Month: February 2012

Recent news and writing on art and art history | 17th February

Recent news and writing on art and art history | 17th February Lucien Freud was a great painter, but was he a great portraitist? News that former NGV director Timothy Potts has been made director of The Getty Museum, replacing Michael Brand who left two years ago. And ‘Getty museum has a new director but an old problem‘ The Guardian’s obituary of W. M. Turner scholar John Gage. Can art change minds about climate change? From The Conversation. Benetton’s plans to turn Venice’s Fondaco dei Turchi into a flagship store draws criticism. Stephen Crittenden in the recently launched ‘The Global…

Call for Papers | Third Annual Feminist Art History Conference

Third Annual Feminist Art History Conference November 9 - 11, 2012, American University in Washington DC Deadline: 15th May, 2012 This conference builds on the legacy of feminist art-historical scholarship and pedagogy initiated by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard at American University. To further the inclusive spirit of their groundbreaking anthologies, we invite papers on subjects spanning the chronological and geographic spectrum to foster a broad dialogue on feminist art-historical practice. Speakers may address such topics as: artists, movements, and works of art and architecture;cultural institutions and critical discourses; practices of collecting, patronage, and display; the gendering of objects, spaces,…

Fellowship | Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery in London

Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion Closing date: 22 February 2012 The Gallery wishes to appoint the first Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion. This is a new role with responsibility for developing one of the National Gallery`s key research themes. You will hold a relevant doctorate or be about to complete a doctorate. You will undertake a research project in this field based on the Gallery`s collection which can be presented to the public in the Gallery and/or online. You will promote debate and research in this area and contribute to the teaching of…

News | State Library of Victoria Launches Appeal to Purchase Persian Manuscripts

State Library of Victoria Launches Appeal to Purchase Rare Persian Manuscripts A public appeal has been launched to raise $100,000 to purchase two Persian manuscripts for the Rare Book Collection at the State Library of Victoria. The State Library of Victoria Foundation has launched the appeal to help purchase two items: a 16th-century manuscript copy of the Khamsa or quintet of classic Persian stories written by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami of Ganja; and a 19th-century manuscript copy of the Tutinama or ‘Book of the parrot’. The Khamsa manuscript was made in Astarabad, known today as Gurgan, in north-east Persia…

Film Screening | ANDY X a film by Jim Sharman

Film Screening | ANDY X a film by Jim Sharman MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) has partenered with Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals to support the national release of ANDY X. Directed and developed by the iconic Jim Sharman (Rocky Horror Picture Show), ANDY X is a 40-minute adventure in modern screen culture, combining song, verse and montage in a playful and original exploration of the legendary artist Andy Warhol. There will be a special online screening of ANDY X on Saturday 18 February, ahead of the film’s official premiere on Wednesday 22 February, the anniversary of Warhol’s death. The preview screening…

Exhibition and Public Programs: William Kentridge - Five Themes at ACMI

William Kentridge: Five Themes Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 8 March to 27 May Tickets are now available via the ACMI website About the Exhibition Premiering in Australia after travelling to San Francisco, New York, Paris, Vienna, Jerusalem and Moscow, the exhibition explores five key themes that have captivated Kentridge throughout his career. Well known for his stop motion films of charcoal drawings, Kentridge’s multi-disciplinary approach will be showcased through over 60 works ranging from animations, drawings and prints to theatre models, sculptures and books. More on the ACMI website. William Kentridge: Public Programs held from 4 March until 27…

Exhibition | Museums in the Incident

Museums in the Incident Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield, 15 February - 22 March 2021 Local and international artists have chosen works from the Monash University collection and paired it with a work of their own, creating a whole new artistic experience. Eleanor Crook, Ysabelle Dauguet, Sam Martin, Michelle Neal, Jeffrey Charles Henry Peacock and Wyndham Lewis, Benet Spencer, Kristina Tsoulis-Reay, Michael Vale, Rosie Weiss, Anna White. Alongside work they have curated from the Monash University Collection: Rick Amor, Mike Brown, Domenico De Clario, John Heartfield, Maria Kozic, Stieg Persson, Yikartu  Bumba (Petersen), Ceilia Rosser, Wolfgang Sievers, Louise Weave Opening Event: Wednesday 15…

Review | Raffaello incontra Raffaello, Palazzo Barberini, Rome - Monique-Louise Webber

Exhibition Review Raffaello incontra Raffaello. Il Ritratto di giovane del Museo Thyssen Bornemisza e la Fornarina Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 3 November 2020 – 29 January 2021 Reviewed by Monique-Louise Webber Aptly described as a ‘piccola mostra’ or ‘little exhibition’ in the wall text, Raffaello Incontra Raffaello, at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica in the Palazzo Barberini, Rome (closed 29 January) invites reflection upon the nature of Raphael’s portraiture, and our response to it, through the comparison of two works. These are Portrait of a Young Man (c.1515) (Fig. 1), which has been attributed jointly to Raphael…

NGV | Contemporary Twilight Series - Ranjani Shettar

Contemporary Twilight Series - Ranjani Shettar Free late night exhibition viewing showcasing our brand new contemporary project spaces and a range of talks. Food and beverages available for purchase. Talk - The context and bodily terrain of Ranjani Shettar’s installations Peter Cripps, artist and Senior Lecturer, Sculpture, RMIT Over a forty year period, Peter Cripps’ practice of object based works and sculptural installations have continued to explore the relationships between object and display, context and the evolution of interpretation from one pe­riod to the next.  Cripps has worked in Australian museums, galleries, universities and the related art industry since the…

Recent News and Writing about Art and Art History | February 10

Recent News and Writing about Art and Art History | February 10 News and Opinion The Art Gallery of New South Wales appoints Dr Michael Brand as director to replace Edmund Capon who left last year - our post, in The Sydney Morning Herald and audio of an interview on Radio National “Let the conservators do their job and turn down the volume. And to the conservators: back off a little” The conservator weighs in on the debate over Collingwood’s deterioating Keith Haring mural in The Art Newspaper. Interesting though not overwhelmingly positive review of National Portrait Gallery in Canberra’s show Impressions:…

News: Dr Michael Brand appointed director of the Art Gallery of NSW

Dr Michael Brand appointed director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales The Art Gallery of New South Wales has announced that the Australian Dr Michael Brand, consulting director of the Aga Khan Museum currently under construction in Toronto and the former director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has been appointed director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). Dr Brand said he was very excited about his new role. “The Board of Trustees presented me with a highly compelling vision of the Gallery’s future,” he said. “While they are rightly focused on serving…

Public Lecture | Between Heaven and Earth: paintings from the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo on show at the National Gallery Australia

Between Heaven and Earth: paintings from the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo on show at the National Gallery Australia Dr Claire Renkin Art historian Dr Claire Renkin lectures in spirituality of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, at Yarra Theological Union. In this lecture she examines certain themes of Renaissance paintings with special reference to the exhibition showing at the National Gallery of Australia. Date: Monday 20 February 2012, 5–6pm Venue: The Oratory, Newman College, University of Melbourne, 887 Swanston Street, Parkville Bookings: Email agehrig@newman.unimelb.edu.au Online http://www.trybooking.com/20360 Phone 9342 1614 Lecture Presented by The University of Melbourne and the Allan and Maria Myers Academic…

Short Talks Afternoon: Private lives / public spaces - Photography, art and the law

Short Talks Afternoon: Private lives / public spaces - Photography, art and the law The NGV is holding an afternoon of discussion about photography, privacy and the public space in association with the present NGV exhibition Looking at Looking: the Photographic Gaze (exhibition website). The cutting look: Art, photography and public space Dr Melissa Miles, Lecturer, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University Melissa Miles will discuss the affects that increasing restrictions on photography are having on artists and on the types of photographs that they are making. The legal side: The restrictions of photography in public spaces Dr Kate…

Call for Papers | Performing Art History II: Conveying Research, Communicating Collaboration

Performing Art History II: Conveying Research, Communicating Collaboration The Courtauld Institute of Art,  London, May 18, 2012 Deadline: Mar 12, 2021 A conference organised by the Performing Art History Special Interest Group To be held on Friday 18 May 2012, Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 Building on a further year of workshops and seminars, the Performing Art History Group present a second conference that seeks to explore the clarity, diversity, and freedom that can come from presenting art historical research directly to an audience, as opposed to through traditional publishing routes in books or journals. This year the conference…

Gertrude Contemporary and Art & Australia Magazine Emerging Writers Program

Gertrude Contemporary and Art & Australia Magazine Emerging Writers Program 2012 Applications are now open - http://www.gertrude.org.au/news Deadline: 5pm Monday 19th March 2012 In 2005 the Gertrude Contemporary and Art and Australia Emerging Writers Program was established to provide a unique opportunity for emerging visual arts writers to contribute to the critical discussion of Australian contemporary art. Run in partnership with Australia’s leading art magazine Art and Australia, this program offers four emerging writers the opportunity to develop their writing practice, publish their work and gain further insight into the field of contemporary art writing. 2012 will be the second year…