{"id":12372,"date":"2013-09-10T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/canberras-golden-summer-of-arts-and-culture\/"},"modified":"2013-09-10T09:18:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T09:18:00","slug":"canberras-golden-summer-of-arts-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/09\/canberras-golden-summer-of-arts-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra&#8217;s Golden Summer of Arts and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"536577\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/536577.jpg\" height=\"206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/536577.jpg\" width=\"210\"><\/em><span><span>The first exhibition of Peruvian art ever staged in Australia headlines a diverse range of cultural experiences in the nation&#8217;s capital this summer.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><em>Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru<\/em>\u00a0opens exclusively at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on 6 December and reveals the splendour of ancient pre-Hispanic cultures of Peru, with more than 200 objects that will transport visitors back in time into the world of the famous Incan empire and their predecessors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Art lovers will encounter the aesthetic depth, drama and beauty of the Incan empire through objects like large stone calendars, full-size gold armour, intricate jewellery, and elaborate embroidered and woven cloths. While art made of gold, silver, turquoise, stone, textiles and ceramics will excite visitors and provide a new experience at the National Gallery of Australia, according to senior curator Christine Dixon.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>&#8216;We&#8217;re thrilled to host some of the greatest works of art ever produced in ancient Peru,&#8217; Dixon said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"536574\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/536574-204x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/536574-204x300.jpg\" width=\"204\"><span>Ten private and public museums, including Peru&#8217;s National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History, have generously lent some of their greatest treasures to the National Gallery of Australia. The exhibition is a ticketed event and closes on 21 April 2014. Tickets will go on sale soon through Ticketek.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>As well as Peruvian treasures, Canberra will also play host to an incredible collection of rare maps, Indigenous bark paintings and a revealing collection of rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll photographs at its national institutions in the coming months.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>After exploring these exciting exhibitions, why not discover some of Canberra&#8217;s own hidden gems? The Canberra Wine District is home to 33 wineries within 35 minutes of the city, including\u00a0Clonakilla, famed for its award-winning shiraz-viognier, which was recently awarded 97 points in the\u00a0<em>2014 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><em><span><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><span>Experience Canberra&#8217;s rich food scene and dine in\u00a0<em>Good Food Guide\u00a0<\/em>hatted restaurants like Aubergine, Pulp Kitchen, Courgette, Waters Edge and the long-running Ottoman Cuisine. Or why not sample the culinary delights of acclaimed newcomers like Eightysix and Mocan and Green Grout, which were both recently named in\u00a0<em>The Australian&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0Hot 50 Restaurants 2013?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first exhibition of Peruvian art ever staged in Australia headlines a diverse range of cultural experiences in the nation&#8217;s capital this summer. Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru\u00a0opens exclusively at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on 6 December and reveals the splendour of ancient pre-Hispanic cultures of Peru, with more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}