The Weekend Kick Off...

I enjoyed a fairly chilled out weekend, On Friday evening I went to the opening of the Sidney Nolan Retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, it was pretty cool as we were able to view the exhibition before it officially opened due to the fact that the friend who took me along had loaned out 2 paintings from his own personal collection to be included in the exhibition.
For someone who loves Art as much as I do it was was a truly amazing experience to be able to wander through the galleries alongside a handful of serious Benefactors, Tycoons and National Treasure's while viewing a few of Nolan's greatest masterpieces - some which have never been publicly seen before while quietly getting to soak up the brilliance of his works with a glass of Champagne before the usual opening night crowd came in.

Kelly and Policeman 1964



I highly recommend seeing this show, especially for the highlights of viewing some of the rarely seen Kelly paintings from the MOMA's collection, also the epic Riverbend series on show for the first time in its entirety in a purpose built room with curved walls so it can be hung as originally intended by Sidney.

Escaped Convict 1962

The Nolan Retrospective is on show until the 3rd February 2008

The Weeekend wind down to follow shortly...