

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FREE | Friday Art Talks | Wear & Tear | Behind the Mask
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am – Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 02:45 am (+11:00)
- **Event Description**: This March, we unpick the theme of Wear and Tear, revealing the stories, inspiration and cultural significance of the items that adorn us, uncovering how time, use and the body leave their mark.

Travel to Papua New Guinea and explore the cultural contexts underlying some of the extraordinary pieces featured in Bilong Papua New Guinea: 50 Years of Independence.

Join Curator, Pacific Arts, Crispin Howarth as he offers insight into works constructed as the embodiment of spirits, alongside those built to be carried and worn as expressions of status and prestige. Discover how many works within Pacific Arts Collection serve both functions, blurring boundaries and visually broadcasting their meaning to the onlooker.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/free-|-friday-art-talks-|-wear-and-tear-|-behind-the-mask/200029656201349
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 110

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029656201349?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=canberra-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Parkes Place East, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **lat**: -35.29999
- **long**: 149.12853
- **full address**: Parkes Place East, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (https://allevents.in/org/national-gallery-of-australia-canberra/3438934)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am (+11:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parkes Place East, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about FREE | Friday Art Talks | Wear & Tear | Behind the Mask ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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