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  • Avatar: Forms of Vishnu

    Art Gallery of New South Wales South Building, Ground level, Art Gallery Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia

      This captivating exhibition brings together centuries of art and storytelling from South and Southeast Asia celebrating Vishnu, the Hindu deity who preserves order in the universe. Avatar, meaning ‘descent’ in Sanskrit, describes the many forms Vishnu takes to descend from the heavens to restore balance on earth. In sculpture, painting, textiles, photographs and film, the […]

  • Wholly glory Raghav Handa and James Peter Brown

    Art Gallery of New South Wales South Building, Ground level, Art Gallery Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia

      Wholly glory by choreographer and dancer Raghav Handa and composer James Peter Brown responds to Vive l’Empereur! 1891 by Édouard Detaille – a monumental painting on display in the Art Gallery’s Grand Courts that captures the splendour of Napoleon’s cavalry. Drawing on visual research, historical documentation and the dressage ring, Wholly glory interrogates the cost of allegiance, the construct […]