FROCK STARS: INSIDE AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK22.Apr - 29.AugTo celebrate the 15th year of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, the Powerhouse Museum takes you behind the scenes to show you the history, highlights, controversies and achievements of the Australian fashion industry. Complete with catwalk, music, lights, parade footage and outfits, visitors will also get a taste of the front row glitz and glamour. The exhibition runs from 22 April - 29 August 2010 Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW 17TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY12.May - 01.AugThe Biennale of Sydney is Australia's largest and most exciting contemporary visual arts event. The fourth oldest biennale in the world, the Biennale of Sydney continues to be recognised for showcasing the freshest and most provocative contemporary art from Australia and around the world. Biennale of Sydney PENNY & TONY COLEING COLLECTIONS04.Jun - 31.AugMurrundi presents an assortment of Aboriginal artwork from the collections of Penny and Tony Coleing, including the work of Robert Campbell Junior (1944-1993), the first Aboriginal artist finalist in the Archibald Prize.Campbell Junior’s work serves as eye-catching and humorous social commentary. His canvases are vividly coloured in which his simple figures play out scenes of small town racism. The exhibition runs from 4 June- 31 August Michael Reid at Murrundi, Boyd Street, Murrurundi, The Upper Hunter, NSW AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARDS EXHIBITION03.Jul - 31.DecAs part of Sydney Design 2010, the Powerhouse Museum is showcasing a selection of the top designs from the 2010 Australian International Design Awards. The collection includes a device that stores hearts in transit before surgery, a gaming headset that reads brain signals and facial expressions and a fire reconnaissance vehicle for bushfires. The exhibition runs from 3 July 2010 – June 2011 Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW SINGAPORE DESIGNER’S PUBLIC LECTURES26.Jul - 25.OctThis series of 5 presentations showcases the works of leading Singapore designers. These lectures offer a dialogue between students, design educators, practitioners and designers while promoting public awareness of good local designs and new design solutions arising from changes in lifestyles. Booking via filmgarde.com.sg or at Filmgarde ticketing booths The lectures are from 7:30-9:00pm and cost $8 for adults and students Filmgarde Cineplex Iluma Level 5, Iluma, Bugis, 201 Victoria Street, Singapore Mon 26 July 2010 – Lecture 1 Tan Kay Ngee – Kay Ngee Tan Architects Here and There, This to That Mon 23 August 2010 – Lecture 2 Colin Seah – Ministry of Design Question, Disturb and Redefine Mon 20 September 2010 – Lecture 3 Look Bon Gee – Look Architects Dialogue with Poetry, Innovation & Ecology Monday 4 October 2010 – Lecture 4 Siew Man Kok – MKPL Courting Inspiration Monday 25 October 2010 – Lecture 5 Peter Tay – Peter Tay Studio The Art of Tailoring – Timeless beauty JEWELLERY EXHIBITIONS AT MANLY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM30.Jul - 29.AugThree simultaneous exhibitions at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum are showcasing contemporary jewellery making and design by leading artists from Australia and New Zealand. The three exhibitions are: Excessory: Contemporary Australian Jewellery, the biennial Contemporary Wearables/ Commemorative Wearables and the tenth anniversary exhibition of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize - Australia’s only national prize for sculpture of smaller dimensions. The exhibitions run from 30 July – 29 August Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly, NSW SYDNEY DESIGN 201031.Jul - 15.AugThis year’s contemporary design festival in Sydney – with the theme ‘tell us a story’ – is holding more than 70 events and activities across 25 different locations. From kids activities to knitting workshops, designer markets, talks and exhibitions, the ‘tell us a story’ theme opens up a world behind design ideas, objects and processes, allowing the public to connect with design on a more personal level. Unlimited general admission to the powerhouse Museum duringSydney Design costs $20. Sydney Design 2010 runs from 31 July to 15 August CREATING THE LOOK: BENINI AND FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION31.Jul - 31.DecAs part of Sydney Design 2010, the Powerhouse Museum brings you an exhibition showcasing the work of Bruno Benini - one of Australia’s leading 20th century fashion photographers. The exhibition explores Benini’s successful parternship with stylist Hazel Benini and the behind-the-scenes styling, crafting and designing responsible for the memorable and striking images he produced between the 1950s and 90s. The exhibition runs from 31 July - April 2011 VALENTINO, RETROSPECTIVE – PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE07.Aug - 07.NovGallery of Modern Art FASHION IN ACTION - SYDNEY DESIGN 201007.Aug - 08.AugOver two days as part of Sydney Design, the exhibition Fashion in Action showcases the differences between carefully constructed studio-based images and the ever-growing trend of street photography, popularised by blogging. One of the main events over this weekend is a live, all-day shoot to show the creative production behind fashion photography - from set design and styling to photography and digital darkroom techniques. Guests will have the chance to participate...by being photographed on set! Fashion in Action runs from 7 - 8 August
MELANIE FITZMAURICE'S 'THE EXPLORER'10.Aug - 28.AugMelanie Fitzmaurice, a Melbourne-based artist introduces her latest artworks, a series of sculptures of modified explorers’ equipment. Informed by her latest travels to Hospitalfield House in the coastal town of Arbroath, Scotland, Fitzmaurice reinvents these objects once used for exploring, climbing or travelling, rendering them completely dysfunctional and surreal. The exhibition runs from 10 - 28 August Catherine Asquith Gallery, 48 Oxford Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
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