dinner on
a Wednesday, at CHISWICK at
the Gallery, including a glass of
wine or beer.
$79pp includes exhibition ticket
• Accommodation package:
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Discover comfort and luxury in the
heart of the CBD at Sofitel Sydney
Wentworth, located within walking
distance to the Art Gallery of NSW.
10% off best available rate
(*Subject to availability and
conditions apply).Book online at
artpass.com.au
• Travel package: Murrays
Enjoy return luxury coach travel from
Canberra to Sydney return with
Murrays. Packages available for Nude
and Sydney International Art Pass.
• Exhibition catalogue:
available at the Gallery Shop
Adult $24 / conc $21
Member $18
Family $62
Child $14
Sydney International Art Pass
Adult $37
Concession/member/child $30
Family $94
Art Gallery of
New South Wales
Art Gallery Rd,
The Domain
Sydney
Pablo Picasso, Nude woman in a red
armchair, 1932, © Pablo Picasso/Succession Pablo, Picasso, image © Tate,
London 2016; Auguste Rodin, The kiss,
1901–04, © Tate, London 2016; Barkley
L Hendricks, Family Jules: NNN (No Naked Niggahs), 1974, © Barkley Hendricks,
image © Tate, London 2016
TATSUO MIYAJIMA
CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING
3 November 2016 – 5 March 2017
KEY FACTS
PUBLIC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS
•Tatsuo Miyajima is a leading
contemporary artist in Japan, known for
his immersive and technologically driven
sculptures and installations.
• Special-guest tours and free daily
guided tours
• Late-night openings on Thursday
evenings
• Japanese-inspired workshops every
Thursday evening in December
• Sydney International Art Pass:
Purchase a Sydney International Art
Pass to see both exhibitions and save
20%. Adult $37 / conc $30 / family
$94 artpass.com.au
•Curated by MCA Chief Curator Rachel
Kent, this exhibition is a Sydneyexclusive and is artist’s first major
survey exhibition in the Southern
Hemisphere.
•The artist draws inspiration from
Buddhist philosophy with its exploration
of life, death and renewal.
•Central to his practice are numerical
counters that count from 1 to 9
repeatedly using light-emitting diodes
(LEDs), then go dark momentarily. The
repetition of numbers, along with the
shift from light to dark, reflect the
importance of time.
•Miyajima has held solo exhibitions in
Japan, the United States and Europe.
He has represented Japan at the Venice
Biennale in 1999 with the installation
Mega Death and more recently Arrow
of Time (Unfinished Life), at The Met
Breuer, New York.
FAMILY PROGRAMS
• Miyajima family space offering range
of art-making activities for all ages.
Inspired by the artist’s practice
families are invited to turn light into
music or meditate on a lotus leaf.
Free entry. Open every weekend
during the exhibition and daily from
19 December to 8 January.
• Family ticket available from $56
• Free entry for children under 12
• Kids activity booklet
• The MCA is family-friendly and offers
baby-changing facilities, a
cloakroom, pram parking and a kids
menu in the MCA Cafe.
• Pop-up Cherry Blossom Bar:
with Japanese bites and exclusive
cocktails created by QT Hotel Sydney
mixologist Jared Thibault. Open
Thursday–Friday from 4pm and
Saturday–Sunday from 12noon,
and Monday–Wednesday for private
functions. From 27 October to
5 March.
• Japanese menu:
at the MCA Cafe
• Accommodation package:
QT Hotel Sydney
The MCA has partnered with
designer hotel QT Sydney to offer an
accommodation package available
throughout the exhibition. The
package starts at $360 includes two
nights’ accommodation, breakfast
for two, two tickets to the exhibition
and two cocktails at the MCA’s
pop-up Cherry Blossom Bar.
• Exhibition catalogue:
available at the MCA Store
•The exhibition includes key sculptures
and installations from his career.
Adult $22 / Conc $17
Family $56
Youth $12
Under12 years old: FREE
MCA Members:
Unlimited FREE entry
Sydney International Art Pass
Adult $37
Concession/member/child $30
Family $94
Museum of
Contemporary Art
Australia
140 George St
Circular Quay West
Sydney
Tatsuo Miyajima, Pile Up Life No. 4,
2009, image courtesy the artist and
Lisson Gallery © the artist, photograph: Ken Adlard; Tatsuo Miyajima,
Arrow of Time (Unfinished Life), 2016,
image courtesy the artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lisson
Gallery © the artist, photograph:
Thomas B. Ling