Ben Quilty
Mon, 25 Mar
|Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead
Join us for a special evening with artist Ben Quilty, discussing his beautiful new book, a celebration of the last two decades of his work, to coincide with a major retrospective. Ben will be in-conversation with Robbie Buck of ABC breakfast radio.
Time & Location
25 Mar 2019, 6:30 pm
Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown NSW, Australia
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About The Event
Join us for a special evening with artist Ben Quilty, in-conversation, discussing his beautiful new book, a celebration of the last two decades of his work, to coincide with a major retrospective. Ben will be in-conversation with Robbie Buck of ABC breakfast radio.
About the Book
Ben Quilty is Ben’s body of work, along with essays by Richard Flanagan, Dr Lisa Slade, Vincent Namatjira, Frank Young and Justin Paton. It’s a companion to the touring exhibition starting at the South Australian Art Gallery in March.
Much-loved Australian author Richard Flanagan notes, ‘In an era when art was becoming ever more rarefied, as prices rose to stratospheric levels, and art and inequality seemed increasingly to complement each other, Quilty, without compromising his work, kept reminding Australians that art can have a moral dimension, that art does also deal with the world they live in, and finally that art matters. That he…
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Your ticket to the event, plus a copy of Ben Quilty.
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