Want to see the AGNSW’s new blockbuster exhibition away from the crowds? Join us for an after-hours, private viewing with bubbles, canapés and a Q&A with the curator.

A pioneer of the abstract expressionism movement in Europe, Vasily Kandinsky (also known as Wassily Kandinsky) was one of the world’s most groundbreaking and best-loved modernist artists. In his influential 1911 treatise, he wrote about art’s potential to “stand alone”, with imagery independent of the natural world. These musings on the artist’s “inner necessity” would underscore his entire career.

The AGNSW’s remarkable upcoming exhibition Kandinsky, curated with New York’s Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, draws from the Guggenheim’s rich holdings to showcase Kandinsky’s life and work – from the beginnings of his artistic career in Munich, to his return to his birthplace of Moscow with the outbreak of World War I, to his final chapter in Paris.

We’re celebrating the opening of the exhibition with an exclusive, Access-only viewing on November 17, just a week after it opens. Start in the foyer of AGNSW’s iconic South Building, where you’ll be greeted with champagne and roaming canapés. You’ll hear first-hand insights in a Q&A hosted by Broadsheet editor Emma Joyce and a curator from the gallery, before exploring the exhibition in an after-hours, private viewing.

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