Opening Weekend
Matisse: Drawing Life | 3 December 2011 – 4 March 2012 | GOMA | Ticketed | Exclusive to Brisbane
GOMA Opening Hours
10.00am — 5.00pm Monday to Friday
9.00am — 5.00pm Saturday and Sunday
Closed Christmas Day
9.00am — 5.00pm Public Holidays
Celebrate the opening weekend of ‘Matisse: Drawing Life’ and join a range of visiting guest curators and specialists to learn more about Henri Matisse.
Saturday 3 December 2011
Panel Discussion: An artist abroad
11.30am | Cinema A | Free, no ticket required
Miranda Wallace, Curatorial Manager, International Art, Exhibitions and Research will chair a discussion addressing the influence of place in Matisse’s work, considering his early years in a textile-manufacturing region of northern France, his formal training in Paris, and his travels southwards to Nice, North Africa and, eventually, to Tahiti. Speakers include Terence Maloon, Curator, Special Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Dr Prue Ahrens, Lecturer in Art History, University of Queensland; and Dominique Szymusiak, Director, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis.
In conversation : A life in line
1.30pm | The Fairfax Gallery (Gallery 1.1)
Join exhibition curators Céline Chicha-Castex, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and independent curator Emilie Ovaere-Corthay, in conversation with Miranda Wallace, Curatorial Manager, International Art, Exhibitions and Research, as they take you on a tour and provide a personal insight into the development of the exhibition.
Sunday 4 December 2011
Curator’s Perspective Tour
11.30am | The Fairfax Gallery (Gallery 1.1)
Take a tour with Miranda Wallace, Curatorial Manager, International Art, Exhibitions and Research and ‘Matisse: Drawing Life’ Coordinating Curator (Australia).
