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ROOTS OF THAI ART

May 15th 2012 15:38
BOOKLAUNCH EVENTTHE ROOTS OF THAI ART


WHAT: Thai dignitaries, including theThai Ambassador, his Excellency Mr Maris Sangiampongsa, will come together for a special event to celebrate the launch of thefirst English edition of The Roots of Thai Art by Dr Piryia Krairiksh.

The new English edition ofThe Roots of Thai Art will be part of the celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of Australian Thai diplomatic relations.



Thebook author, Dr Piryia Krairiksh - a world-renowned Art Historian and Asian Art Curator, and the first Curator of Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia -will come to Australia to join special VIP guests at the Art Gallery of NSW for the launch of the English edition of The Roots of Thai Art.




This special launch has been funded by the Australia-Thailand Institute, the Gordon Darling Foundation, and VisAsia.



The book is the culmination of 30 years of research by Dr Piryia Krairiksh, providing a definitive account of Thai art history. Covering 700 years of Thai art history,The Roots of Thai Art looks at both Buddhist and Hindu art from the 5th to the 13th centuries, and includes exclusive images from the private collection of HM The King of Thailand and many other private collectors and museums.



The book will have its Australian debut at the booklaunch, and will be available for purchase from the Gallery Shop.




WHO: Thai Ambassador, his Excellency Mr Maris Sangiampongsa

Author Dr.Piriya Krairiksh, the inaugural curator of Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia and a leading authority on Thai Arts.

Publisher the Hon Narisa Chakrabongse – Translator and chair of River Books, and the only child of HRH Prince Chula Chakrabongse and Elizabeth Chakrabongse.

Gordon Darling AC and Marilyn Darling AC

John Yu, AC,Chair of the VisAsia Board



WHEN: 11.30am – 12.30pm on Wednesday May 30th



WHERE: Restaurant Function Space, The Art Gallery of NSW
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THE UNSPEAKABLE ITCH

May 15th 2012 12:17
Darlinghurst Theatre Company
presents
THE UNSPEAKABLE ITCH
By Drew Fairley and Kate Smith
Songs by Phil Scott

TILL DEBT DO US PART

Comedy that delivers a bunch of pithy one liners in song

Drew Fairley and Kate Smith


The wonderful and dynamic duo Drew Fairley and Kate Smith, creators of the hit shows Bangers and Mash and The No Chance in Hell Hotel return to Darlinghurst Theatre with their uproarious new comedy The Unspeakable Itch



Matt and Bec have been married for seven years and we all know what that means; he wants a raise, she wants her cushions fluffed. He keeps fingering his car keys. She spends hours staring into the backyard longing for a new deck. If only they hadn't started scratching the unspeakable itch…



So what if Matt occasionally sleeps in the car and Bec has trouble remembering his name? It's just a phase. Once they get their bank loan, a timber deck and a heated infinity pool all their little grievances will disappear. But if they don't get that loan they'll do what any other normal Australian couple would do - have a nervous breakdown and sing about it.

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Rome studio announced for emerging SA artists

The Helpmann Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts and the Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF) have announced the AEAF Cibo Espresso Studio at the British School at Rome.



This new residential studio, initiated by the previous Director of AEAF, Domenico de Clario and supported by the Helpmann Academy, will offer an emerging South Australian artist the opportunity to undertake a three-month residency at the British School at Rome, Britain’s leading humanities research institute abroad and one of the most prestigious foreign academies in the Italian capital.



Thanks to a generous sponsorship from local coffee brand, Cibo Espresso, an emerging South Australian artist will be chosen for the residency each year for the next five years, with the first placement scheduled for July 2013.



“A three-month residency in Rome offers many amazing opportunities to South Australian visual artists,” says AEAF Director Christine Morrow.“From classical architecture and baroque sculpture, to the works of Caravaggio, Michelangelo and Raphael—and much more recent artistic movements including Arte Povera, the Transavanguardia and beyond—Rome and the adjoining Vatican City represents a fertile cultural tradition that may expand the knowledge and experience of emerging artists from South Australia.”



Cibo Espresso Director Roberto Cardone said the AEAF Cibo Espresso Studio at the British School at Rome would provide a once-in-a-lifetime international opportunity for emerging South Australian artists.



“We want to embrace and encourage their passion for art by providing emerging South Australian artists with an international platform to pursue their careers with additional studies,” Mr Cardone said. “The AEAF Cibo Espresso Studio continues our strong relationship with both Italy and the Italian culture and our support of arts and culture within South Australia.”



All supporters of the residency see it as an opportunity tosend cultural ambassadors for South Australia to Rome and bring back artists who can, through their experiences, deepen and enrich the cultural life of our whole community.

British School at Rome
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Twin Shadow

May 15th 2012 05:20
The first track to be taken from Twin Shadow’s Confess is the anthemic ‘Five Seconds’.

Twin Shadow, the creative moniker of George Lewis Jr., will release his second album Confess on Friday 6 July through 4AD / Remote Control.

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Open House at Town Hall

May 14th 2012 02:24
It's an Open House at Town Hall

When prominent politician and editor of the Advertiser Sir John Langdon Bonython died in 1939, the clock he donated to the Adelaide Town Hall stopped working, and nobody knows why


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Hey, it's America by Ryan Ridge

May 14th 2012 01:51
Hey, it’s America by Ryan Ridge.
Images by Genevieve Lawrence.


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Jamie Jewell on I Will Survive?

May 2nd 2012 07:06
Jamie Jewell on I Will Survive?


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GHOSTFACE KILLAH

April 28th 2012 03:34
GHOSTFACE KILLAH

DOOM

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Hot Docs

April 28th 2012 03:18
Australian documentaries screening at Hot Docs

Three Australian documentaries are screening in competition over the next week at Hot Docs. Held in Toronto, Canada, Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival


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The Floors - National Tour

April 28th 2012 03:13
THE FLOORS
Announce National Tour Dates For Debut Single ‘You Got To Move’

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