Dunedin Public Art Gallery Quiz Question Title * 1. In 2016, the Dunedin Public Art Gallery worked with artist Kushana Bush on a major exhibition and accompanying publication. The title of this was ‘The Burning …’ House Hours Horse Horde OK Question Title * 2. John Singer Sargent created a major uproar when he exhibited his "Portrait of Madame X" at the Paris Salon in 1884. What detail in the painting caused the most controversy? Madame X is drinking absinthe Madame X's bare ankle is visible. One of the shoulder straps on Madame X's dress is loose Madame X is wearing a mask OK Question Title * 3. Artemisia Gentileschi was was one of the greatest artists of the baroque age. Yet her painting 'Judith Slaying Holofernes', commissioned by Cosimo II de’ Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, was kept hidden from view by him. Why? He was not a religious man. The depiction of Judith reminded him of his wife. He believed it was too horrifying to behold. He liked to keep all his paintings covered. OK Question Title * 4. What was the title of a major exhibition of Ralph Hotere’s work that toured New Zealand in 2000? Black Light Black Water Black Paintings Black Phoenix OK Question Title * 5. Piet Mondrian is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. In what year did fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent present a collection of Mondrian-inspired dresses? 1965 1966 1967 1968 OK Question Title * 6. When the Spanish government placed a work by Francisco Goya on a postage stamp in 1930, the United States Post Office refused to accept mail franked with the image. Which of his paintings, which today hangs in the Prado, created such a fuss? The Third of May 1808 The Naked Maja The Disasters of War Yard with Lunatics OK Question Title * 7. David Cerny's work "Shark" is a life sized replica of which dictator floating in a vat of formaldehyde? Robert Mugabe Saddam Hussein Adolf Hitler Idi Amin OK Question Title * 8. In 1996, a statue of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip by artist Greg Taylor was displayed for a short period of time on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. What was controversial about this work? They are both in manacles They are both naked They are playing football Prince Philip is in women's clothing OK Question Title * 9. For many decades, Dunedin Public Art Gallery held the only artwork by Claude Monet in a New Zealand public collection. In 2016, another New Zealand Gallery acquired a work by this artist on long term loan. Which Gallery? Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa City Gallery Wellington Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki OK Question Title * 10. Where was artist Frances Hodgkins buried? Dunedin Wellington Auckland London OK DONE
