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

Skywhales Across Australia

Launching in Goulburn

22 feb. 2025

Saturday 22 February 2025

Seiffert Oval - Corner of Faithful and Verner Streets, Goulburn.

Site opens at 4:00am, event concludes at 7:00am

Free - bookings essential 
Book your free ticket here

Experience the magic of Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhale and Skywhalepapa, two hot air balloon sculptures towering at 7 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 & 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, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Maitland launch, photographer credit Leighsha Cox, © Patricia Piccinini.

Skywhales Across Australia

Launching in Goulburn

22 feb. 2025

Saturday 22 February 2025

Seiffert Oval - Corner of Faithful and Verner Streets, Goulburn.

Site opens at 4:00am, event concludes at 7:00am

Free - bookings essential 
Book your free ticket here

Experience the magic of Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhale and Skywhalepapa, two hot air balloon sculptures towering at 7 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 & 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.