The NGV has opened a new space the showcase their collection of antiquities. The new gallery is on Level 2 of NGV International. The collections are displayed across three areas, encompassing Mesoamerica, The Classical World and Egypt and the Near East. The two corridor cases that flank the gallery feature representative tomb groups from...
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Symposium: Revolutionary ideas Perspectives on the building of an American nation This symposium considers the role of the visual arts and other forms of cultural expression in building an idea of nationhood in America from its foundation as a colony through the beginning of the 20th century. It addresses the aims of portraiture, the...
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Hero and Villain: Lafayette’s Legacies by Laura Auricchio Laura Auricchio, Associate Professor of Art History and Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies at The New School in New York. Co-presented by Sydney University and the Sydney Intellectual History Network (SIHN@Sydney) Americans have long hailed the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) as an extraordinarily admirable figure...
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Jobs Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellowships - deadline 1st December 2013 Balnaves Curatorial Intern (paid), Organisation: McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery - deadline 17th November 2013 Courthouse Arts Young Curator for 2014 - deadline 15th November 2013 Assistant Registrar - Collections Documentation, Arts Centre Melbourne - deadline 1st November 2013 Postdoc fellowship in...
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LECTURE #7: Sean Dockray Interface, Access, Loss with respondent Jake Goldenfein This lecture surveys how the structure of digital property has changed over the past few years with the growth of ‘the cloud’. Drawing on concepts from computer science, it traces a path from the peer-to-peer utopianism of a decade ago to the power...
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Between Surrealism and Pop: The early career of Eduardo Paolozzi Ryan Johnston, Head of Art, Australian War Memorial This lecture will explore the early career and intellectual biography of Eduardo Paolozzi. Beginning with his experience of the Second World War, the lecture will trace his formative years in post-war Paris, where he sought out the...
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Postgraduate students are invited to participate in exclusive Masterclasses led by the AAANZ 2013 conference Keynote Speakers, Professor David Joselit (Yale University), and Professor Paul Wood (Open University, London). David Joselit’s Masterclass focuses on Art in the Age of Big Data, C. 2013, and Irit Rogoff’s Masterclass will examine Conceptual Art and Conceptualism. Both...
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Exposing Thomas Clark: a colonial artist in Western Victoria David Hansen The exhibition runs at Hamilton Art Gallery 21 September – 17 November 2020 At a small but intensely stimulating symposium hosted by the University of Melbourne in November last year, a variety of curators, scholars and writers met to share experiences, insights and...
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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...
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On the weekend 23-24 November 2013 both Stuart Rattle’s ‘Musk Farm’ and Paul Bangay’s ‘Stonefields will be open to the public. Musk Farm As one of Australia’s leading interior designers Stuart Rattle’s unique country garden reflects his style of classic elegance, relaxed harmony and an element of creative whimsy. Proceeds from tickets for Musk...
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