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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Sculpture: Place and Space Australian National University, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, the ANU School of Art and the National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Australia, May 10 – 12, 2013 The symposium is a highlight of the 2013 Centenary of Canberra program TOUCH: Sculpture and the Land that has been designed...
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Since public art’s emergence as a distinct form of art practice in the late 1960s, the subsequent explosion in its varieties of medium, form and location has prompted multi-disciplinary research into its conception, production and reception.
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The Power institute is proud to present in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute, Sydney, the forthcoming free symposium titled 'Of Loves and Ladies, Knights and Arms': The Renaissance Effect.
When we think of Renaissance art, we may think of individual examples of great painting and sculpture, but these works were often planned within complex...
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Symposium The Power of Luxury: Art and Culture at the Italian Courts in Machiavelli’s Lifetime This symposium argues that the real Renaissance took place in the realms of politics, fashion and the refinement of everyday living, rather than in the commissioning of paintings by Botticelli and Bellini. The symposium has been arranged in partnership...
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Colonial Art Exhibitions: Past, Present Future The last decade has witnessed a resurgence of interest in Australian colonial art, with an unprecedented number of important exhibitions being held in our major art galleries (national, state and regional) and libraries. This symposium brings together many of Australia’s leading directors, senior librarians, curators, conservators and academics...
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Migration and Exchange: Symposium on early Australian Photography This symposium explores itinerant and sporadic image making in Australia (including those parts of the Pacific that Australia administered and that Australian photographers travelled to) in order to understand the effects of photographic transformation and exchange. It begins with images recruited to lend authority to colonial...
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The Meaning of Materials in Modern and Contemporary Art The 2012 AICCM Paintings Group + 20th Century in Paint Symposium will explore questions around artists’ intentions towards the materials they use, including the social significance of material choices. Speakers represent major collecting and research institutions and private conservators from Australia, Holland, New Zealand, the...
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The Landscape Awry The Landscape Awry is a two day event at TarraWarra Museum of Art and its surrounds. It features installations and presentations by authors, artists and academics about the ways in which we ‘see’ the landscape. The symposium has as its starting point the very terrain upon which the TWMA is built...
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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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