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Opening lecture: Nude
Hear from Emma Chambers of the Tate
Image: Pablo Picasso Nude woman in a red armchair (Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge) 1932 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 129.9 × 97.2 cm, Tate: Purchased 1953 © Pablo Picasso/Succession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Image: © Tate, London 2016
Saturday 5 November 2016, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Free viewing for members
Nude: art from the Tate collection
Image: Frederic, Lord Leighton The bath of Psyche exhibited 1890 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 189.2 × 62.2 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1890. Image © Tate, London 2016
Sunday 6 November 2016, 5.15pm
Monday 7 November 2016, 10am
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free
Eileen Kramer and Jean-Paul Bell in conversation
Hear about the power of the body and mind
Image: Eileen Kramer. Photo: Cybele Malinowski
Wednesday 16 November 2016, 6pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Dance and creative movement workshop
Take a masterclass with Eileen Kramer
Image: Eileen Kramer. Photo: Cybele Malinowski
Wednesday 16 November 2016, 7.30pm
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Members party
You can leave your hat on
Image: Philip Wilson Steer Seated nude: the black hat c1900 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 50.8 × 40.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1941. Image © Tate, London 2016
Saturday 26 November 2016, 6.30pm
Duration 3 hours
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Charges apply
Celebrity talks: From titillation to taboos
Exposing the human body
Image: Kelli Jean Drinkwater. Photo: Toby Burrows
Wednesdays 6.30pm
9-30 November 2016
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesdays 7.30pm
9-30 November 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Thursday 1 December 2016, 6pm
Duration 2 hours
Charges apply
Talks: Up close with the nude
Artists and scholars discuss their favourite artworks in the exhibition
Image: Ben Quilty
Wednesdays 7.30pm
9 November – 7 December 2016
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Junkyard Beats and The Human Sound Project
Performance and workshop: Making music with the body
Image: Simon Jankelson of The Human Sound Project
Wednesday 14 December 2016, 7pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday 14 December 2016, 7.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
Draw Rodin’s ‘The kiss’
Get intimate with a masterpiece
Image: Auguste Rodin The kiss 1901-04, Pentelican marble, 182.2 × 121.9 × 153 cm, Tate: purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and public contributions 1953. Image © Tate, London 2016
Tuesday 8.45am, 6 December 2016
Thursdays 8.45am, 10 November, 8 December 2016, 12 January 2017
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Charges apply
Children’s access workshop: Strike a pose
Artmaking for children with specific needs, their families and carers
Image: Sir Joshua Reynolds James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale 1759-60 (detail), Art Gallery of NSW collection
Wednesday 18 January 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Art and dementia: The body
For people living with dementia and their carers
Image: John Gibson Narcissus post 1829 (detail), Art Gallery of NSW collection
Thursday 19 January 2017, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Coffee tour: Nude
For members and guests
Image: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Two women (Zwei frauen) 1912 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 76.5 × 84.5 cm. Tate: Presented by the executors of Dr Rosa Schapire 1954 © Karl Schmidt-Rotluff/Bild-Kunst. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Image © Tate, London 2016
Tuesday 29 November, Tuesday 13 December 2016, Thursday 19 January 2017, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply
Audio-description tour: Nude
For blind or vision-impaired visitors
Image: Pierre Bonnard The bath (Baignoire (Le bain)) 1925 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 86 × 120.6 cm, Tate: Presented by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill through the Contemporary Art Society 1930 © Estate of Pierre Bonnard. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Image © Tate, London 2016
Thursday 8 December 2016, 11am
Friday 20 January 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Nude live BOOKED OUT
Sydney Dance Company performs as part of Sydney Festival 2017
Photo: Peter Greig
7-10, 14-17, 21-24 January 2017, 6pm, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Charges apply
Community access tour and workshop: Nude
For adults with specific needs
Image: William Etty Candaules, King of Lydia, shews his wife by stealth to Gyges, one of his ministers, as she goes to bed exhibited 1830 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 45.1 × 55.9 cm, Tate: Presented by Robert Vernon 1847. Image © Tate, London 2016
Tuesday 6 December 2016, 11am
Wednesday 25 January 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Wednesdays 7.30pm
4-25 January 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Naked ideas
Thursday night philosophy sessions with The School of Life
Image: Lucian Freud Standing by the rags 1988–89 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 168.9 × 138.4 cm, Tate: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund, the Friends of the Tate Gallery and anonymous donors 1990. © Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images. Image © Tate, London 2016
Thursdays 7-8.15pm
5-26 January 2017
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Drop in and make: The body
Free artmaking activity for families
Image: Bertram Mackennal Sappho c1909 (detail), Art Gallery of NSW collection
Mondays - Fridays 11am – 4pm
9-13, 16-20, 23-27 January 2017
Duration 5 hours
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Nude at night
Exhibition open until 10pm plus events - all welcome
Thursdays, Fridays, 5-10pm
5-27 January 2017
Duration 5 hours
Workshop: Nearly nude
Life drawing with a difference
Image: Alfred Stevens Study of a kneeling boy bending a bow, for Dorchester House c1860 (detail), chalk on paper, 32.1 × 25.7 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1923. Image © Tate, London 2016
Fridays 5-9pm
6-27 January 2017
Duration 4 hours
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Tours: The shock of the nude
Artists and thinkers lead tours of the exhibition
Image: Ron Mueck Wild man 2005 (detail), mixed media, 285 × 161.9 × 108 cm, Tate: Artist Rooms, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008 © Ron Mueck. Photo: Tate/NPG Scotland, Marcus Leith. Image © Tate, London 2016
Thursdays and Fridays 6.30pm, 8.30pm
5-27 January 2017
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
The nude: art, beauty and nakedness
Two lectures on the contradictions and controversies of the nude
Image: Henri Matisse Draped nude (Femme nue drapée) 1936 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 45.7 × 37.5 cm, Tate: Purchased 1959 © Succession H Matisse. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney. Image © Tate, London 2016
Saturday 28 January 2017, 2pm
Duration 1 hour, 45 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Sunday 29 January 2017, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 10 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Auslan tour: Nude with Sue Wright
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Image: Amedeo Modigliani Seated nude with necklace (Nu assis au collier) 1917 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 91.5 × 59.7 cm, The Lewis Collection
Wednesday 18 January 2017, 7.15pm
Sunday 29 January 2017, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Korean-language guided tour: Nude
한국어 안내 관람: 누드
Image: Herbert Draper The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 182.9 × 155.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898. Image © Tate, London 2016
Wednesdays 11am
9 November - 14 December 2016
4 January - 1 February 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Celebrity talks: Nude fictions
Writers read their own words inspired by the exhibition
Image: Benjamin Law
Wednesdays 6.30pm
4-25 January, 1 February 2017
18 January is Auslan interpreted
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Art and dementia: Nude
For people living with dementia and their carers
Image: William Strang The temptation 1899 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 122 × 137.2 cm, Tate: Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1999. Image © Tate, London 2016
Thursday 2 February 2017, 10.30am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Japanese-language guided tour: Nude
日本語ガイドツアー：ヌード展
Image: Herbert Draper The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 182.9 × 155.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898. Image © Tate, London 2016
Wednesdays, Saturdays 11am
9 November - 21 December 2016
7 January - 4 February 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Mandarin-language guided tour: Nude
普通話導覽：裸體
Image: Herbert Draper The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 182.9 × 155.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898. Image © Tate, London 2016
Saturdays 2pm
12 November - 17 December 2016
7-21 January, 4 February 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Cantonese-language guided tour: Nude
粵語導覽：裸體
Image: Herbert Draper The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 182.9 × 155.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898. Image © Tate, London 2016
Sundays 2pm
8-22 January, 5 February 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Guided tour: Nude
An introduction to highlights in the exhibition
Image: Herbert Draper The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898 (detail), oil paint on canvas, 182.9 × 155.6 cm, Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898. Image © Tate, London 2016
Daily 11.30am, 2pm (except 22 Dec – 3 Jan)
Wednesdays 7.15pm (except 21, 28 Dec)
5 November 2016 – 5 February 2017
Duration 1 hour
Location: Major exhibition gallery
Free with exhibition entry
Film series: Nude and naked
Representations of nudity in cinema
Image: Still from Tarzan and his mate
Various Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays
9 November - 18 December 2016
4 January – 5 February 2017
See listing for details
Location: Domain Theatre
Free