What’s on in February
In the last month of summer take the time to explore our national cultural institutions.
National Gallery of Australia
- Art and dementia – 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- David Hockney: Prints party – 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- From Plate to Press to Paper workshop – 3 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art + Sound – 3 and 17 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Bigger Splash – 3 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Life drawing – 4 and 11 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Assisted tour of Angelica Mesiti – 7 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Coffee with the Curator: David Hockney Prints – 15 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Deco – from 16 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Descriptive tour of Angelica Mesiti – 17 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real – until 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for lunch – 22 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Dancing Dieties – 23 and 24 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Auslan sign-interpreted tour of Angelica Mesiti – 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Russian avant-garde – until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Otto Dix and August Sander: War, people, landscape – until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Angelica Mesiti – until 2 April 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Namatijira Painting country – until 2 April 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Arthur Streeton; The Art of War – until 29 April 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- David Hockney prints – until 27 May 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- stART with art – 5 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- NGA Play: Indieguerillas – open daily February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia’s website.
National Museum of Australia
- PS Enterprise: Public inspection – 3, 11, 17, 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Word for word: Songlines – 4 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Printmaking workshop – 11 and 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Midawarr I Harvest: Artist talk with John Wolseley – 13 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Midawarr I Harvest – until 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- 2018 Australian of the Year – until 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Living Songlines symposium – 23 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters – until 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Introducing our toddler program – until 7 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia’s website.
National Portrait Gallery
- Such is life! Starstruck Summer Nights – 2 and 9 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck ‘Tawdry Tales’ after dark tours: Late night opening – 2 and 9 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- In a flash – 10, 11, 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Vintage Photography Masterclass – 10 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and dementia – 13 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Highlights tour in Mandarin – 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Silver Screen Masquerade – 23 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- 20th Birthday Party – 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck highlights – until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Portrait play: Tell me your story – 1 and 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Studio Starstruck – until 4 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little faces: Summer series – 6 to 9 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery’s website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
- Gapu-Monuk Saltwater – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Maritime Moustaches – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Treasures of the American Collection – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Behind the Scenes Tour – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Arctic Voices – until 1 May 2018 (Sydney, NSW)
- Waves and Water: Australian Beach Photography – until 24 June 2018 (Sydney, NSW)
- Container: The Box that Changed the World – until 4 July 2018 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family:
- Kids on Deck – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Cabinet of Curiosities – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Family Fun Sunday – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Mini Mariners – ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum’s website.
National Film and Sound Archive
- The Vinyl Lounge – 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Discussing Russell Mulcahy – 7 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Ghost Tour – 9 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter of our Dreams – 14 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Tracey Moffatt Double Feature – 21 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Dad and Dave Come to Town – 23 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Stars in the Suburbs – 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Thank God he met Lizzie – 28 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits – until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive’s website.
National Library of Australia
- Book Launch: Dancing Home – 1 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Waving the Red Flag: Chinese posters 1949 – 1976 – until 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Book Launch: Fighting on all Fronts – 6 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Using Microform Readers – 7 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sister Suffragettes – 9 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Digital Discoveries for Researchers – 14 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Anne Deveson’s ‘Paper Trails’ – 15 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- On War – 19 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Gonski 2.0 Review – 20 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Treasures Collection Talk – 22 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Film Screening: Tell Them We Are Rising – 24 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Friends Exhibition Preview: 1968 Changing Times – 27 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Trove for Family History – 28 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia’s website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- Finding and Keeping Collections and Stories: Behind the Scenes tour – 21 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Gift: Art, Artefacts and Arrivals – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Yes: The Ongoing Story of the 1967 Referendum – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- The Opening Day: 9 May 1927 – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Finders Keepers: Collectors and their Stories – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Onetoeight: Australia’s First Prime Ministers – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Behind the Lines 2017: The Year’s Best Political Cartoons – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code: Empire – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy’s website.
Bundanon Trust
- Nolan 100 – 1917-2017 – until 15 April 2018 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Bundanon Open Days – every Sunday (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit Bundanon Trust’s website.
