Renaissance Tours

Travelling with the Art Gallery Society offers so much more than simply an art tour overseas.

In conjunction with Renaissance Tours, the Art Gallery Society is offering again a wide range of tours in 2011. From Russian Treasures to Jewels of India, there is a tour to suit everyone.

Reflecting the great diversity of world art and culture, the 2011 tours will be led by several new tour leaders, including Julian Droogan, archaeologist and lecturer in comparative religion; University of Sydney lecturer in archaeology, Wendy Reade; Lorraine Kypiotios, art history lecturer at the National Art School; Sydney Morning Herald art critic, John McDonald and Holly Kerr-Forsyth, author and garden writer for The Weekend Australian. Popular tour leaders, mostly drawn from Gallery staff – Terence Maloon, Ann MacArthur, Liz Gibson, Brian Ladd and art critic for The Australian, Christopher Allen, will again lead tours to destinations that have become perennial favourites with Art Gallery Society travellers.

2011 promises to be a year packed with stimulating travel adventures for art, architecture and garden lovers as well as, for the first time, a sketching tour.

Tours Programme

New Year in the Artists' Paris

Discover the unknown Paris wtih Terence Maloon
28 December 2010 - 07 January 2011

La Vida del Arte!

Art and life in Latin America with Wayne Tunnicliffe
12 - 23 January 2011
CONTEMPO tour

Jewels of India

The ancient road from Mumbai to Delhi with Julian Droogan
24 January – 10 February 2011 (18 days / 17 nights)

In the Footsteps of the Landscape Masters

Sketching in Rome and the Campagna with Michelle Hiscock
12 - 23 April 2011

Japan in the Spring

Tokyo to Kyoto with Ann MacArthur
07 - 21 May 2011 (15 days / 14 nights)

Villas, Gardens and Art

From the Veneto to Vienna with Holly Kerr Forsyth
12 – 30 May 2011 (19 days / 18 nights)

Treasures of Russian Art & Architecture

with Liz Gibson
13 – 27 May 2011 (15 days / 14 nights)

Great Cities, Art & Architecture

Chicago to New York wtih Brian Ladd
18 May – 03 June 2011 (17 days / 16 nights)

Empires of Eastern Europe

Istanbul to Budapest with Liz Gibson
01 - 22 September 2011 (22 days / 21 nights)

Barcelona to Nice

Art of the Mediterranean with Lorraine Kypiotis
05 - 21 September 2011 (17 days / 16 nights)

Southern Italy

A path less travelled with Christopher Allen
23 September - 08 October 2011

Cutting Edge China

Contemporary Art in Beijing and Shanghai with John McDonald
03 – 14 October 2011 (12 days / 11 nights)

Exploring Egypt

5000 Years Along the Nile with Wendy Reade
04 - 22 November 2011 (19 days / 18 nights)

Christmas in Vienna

22 - 28 December 2011
Tour Leader: Brian Ladd

New Year in Prague and Dresden

28 December 2011 - 06 January 2012
Tour Leader: Brian Ladd