EVCS | Solidarity, Betrayal, and Opportunism: Deluxe Manuscript Production for Two High-Status Couples in Renaissance Florence

October 1, 2020
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Fols 13v–14 of the Strozzi-Acciaioli Book of Hours, MS Felton 869–5, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Image: National Gallery of Victoria.

European Visual Culture Seminar Solidarity, Betrayal, and Opportunism: Deluxe Manuscript Production for Two High-Status Couples in Renaissance Florence Hugh Hudson This paper will discuss two deluxe Florentine Renaissance manuscripts in Melbourne collections, the manuscript containing the Scriptores historiae Augustae in the State Library of Victoria, and the Strozzi-Acciaioli Hours in the National Gallery of...
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Opportunities | Calls for Papers, Jobs, Funding | September 28th, 2012

September 28, 2020
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Jobs The newly established Yale-NUS College (www.yale-nus.edu.sg) in Singapore announces the following two faculty positions in art history: one in Asian art, one in the art history of another part of the world. Both positions are open rank, although only one may be senior. Download more info Yale Singapore Art History Jobs (word doc) or visit...
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Napoleon 24hr opening 6-7 October

September 27, 2020
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Spend the night with Napoleon 24hr opening final weekend 6 – 7 October Celebrate the last weekend of Napoleon’s reign over Melbourne as the National Gallery of Victoria stays open all night on Saturday 6 October. The NGV, with support from the City of Melbourne, are offering a night of free live entertainment and...
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Symposium | The Legacies of Bernard Smith, Sydney, November 2012

September 27, 2020
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The Legacies of Bernard Smith, Sydney, November 2012 Bernard Smith could rightly be called the founder of Australian art history, and his presence and influence in Australian cultural life was immense from the publication of Place, Taste and Tradition in 1945 until his death in September 2011. To explore and celebrate his work and its legacy,...
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Call for Papers | Sourcing Emotions in the Medieval and Early Modern World

September 26, 2020
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Sourcing Emotions in the Medieval and Early Modern World This international conference will bring together scholars interested in exploring how we “source” emotions of the medieval and early modern period, whether by performing, acting, hearing, finding, or reading within the varied disciplines interested in this period. Abstracts are welcome on such questions as: Where...
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Lecture | Barbara Stafford ‘Mirroring: From the Pool of Narcissus to Social Cognition’

September 26, 2020
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Barbara Maria Stafford Mirroring: From the Pool of Narcissus to Social Cognition Barbara Maria Stafford is an independent writer, curator and speaker. Her work has consistently explored the intersections between the visual arts and the physical and biological sciences from the early modern to the contemporary era. Her current research charts the revolutionary ways...
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Opportunities | Calls for Papers, Jobs and Funding

September 21, 2020
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Opportunities | September 21st, 2012 These links used to go out as part of the News and Writing links posts, but I have decided to do a separate post as the the news and links posts have been getting longer and longer. This will hopefully make them more manageable and allow me to post...
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Exhibition and Discussion | Made to last: the conservation of art

September 20, 2020
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Image detail: Penny Byrne, H5N1 Mutant Strain 2011, porcelain figurine, vintage action man gas mask, epoxy resin, re-touching medium, powder pigments, 31 x 13 x 9.5cm. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney.

Made to last: the conservation of art Ever wondered how to conserve your works of art? What’s involved with keeping your precious paintings free from wear and tear? How do you restore works after damage by flood or fire? Conservators from the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne will be...
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Lecture | Sandy Nairne ‘Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners’

September 19, 2020
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Shade and Darkness - the Evening of the Deluge exhibited 1843 by Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851

Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners In 1994 two paintings by J.M.W Turner were stolen from a public gallery in Frankfurt while on loan from the Tate in London. Sandy Nairne will speak on the complex story of the theft including the return of the pictures in 2002. Sandy Nairne is the Director...
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Exhibition and Workshop Faculty Gallery, Monash University

September 18, 2020
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Nobuhiro Shimura, Dress. Installation view, Faculty Gallery, Monash University 2012. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition | Nobhuro Shimura | Dress Experimenta ‘Speak to Me’ 5th International Biennial of Media Art Japanese artist Nobuhiro Shimura is presented at Faculty Gallery, Monash University as a part of Experimenta Speak to Me. Shimura’s playful projections draw upon everyday materials and objects, such as paperclips, matches, buttons and sneakers.  His work Dress is a shimmering projection...
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Napoleon Colloquium at NGV International

September 17, 2020
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Jacques Louis-David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

Napoleon Colloquium Saturday 22nd September An afternoon forum exploring the art, artists and their world in the time of Napoleon with three lectures on portraiture, Jacques-Louis David - painter of the French Revolution and decorative arts at the Napoleonic court. Speakers:  Dr Frank Heckes, Honorary Research Associate, La Trobe University | Jacques-Louis David: Painter of the...
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Lecture | Isobel Crombie - Shadow Catchers: The history of the photogram

September 13, 2020
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Simone Douglas, 'Surrender (collision) 111, 1998, Type C photograph, 49 x 67cm.

Shadow Catchers – The history of the photogram This lecture explores the intriguing history of photograms and the resurgence of interest in these camera-less images by contemporary photographers. Speaker Dr Isobel Crombie, Assistant Director, NGV Cost $18 Adult / $12 NGV Members / $14 Concession / FREE for tertiary students just present student card...
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Exhibition and Floortalks | A Body of Knowledge - The Anatomy Lesson

September 11, 2020
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John Browne, Myographia nova, 1698, engraved book plate, 37 x 25 cm. Baillieu Library Special Collections, the University of Melbourne

A Body of Knowledge - The Anatomy Lesson Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia September 13, 2020 - January 20, 2021 Two exhibitions across three venues The Anatomy Lesson Artists and anatomists share a long history of imagining the body, using their knowledge of what can be “seen” to...
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Symposium | A Body of Knowledge, Melbourne University

September 7, 2020
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Ruth Hutchinson, Sympathetic ear  2005, graphite, Collection of John and Irene Sutton

A Body of Knowledge Symposium The University of Melbourne Medical Science is much more than a single discipline, it intersects with art, technology philosophy and history. This symposium will consider the medical body from a number of perspectives. The morning sessions explore forensic and scientific innovations as well as considering the social and cultural...
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Lecture | Anne-Marie May at Holmesglen

September 6, 2020
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ART TALKS: Free Public Lecture Anne-Marie May Anne-Marie May is a Melbourne based visual artist. For two decades, her practice has explored connections across the fields of art, design and architecture. May was a member of the influential Store 5, an artist-run space in Prahran. The artist and her fellow exhibitors used materials commonly...
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Artist Book Display and Talks

September 5, 2020
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: Wendy Kelly, Centre, 2002, artist book: earth, watercolour, paper, hand bound 24 pages, 53 x 39 cm

Seeing Artists Books as Research  The Royal Society of Victoria Heritage Library Curated by Dr Anne Bennett This one day exhibition affords a unique opportunity to see and handle artist books arising from postgraduate research produced in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University over the past decade within the historic setting...
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Exhibition | Time Machine: Sue Ford

September 5, 2020
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Sue Ford Self-portrait 1961  chromogenic print, printed 2011 26 × 19.9 cm courtesy Sue Ford Archive

Time Machine: Sue Ford August 31 2012 - October 14 2012, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Sue Ford (1943–2009) was one of Australia’s most important photographers and filmmakers. Ford studied photography at RMIT and in 1974 was the first Australian photographer accorded a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. The exhibition describes a...
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News and Writing on Art and Art History | September 3rd

September 4, 2020
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News and Writing on Art and Art History | September 3rd Katrina Grant News New NGV director Tony Ellwood gave a speech to the Melbourne Press Club on the 23rd August (full text in The Australian) where he outlined plans for the NGV under his leadership, some more specific than others. The continued focus...
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Seminar | La bella sirena: Portraits of female musicians in seventeenth-century Italy, Mark Shepheard

September 4, 2020
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Bernardo Strozzi,	'A Viola da gamba Player (Barbara Strozzi)', c. 1640, Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany)

La bella sirena: Portraits of female musicians in seventeenth-century Italy Mark Shepheard PhD Candidate in Art History in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne The portrait of the musician in early modern Italy was intimately linked to the status of music-making as a profession. The confined role of women in public...
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