State Library of Victoria Fellowships (Melbourne) The State Library of Victoria invites applications from Australian writers, academics, artist, composers and researchers for the 2011-12 Creative Fellowships. The State Library of Victoria offers several Creative Fellowships annually to artists and scholars who propose thoughtful and innovative ways to use the Library’s collection. Applicants may be...
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Newton International Fellowships A new round of Newton International Fellowships - an initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers - has now opened. The Newton International Fellowships are funded by the British Academy and the Royal Society and aim to attract the most promising early-career post-doctoral researchers from...
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Lemmerman Foundation Scholarship (Rome) The Lemmermann Foundation offers scholarships in the classical studies and humanities to masters and doctoral students. Fields of study include Archaeology, History, History of Art, Italian, Latin, Musicology, Philosophy, Philology, etc. Applicants must provide evidence for their need to study and carry out research in Rome. Topic of research must...
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Panel Discussion at Monash Gallery of Art Photography killed performance art Join us for a panel discussion on the changing relationship between photography and performance art. Our stellar panel includes Professor Anne Marsh, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University, artist Mike Parr and AFTERGLOW curator Stephen Zagala. The panel will respond to the...
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Dr Ted Gott Senior Curator, International Art Salome and Sirens, Severed Heads and Damsels in Distress: The Unique World of Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau inhabited an imaginative world that set his art, and himself, apart in fin-de-siecle Paris. While his art became ever more liberated and independent, his own lifestyle became ever more reclusive. Join...
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Call for Papers Imagining Imagination International Conference, 10 & 11 June 2011, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London CFP deadline: 15 March 2021 Conference organizers: Dr. Michael Schwab, Royal College of Art, London Dr. Sabine Flach, SVA – School of Visual Arts, New York City Dr. Aikaterini Fotopoulou, King’s College London Imagination, central to art history, art theory,...
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Symposium The Naked Face: self-portraits: Art, emotion, identity What can self-portraits tell us about the human mind, body and identity? One of the liveliest current debates concerns the nature of human consciousness. How do we acquire and maintain individual identity? How is art subject to memory, emotion, historical and cultural circumstance? Does art expand the mind and...
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The final cut: Unmasking the artist Dr Vivien Gaston, Curator Curator of The Naked Face: self-portraits Dr Vivien Gaston will illustrate and discuss the six themes of this current major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria Australia and position the works in the wider context of the history of self-portraits. She will also consider the current...
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CASVA Visiting Senior Fellowship Program, 2011–2012 Applications for visiting senior fellowships at CASVA (Centre for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts) in Washington DC are due soon. Deadline - March 21st, 2011. The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships....
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Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals The exhibition finished at the National Gallery, London, on 16 January 2011. It runs at the National Gallery, Washington, from 20 February to 30 May 2011. Reviewed by David R. Marshall Canaletto is synonymous with Venetian view painting, and when you enter this exhibition you can see why: it...
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