A symposium on new perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History at the University next week, with a keynote by National Gallery of Australia Director Dr Gerard Vaughan.
Full program for symposium is now available on the website (pdf link).
Changing the National Gallery of Australia: re-thinking the installations | Dr Gerard Vaughan
In late 2015, the Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Gerard Vaughan announced: ‘We have commenced an ambitious project to transform the experience at the NGA. Every time you visit the Gallery there will be new discoveries as we constantly revitalise the galleries dedicated to the permanent collection.’
In this lecture, Dr Vaughan will provide a detailed account of the new rehang, which has included the relocation of the entire Australian collection downstairs. International art, including Jackson Pollock’s famous Blue Poles (1952), has now moved upstairs into refurbished gallery spaces. What does this major ‘re-thinking’ of the permanent display mean for our understanding of the nation’s collection?
This is the keynote address for the New perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History symposium, presented by The Australian Institute of Art History and the School of Culture and Communication in the Faculty of Arts.
Date: 6:30pm, Friday 19th February
Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building, Spencer Road, Parkville
Free but bookings required. Book via the University of Melbourne website.
Symposium | New Perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History
The theme of this symposium – Italian and Australian art history – addresses the broad areas of research undertaken by Professor Jaynie Anderson at the University of Melbourne, while she filled the roles of third Herald Professor of Art History and foundation Director of the Australian Institute of Art History. The program of speakers is made up of Professor Anderson’s academic and museum colleagues as well as former and current students.
Full program on the website (pdf).
Speakers include
Hilary C Jankelson, PhD Candidate, Art History Program, University of Melbourne
Dr. Antonio González Zarandona, Postdoctoral Associate Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Dr Benjamin Thomas, Rusden Curator, Cultural Collections, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Dr Diana Hiller, independent art historian, Melbourne
Dr Anna Drummond, independent art historian, Melbourne
Carl Villis, Conservator of European paintings before 1800, National Gallery of Victoria
Marco Quabba, PhD Candidate, Art History Program, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Luke Morgan, Art History & Theory, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University
Callum Reid, PhD Candidate, Art History Program, University of Melbourne
This Symposium has been organised by the Australian Institute of Art History and the School of Culture and Communication in the Faculty of Arts.
Date: 9:45am-4:30pm, Friday 19th February 2016
Venue: Macmahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts Building, The University of Melbourne
Free but bookings required. Book via the University of Melbourne website.