Art and Art History related events in Melbourne. We welcome submissions in this category. If you are organising or know of an event that would be of interest to our readers please see ‘Contact Us’ for detail on how to submit an item.
Gertrude – Discipline Contemporary Art Lecture Series The Trauma of the Political – or, Catch Me I’m Falling (into the Ambivalent Arms of Law) Dr Juliet Rogers in conversation with Maria Tumarkin There is an excitement about falling that betrays itself in images and experiences of the flesh, from Richard Drew’s capture of the...
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About the Exhibition Direct Democracy explores the changing nature of our engagement with the democratic tradition and looks to the emergence of new democratic models. The exhibition reflects contemporary social movements, unrest and the desire for change; modelling key social dynamics and possible futures. In Direct Democracy destruction and resistance are connected with the...
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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 explaining what he regards as its particular significance in and...
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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 of garden design from the Italian Renaissance to today. You...
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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 ceremonial. James II’s court was of great significance in the...
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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 while working and researching in Afghanistan will bring this exhibition...
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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 by the Australian International Cultural Foundation, an affiliate of Art...
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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 forms of community and communal identity. There will be a...
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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 her most recent mosaic commission was unveiled last year at...
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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 all others for their colour and for their handling of...
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