SAM Talks: Bringing Facing Modernity to Australia with Dr Sophie Matthiesson

Name: SAM Talks: Bringing Facing Modernity to Australia with Dr Sophie Matthiesson
Start: 2026-05-23T13:30:00+1000
End: 2026-05-23T14:30:00+1000
Location: Shepparton Art Museum

Sat, 23 May, 1:30pm - 2:30pm AEST

Shepparton Art Museum

Shepparton VIC, Australia

Shepparton Art Museum

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Join Dr. Sophie Matthiesson, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Senior Curator, International Art, for a special afternoon talk introducing Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso and tracing the exhibition’s journey from a private collection in New York City to New Zealand, and now across the Tasman to SAM.

Event Details:

Date + time: Saturday 23 May, 1.30 – 2.30pm

Location: Level 4, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndam Street, Shepparton

Price: $6.65 inc. GST – registrations essential

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Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is located on Yorta Yorta Country, Shepparton, Victoria. As a leading Australian regional art museum, SAM showcases its exhibitions and collections in new and exciting ways, creating a welcoming, inclusive, and engaging space for all visitors.

Recognised for its significant Australian ceramics collection and nationally significant collection of Indigenous art, SAM’s programming is designed to be locally relevant and engages with global contemporary ideas. Through its exhibitions, collection, programs and events, SAM creates a place where art helps us to better understand the ancient cultures of this country and contemporary multicultural Australia.