The latest NGV exhibition is, again, sourced largely from a secondary French museum (the Musée Marmottan Monet, henceforth MMM). Monet exhibitions have traditionally draw large crowds, and are much loved by gallery directors needing to feed the political machines to which they are beholden that equate numbers with success. But if ‘Monet’ is the...
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Barocci: Brilliance and Grace is one of the most stimulating and well curated exhibitions to be held in London in recent years. There is in fact a relative wealth of religious art exhibitions in London currently, the equally excellent Murillo & Justino de Neve:...
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Jobs Lecturer Level A or B in Painting, School of Art, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences – deadline 9th June 2013 Museum Victoria hiring a range of postions including Loans Manager, Image Management Officer etc...
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Dean’s Lecture | Thomas Demand’s Pacific Sun Professor Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore In 2011 the German artist Thomas Demand made a two-minute stop-motion film called “Pacific Sun.” Michael Fried will show this film and analyse it in detail, with a view to...
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In conjunction with the exhibition ‘Monet’s Garden’ the National Gallery of Victoria is running a short course on history of garden and landscape design. A series of nine lectures presented by art historians and academics in landscape architecture will explores the art and history...
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Deadline 30th June 2013 The editors of EMAJ are now calling for articles to be submitted for EMAJ 7 to be published in November 2013. EMAJ welcomes monographic articles about specific artists or art collectives as well as thematic or theoretical analyses of art...
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Music at the exiled Stuart Court Dr Matthew Martin, Assistant Curator, International Decorative Arts and Antiquities The courts of exiled Stuart monarchs James II and James III were distinguished by their rich musical lives and both kings made music an important part of court...
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AAANZ as announced that the 2013 Book and Catalogue prizes are now open for nominations. To be eligible books, catalogues and articles must have been published within the year 2012 by members and/or staff of institutional members. All entrants must be current members of...
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Jobs Lecturer in Asian Art History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Sydney – deadline 30th June 2013 Lecturer in European Art History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Sydney – deadline 23rd June 2013 Lecturer in Modern Art (1850-1950), Faculty of...
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul Internationally noted archaeologist Iain Shearer introduces the exhibition. A graduate of University College, London, Iain is a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society and recent Sackler Scholar for Afghanistan and Iran at the British Museum. His extensive experience...
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Impressions of Monet | Monet’s Garden To celebrate the most extensive exhibition of Monet’s work ever to travel to Australia the NGV is holding a symposium with local and international experts that will explore key themes of the exhibition. The symposium is generously supported...
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Sacred Places, Pilgrimage and Emotions May 23-25, University of Melbourne This conference will explore the emotions created in response to sacred place or space from the late antique to the modern period and how these emotions are deployed to build ,strengthen and defend different...
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Jobs University of Queensland Postdoctoral Fellowships 2014 - deadline 12 June 2013 Assistant Curators, Photography, Australian War Memorial - deadline 15th May 2013 Reader/Chair in Visual Culture, Durham University, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Arts & Humanities – deadline 21st May 2013 Assistant Curator Collections...
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Art Talks: Free Lunchtime Lecture Pamela Irving Pamela Irving is a prominent Australian artist who specializes in bronze, ceramic and mosaic sculptures as well as printmaking and copper etchings. Pamela’s exuberant work is held in public and private collections throughout the world. Part of...
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Jobs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the University of Sydney – deadline 31st May 2013 Gallery Curator, Mornington Peninsula Gallery – deadline 10th May 2013 Program Administrator Monash University Museum of Art (Part-time) – deadline 7th May 2013 Fellowships in Early Modern Visual and Material...
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Update: The NGV has advised that this lecture is now free to attend, for full details see the previous post here Varieties of Venetian Colour: Titian and Veronese Professor Paul Hills, The Courtauld Institute of Art Venetian painters of the Renaissance are celebrated above...
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International touring animation exhibition, 971 horses and 4 zebras, has made its way to Melbourne and will be presented at Monash University this month.
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Interdiscipline AAANZ 2013, Melbourne, December 7-9 The 2013 AAANZ annual conference will take place in Melbourne, December 7-9. It is being hosted by the University of Melbourne (VCA and Art History), National Gallery of Victoria and RMIT. It will include sessions on the history...
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The AAANZ conference committee is calling for submissions from design students or other designers to create a logo for the 2013 conference, to be held in Melbourne in December. All applicants are required to follow the logo design brief and submission guidelines below. Logo...
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