Coming Up Arts Thursday! Journeys into the past and the esoteric

Danie Mellor, A Trace of History (of Death and Resurrection), mixed media on paper (detail)

Souvenir Spoons commemorating Australian history, photo Tim Harland

Join Maisy Stapleton this Thursday to explore how Australians discover their past through tourism, fascinated by convict sites such as Port Arthur and icons like the dog on the Tuckerbox at Gundagai. Curator Richard White and Assistant Curator Rose Cullen talk about the new exhibition at the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Touring the Past : tourism and history in Australia.
Then delve into the impact of spiritualism, the occult and paganism on art. Curator Robert Buratti leads us through the mysticism and symbolism of a new exhibition opening at the SH Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill Windows to the Sacred: An exploration of the Esoteric.
10:30am to noon Thursday 29th August