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Skywhales Across Australia

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Join the pre-dawn festivities at this once-in-a-lifetime community event. Bring your blanket and thermos or enjoy a coffee and snack from onsite vendors, then sit back as the pair slowly rise from the ground and, if weather permits, take off across the skies of Goulburn.

Skywhales Across Australia is a National Gallery Touring Event, supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring Outreach Program. 

Skywhales is the third instalment of The Balnaves Contemporary Series and is a Know My Name project.

Image credit: Patricia Piccinini, Skywhalepapa, 2020 and Skywhale, 2013 (detail), National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Maitland launch, photographer credit Leighsha Cox, © Patricia Piccinini.
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22nd Feb 2025

Next Date: 22nd Feb 2025

Verner Street Goulburn NSW 2580

Contact Details
[email protected]
0248234494

Event Details
Time: 4:00am – 6:00am
Frequency: Once Only
Status: Confirmed Event

Experience the magic of Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhale and Skywhalepapa, two hot air balloon sculptures towering at seven storeys, as they come to life in the glow of sunrise.

Join the pre-dawn festivities at this once-in-a-lifetime community event. Bring your blanket and thermos or enjoy a coffee and snack from onsite vendors, then sit back as the pair slowly rise from the ground and, if weather permits, take off across the skies of Goulburn.

Skywhales Across Australia is a National Gallery Touring Event, supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring Outreach Program. 

Skywhales is the third instalment of The Balnaves Contemporary Series and is a Know My Name project.

Image credit: Patricia Piccinini, Skywhalepapa, 2020 and Skywhale, 2013 (detail), National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Maitland launch, photographer credit Leighsha Cox, © Patricia Piccinini.

Facilities

  • Cafe
  • Carpark
  • Family Friendly
  • Parents Room
  • Public Toilet
  • Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

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