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Lecture: Sasha Grishin ‘Voices in artists’ books – the collaborative venture’

January 30, 2012
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Wanderlust (detail), David Frazer & Martin Flanagan, Lexicon House, 2004. Image via State LIbrary Vic website http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/event/page-page-artists-books-viewing

Free Public Lecture at State Library of Victoria Voices in artists books – the collaborative venture  Sasha Grishin The artists book frequently brings together the creative endeavours of many individuals, who may include the artist, the poet, the letterpress artisan and the binder, amongst others.  Each of these ‘collaborators’ has a particular and distinctive...
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Professor Karen Franck: The Changing Design of Public Memorials

November 21, 2011
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Professor Karen Franck: The Changing Design of Public Memorials Professor Karen Franck, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Associate Professor Quentin Stevens, from RMIT’s School of Architecture and Design, are collaborating on a major research project on the design and use of public memorials. The project is unique in examining both temporary memorials erected by members...
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Shane Carmody ‘To be a Pilgrim’ Margaret Manion Lecture 2011

September 27, 2011
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Pilgrim meets  Ararita with grasping arms, Guillaume de Deguileville, The pilgrimage of the lyfe of the manhode and The pilgrimage of the sowle, England, Lincolnshire, c. 1430, State Libfrary of Victoria, RARES  folio 79r.

Margaret Manion Lecture 2011 To be a Pilgrim Shane Carmody In this lecture Shane Carmody will explore the provenance and relevance of a medieval manuscript held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria: The pilgrimage of the lyfe of the manhode and The pilgrimage of the sowle. This manuscript dates from 1430 and...
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Lecture: James Elkins ‘Art and Science: Issues in Cross-Disciplinary Research’

June 25, 2011
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Free public lecture on Art and Science Art and Science: Issues in Cross-Disciplinary Research, or Why Artists Don’t Speak to Scientists Professor James Elkins Professor James Elkins holds the Chadbourne Chair in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This lecture will draw on Professor Elkins’...
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Lecture: George Eastman House: Past, Present, Future

May 18, 2011
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Le main de Madame Hugo ca. 1853–1854, George Eastman House Collection, Andrew Burford, Taylor 2010

Kodak Salon Lecture George Eastman House: Past, Present, Future Dr Alison Nordström will survey the history of George Eastman House—the oldest museum of its kind in the world—since its opening in 1947. Nordström will address the formation of Eastman House collections and the influence of those collections on our understanding of photographic history. She...
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Lecture: Alison Carroll, ‘The Revolutionary Century: Art in Asia 1900-2000′

May 13, 2011
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Allison Carroll, The Revolutionary Century (cover image)

Alison Carroll, curator and author, presents a lecture on Asian art in the twentieth century. There is a gap in our of knowledge of what connects the pre-twentieth century dominance of ‘traditional’ Asian arts and the rise of the internationally celebrated contemporary art of the region today. This lecture gives an overview of the...
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Lecture Series: Inner Worlds – Portraits and Psychology

May 6, 2011
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Stunned Man) 1945 by Joy Hester Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne On loan from Barbara Tucker 2000

Inner Worlds – Portraits & Psychology This intriguing exhibition highlights points of intense connection between psychology and portraiture in Australian art and social history. It includes portraits of influential women and men of psychology from World War I to the 1950s, and portraits by artists inspired by the inner worlds of the subconscious from...
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Lecture: Jan Gehl ‘Cities for People’

April 12, 2011
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Cities for People Jan Gehl In his new book Cities for People, Gehl writes “City life and regard for people in city space must have a key role in the planning of cities and built-up areas.” Renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl, and frequent visitor to  Melbourne, will discuss his new book, his life long experience of...
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Lecture: Susan Scollay ‘Gardens of Love: Persian Poetry and its Admirers’

March 7, 2011
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Yusuf's wedding to Zulaikha (detail), from Yusuf u Zulaikha by Jami, 1595 Courtesy of Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Susan Scollay – Guest co-curator, Love and Devotion: from Persia and Beyond, March – June, 2010 ‘Gardens of Love: Persian Poetry and its Admirers’ Transcending place and time, classic love stories found in Persian poetry have been reflected in western culture, with parallels in the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare and in the lyrics...
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Deanna Petherbridge – The Primacy of Drawing

February 28, 2011
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Lectures Deanna Petherbridge - The Primacy of Drawing Deanna Petherbridge is an artist, writer and curator primarily concerned with drawing. Her recent book The Primacy of Drawing: Histories and Theories of Practice is about the direct experience of artists, the historical role of drawing and its relationship to the sciences. From the publisher’s website: This...
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