Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd cordially invites you to the launch of Celebrating Word and Image 1250-1600: Illuminated Manuscripts from teh Kerry Stokes Collection, by Professor Emeritus Margaret Manion and Professor Charles Zika, University of Melbourne. About the book The Kerry Stokes Collection is one of the most significant and respected private collections of art and historical material in Australia.Celebrating Word and Image 1250-1600: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Kerry Stokes Collection features a select group of twelve handmade books or ‘manuscripts’. Each makes a distinct contribution to the history of the…
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Talk | Andrew Dodd on JJ Clark Architect of the Australian Renaissance
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Andrew Dodd ‘JJ Clark Architect of the Australian Renaissance’ JJ Clark designed many important government buildings in Melbourne and throughout Victoria and interstate but is the largely unknown. Andrew Dodd will discuss Clark’s life, his artistic talents and his chequered career in Australia and NZ. Dr Andrew Dodd is a journalist and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Swinburne University of Technology. He has just completed a biography of JJ Clark. Brought to you by the National Treasury Building. Date: Monday 07 May 2021 at 6:30pm Venue: Readings Carlton,…
Book launch: Grace McQuilten ‘Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design’
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Book launch Grace McQuilten ‘Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design‘ Anthony White, Senior Lecturer, Art History, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne will launch Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design. In this book, McQuilten asks the contemporary art world to be honest about the pervasive effects of co modification and the difficulty of staging critique. The book examines the collusion of ‘art’ and ‘design’ in contemporary artistic practices in order to find avenues of critique in a commercially driven cultural landscape. Date: Thursday 15th September, 6:30pm Venue: Readings Bookshop,…
Lecture: Restoring our Icons – The Royal Exhibition Buildings
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Restoring our Icons National Archaeology Week 2010 Lecture Series Tuesday 18 May 2010, 6-7pm Peter Lovell and Fraser Brown talk about work on Australia’s first built World Heritage Listed site. Major conservation and restoration work has been undertaken on the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens over the past four decades. Architecture and heritage consultants Peter Lovell and Fraser Brown from Lovell Chen have actively contributed to the renaissance of the complex that culminated in its 2004 inscription on the World Heritage List. Projects undertaken at various times included the…
Symposium: Cities and History: new voices, new approaches
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Cities & History: new voices, new approaches Friday 21 May 2020 9am to 5pm Discovery Centre, Melbourne Museum Presented by the Institute for Public History at Monash University & Museum Victoria A one-day symposium featuring emerging Melbourne-based urban historians. With commentary by Professor Helen Meller, Nottingham University, UK and Professor Erik Olssen, Otago University, NZ. Speakers Include: · Jenny Coates, Monash University · Cameron Logan, University of Melbourne · Dan Morrow, University of Melbourne · Bernice Ngo, La Trobe University and Museum Victoria · Carla Pascoe, University of Melbourne ·…